The group presentation will give you the opportunity to creatively engage with one of the plays we are reading and is designed with a focus on performance. Presentations should be 15-20 minutes long. There are two components to the group presentations:
- Briefly familiarize your classmates with the original production of the play. Provide the original production dates and location. Present information about its initial reception and any historically relevant information. Include details about the original performance if available (staging, costumes, photos, etc.)
- Explain to your classmates the kind of production you would create if your group were directing the play. Introduce the class to your broader thematic concept. Then, more specifically, pick a scene and describe how you would, if directing, have the scene performed. What would the staging look like? Would you dress the characters in contemporary or period costumes? Would you relocate the play? Would you portray any characters differently than previous productions? You must also include the significance of these directive decisions. Finally, your group will act out the scene (or portion of the scene) you have chosen to demonstrate your choices through performance.
Additional Guidelines and Recommendations:
- In terms of time distribution, the production history should take approximately 5 minutes, the presentation of your performance concept 10 minutes, and the scene reading 5 minutes.
- Providing the class with visual or sound representations (images, music, character dialect) of aspects you would include in your production is encouraged. You may use powerpoint or prezi, make posters, or any other method you would like to use to present your concepts.
- Review of library and external online resources--
- MLA Bibliography
- JSTOR and Project Muse
- Humanities International Complete
- The New York Times Historic Archive
- Theatre Database
- Internet Broadway Database
- Library Catalogue
- Google images
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