Interpreting Dramatic Text

Instructor: Mike Q. Hanlon

Essential Question: What do you look for in a script in order to understand it fully?

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How do you prepare a script for a presentation that conveys meaning?

Evidence of Learning:

• • Script Breakdown

  • Character Analysis

  • Blocking Map

Standards:

1. I can make character performance choices that are supported by the text of a script.

2. I can create a directorial vision that emphasizes the most important aspects of a script.

3. I can design visual components of a production that support a script.

Expectations:

1. Stay on task during rehearsal.

2. Respect the space you are rehearsing in.

3. Stay with your group during rehearsal.

4. Have a goal for improvement in rehearsal.

Mike's Lines in the Sand:

1. Phones are away for all of class.

2. Headphones out during class conversation.

3. No food or beverage*.

(Beverage allowed if it can be closed.)

Texts From Class:

"A Lonely Impulse of Delight" by John Patrick Shanley

"Hamlet" by William Shakespeare (video)

"Something Rotten" by Mike Q. Hanlon

"The Bully Pulpit" by Dwayne Hartford

"The Shape of Things" by Neil LaBute