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Perform common theatre industry roles such as director, designer, performer and playwright
Assessment Strategies
Project, Skill Demonstration, Mock production of a play
Criteria
Differentiate production and administrative functions within professional theatre
Categorize personnel groups (orchestra, actors, lighting technicians, etc.)
Demonstrate stage movement (blocking)
Implement effective stage design and scenery
Use stage property
Demonstrate costume use
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Perform collaboratively as part of a group or team
Assessment Strategies
Skill Demonstration, Oral
Criteria
Demonstrate active listening
Perform individual duties assigned by group consensus
Assess immediate tasks and tasks you will perform later
Speak and/or write out your ideas
Show respect for the ideas and opinions of group members
Determine when task delegation and/or task elimination is needed
Meet self-imposed or external deadlines or inform group if deadline is at risk
Use scheduling tools, if applicable
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Analyze plot and character development
Assessment Strategies
Written Product and/or Presentation
Criteria
Justify your selection of the inciting incident in a selected script
Justify your selection of the episodes of action in a selected script
Justify your selection of the crisis in a selected script
Justify your selection of the climax in a selected script
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Examine dynamics and use of technique in stage performance
Assessment Strategies
Written Product - Critique
Criteria
Explain the motivations of a character
Describe how the play’s characters are developed physically in a selected script
Critique includes performance analysis of at least one performer, focusing on the performer’s movement, voice, and character choices
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Analyze the essential functions of technical roles in production
Assessment Strategies
Written Product - Critique
Criteria
Describe the functions of costume, lighting, set, sound, and properties design
Describe the core functions of a theatre director
Identify the key types of staging such as proscenium, thrust, and arena/in the round
Assess lighting effectiveness
Assess sound effectiveness
Assess costume authenticity
Assess makeup credibility
Assess the stage design
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Review historical plays
Assessment Strategies
Written Product, Exam
Criteria
Reviewed play is from ancient Greece
Reviewed play is from the Renaissance Era
Review includes the identification of the correct classification from the selected scripts as tragedy, comedy, melodrama, farce, or tragicomedy
Review includes the identification of specific movements as realism, symbolism, expressionism, existentialism, or surrealism from the selected scripts
Review includes clear explanation of the relevance of selected artists, works, and eras in theatre history
Describe the historical origins of Commedia Dell'Arte
Identify shapers of theatre history including Sophocles, Shakespeare, Brecht, and Stanislavski
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Write a short play
Assessment Strategies
Written Product
Criteria
Play includes a plot structure applied to nonfictional storytelling
Play integrates documentary theatre methods
Play integrates a scene that demonstrates the book musical format
Play implements specific elements of absurdism or expressionism to convey the play's internal message
Design a sequence within the script that utilizes non-traditional performance art markers
Rationalize the inclusion of a classical revival element
Explain how modern themes and diverse casting choices offer a new perspective on a traditional story
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Evaluate the historical and contemporary impact of influential playwrights, composers, and theatrical works on the professional industry
Assessment Strategies
Written Product and/or Exam
Criteria
Explain how the collaboration of Rodgers and Hammerstein shifted musical theater into an integrated musical format
Assess the cultural significance of "Oklahoma"
Use Theatre Communications Group (TCG) data to identify the most-produced playwrights and plays over the last decade
Identify common themes or styles currently trending in American theater
Analyze the cultural and artistic impact of “Hamilton”
Differentiate between the Broadway model and the broader professional ecosystem
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Analyze the historical and contemporary impact of BIPOC artists and their work on the theatrical landscape
Assessment Strategies
Written Product and/or Exam
Criteria
Identify the works and contributions of key BIPOC artists
Evaluate the impact of plays by BIPOC artists that shaped the industry
Explain revivals of classical works with more modern themes and diversity in casting
Examine the rights of BIPOC artists to accurately depict and take ownership of stories reflecting their culture