DUE DATES

TUESDAY  May 8      VOCAL TESTS

Monday   May 14      THEATRE BINDERS (see bottom of page for order of papers and the STUDENT page for specific guidelines)



MONDAY, April 30 -     7 College Interview Questions DUE

WEDNESDAY, May 2 -   Letter of Recommendation Request DUE

FRIDAY, May 4 -        3 College Reports due on NICENET:  Join the Class by clicking HERE and use this
                               Class Key: N884T8U46 to post your e-mail!

MONDAY, May 7         Copy of 8 Monologues with Required Information/Copy of 2 Songs - 16 measure cuts

TUESDAY, Feb 28 - Festival Creative Response DUE

THURSDAY, Mar 1 - Shakespeare Panel Performance

FRIDAY, MAR 2 - Senior Marketing Items DUE:
HARD COPY: Laugh Blurb, Laugh Press, Senior Project Blurb, Senior Project 
E-MAIL: Laughing Stock Website Image/Blurb/Press Release for each of your 3 shows (Comedy, Drama, Shakespeare)

TUESDAY, MAR 6 - Theatre Binder 

ASSIGNMENTS

SENIOR EXIT QUESTIONS

Please answer each question IN DEPTH.  You are graded on the thoughtfulness and quality of your answers.  We actually take your answers into account so PLEASE PLEASE  take this serious and write a decent amount of feedback.


CURRICULUM
 
1. In your time here at DSA what were the units/activities/assignments that you felt were really informative/helpful.

2. In your time here at DSA what units/activities/assignments did you feel were beneficial EVEN IF YOU DIDN’T LIKE DOING THEM.

3. In your time here at DSA what units/activities/assignments did you feel were unnecessary (and tell us why) AND/OR you didn’t understand the reason behind doing them.

4. What are the department’s strengths.

5. What could the department improve on?

6. What would you add to the department?

7. What would you take away?

8. What do you like better…ice cream or cake? Why? (justify)


SENIOR PROJECT

A. What did you learn from the Senior Project (about yourself, about your craft, etc.).

B. What did you feel worked well about the process?

C. What do you think could be done to improve the process?


FESTIVAL OF WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS CREATIVE RESPONSE
 

Create a one page CREATIVE response to the following questions:

  • Share one moment in EACH play that you thought was outstanding and why
  • Share a question(s) that any of the plays brought to your mind
  • Does that fact that these plays were written by women mean anything different then if they were written by men?

Your paper MAY NOT just be paragraphs or bulleted Question and Answer.
It MAY BE a poem, series of limericks, series of haiku, text collage, comic strip, a mini play; BUT it must fit on one page. It DOES NOT have to be double spaced or 12 point font for this assignment (but please include you name/grade)

For this assignment you will only be graded down if you:

  • Misspell the titles, characters, actors, or playwrights names.
  • Don't address the required content.
  • Go over one page.

Remember that whatever you come up with goes into your binder so make sure it fits!

 

  • Wintertime Critique  DUE on MONDAY, FEB 5    Wintertime Paragraph - knowing that Charles Mee's work is meant to be altered when produced, what change(s) would you make to the version of the show that you saw.  What characters did you want to see more/less of? What plot line were you interested in and wanted more of?  What character(s) would you add or take away?  Your paragraph may not be longer than 5 sentences (but all of the writing guidelines still apply)!

SENIORS:  DUE on Wednesday, Feb 1:  E-mail Mr. Becker your summer season: 3 plays (a Shakespeare, a comedy, a drama - all written before 1950) with blurb, image w/ title and author, and press release for each show.  Make sure the images all have a cohesive look.


DUE on Monday, Jan 30:

    * Guerilla Marketing Idea for Laughing Stock.
    * Contact for Marketing in General

DUE on Friday, Jan 27

    * TYPED and PRINTED Press Release of Laughing Stock
    * Revised BLURB (brief, get rid of mentioning the title)

OLD PROJECTS/DATES

Thursday, Jan 26
Bring in a TYPED blurb for Laughing Stock. 
Remember that it has to be 2-4 sentences that describe the show and peak interest in the show.

DUE on TUESDAY, Jan 30
JUNIORS must bring in a photocopy of a Sonnet for VOICE class.

