Play Production employs drama and theatre skills, and articulate the aesthetics of a variety of characters and rolls. Students will use a variety of methods, new media, and technology to create theatrical works through the use of the creative process for performance, directing, design, construction, choreography, playwriting, scriptwriting, and dramaturgy. The students will demonstrate the evolution of rehearsal and product through performance and/or production teamwork while simultaneously validating both as essential to the theatre making process. Students will make informed, critical evaluations of theatrical performance, and develop a framework for making informed theatrical choices. Lastly, students will discern and demonstrate appropriate theatre etiquette and content for the audience, self, venue, technician, and performer.
Colorado Department of Education Standards
1. Create
2. Perform
3. Critically Respond
1. Creative process in character development and script improvisation.
2. Technical elements of theatre in improvised and scripted works.
3. Expression, imagination, and appreciation in group dynamics
4. Interpretation of drama using scripted material
1. Communicate meaning to engage an audience.
2. Technology reinforces, enhances, and/or alters a theatrical performance.
3. Directing as an art form.
1. Analysis and evaluation of theatrical works.
2. Evaluation of elements of drama, dramatic techniques, and theatrical conventions.
3. Respect for theatre, its practitioners, and conventions.