Bring It On Critiques are due on TUESDAY, Jan 24

Vocal Tests

You are graded on the ones listed above on a 5 point scale
5 = complete success, 4 = moderate success, 3 = valid attempt, 2 = attempted, 1 = didn't try or know the exercise 

I am looking for the following with each:

•   SEAGULL - that I hear the 4 distinct resonance qualities (nasal, normal open, yawn/depressed larynx, reverse megaphone.
•   RAPID [g], [k] - that you can do it rapidly without the jaw moving up and down
•   TONGUE TWISTERS - that you can do them at a moderately fast rate with NO pauses between each one

These tests are a portion of your Exam grade.

FALL SEMESTER EXAM:


Advanced  Exams for this Semester will be comprised of the following components:

    * The Vocal Tests
    * A Goal Evaluation Paper that follows theses guidelines:

A 1-2 page list and/or paper in which you look at the goal sheet you created after doing this summer's Hagen reading and see how you are doing.  Write down what goals you have accomplished, which you are struggling with, and any new goals you want to add.  Discuss challenges you are facing and how you plan on overcoming them.

TURN this in by placing it in your Theatre Binder (which you MUST turn in on the 12th) under the Self Evaluation Section.

ONGOING

Seniors - INTERNSHIP PAPERWORK DUE APRIL 25, 40 hours of work
  Internship contract
  Internship Guidelines  Internship Before you Begin
  Internship Letter   Internship EVALUATION


VOCAL TESTS (Juniors): Seagull, rapid [g] [k] ng, 3, and 4 note sing back; 1232123432123454321, tongue twisters (below), chromatic scale [2nd semester]

VOCAL TESTS (Seniors): Seagull, rapid [g] [k] ng, tongue twisters;  [wu wo] war [wau]

TONGUE TWISTERS: A Real Rare Whale, A Critical Cricket Critic, She Sells Sea Shells, Irish Wristwatches, The Sixth Sheik's Sixth Sheep's Sick, Toy Boat, Many An Enemy Anenome

THEATRE BINDERS - Due May 14 (only *items are graded)


*UPDATED RESUME (include Wintertime/Laughing Stock credits; including your WEBSITE address- update your website)

PERFORMANCE RUBRICS

Dress Rehearsal Scene Night Rubric
Scene Night Rubric
One Act Evals from Becker & Hann (total of 2 for Seniors, one for Juniors)
Chekov Rubric (Seniors only)
Audition Monologue Feedback (Seniors only)
*Solo Project Evaluations/Class Feedback
WRITTEN CRITIQUES

The Liar Critique (original + revised if applicable)
Hamlet Q&A (original + revised if applicable)
*Wintertime Paragraph
*Festival of Women Creative Response (will be handed back on 6th)
*Pink Panther & Laughing Stock Response
*Bring It On Critique
*Jury Play Review #1 (see Handbook for guidelines)
*Jury Play Review #2
*Jury Play Review #3
*Jury Play Review #4
MONOLOGUES/SCENES
Copy of Scene/Song from Scene Night
Copy of Monologue from Wintertime audition
Copy of Eight Monologues (Seniors only)
*Copy of Shakespeare Monologue (Juniors only)
*Copy of Sonnet (Juniors only)
*Copy of Shakespeare Scene
*Copy of 10 Monologues & 2 16 measure cuts/Songs (Juniors only)
SELF EVALUATION
Goal Sheet from last year (Juniors only)
First Semester Goal Evaluation (see above)
One Act Final Process paper (Seniors)
One Act Evaluation (Juniors)R
*Jury Self Reflection Essay (see Handbook for guidelines)
*Senior Project Process Paper (seniors only)



ACHIVED INFO:

    * Here is the link (CLICK HERE) to the book you will need for our Chekov unit
    * Here is the link to the Personal Inventory Outline and Assignment
    * DUE on FRIDAY, August 30  You need to turn in your work and responses from the Worksheets we did in class.  There should be at least ONE amount of feedback per "exercise"; however if you focused a lot on one more than the other that is fine - our interest is in how the exercise either DID or DID NOT help you with your scene.  Link to Worksheet 1   Link to Worksheet 2   Link to Worksheet 3
    * BIO for Program Format
    *  Regarding Uta Hagen's Respect for Acting