LINK TO PLAY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo8CmwIKiDw (RENT)
Analysis Paper for Theatre Appreciation
There will be one written production critique. As you have 10
weeks to compete this assignment, it will not be accepted late under any circumstances.
This paper must be uploading into the D2L PAPER folder. The minimum requirement is
a 2-page, single-spaced, 10 font –Times New Roman typed paper. The purpose of this
paper is to critically analyze a production. Plot summary should be condensed to 1 or 2
paragraphs. Research of play’s history should make-up one paragraph. Each of the
following should be a minimum of 1 paragraph each: Acting, Directing, character
development, set design, sound design, lighting design, props, costumes design, hair
design, make-up design. In addition, you must discuss the following: Genre
(Presentational or Representational, Drama or Comedy, Chronological or Non-linear,
Realism or Non- Realism) You must Identify the: Crisis, Themes, Symbols,
Metaphors, Central Image, Set-up of theatre (Proscenium, Thrust, Arena, Traverse)
1. Write a strong, interesting opening sentence that will command the
reader’s attention and set the stage for a review that will culminate in
that last sentence you just wrote.
2. Fill out the first and last paragraphs. Try not to make those paragraphs
longer than three long sentences or six short ones.
3. Craft a good topic sentence to start every paragraph.
4. Use the past tense. However, you may wish to describe the story in the
present tense. Except for that, be careful not to go back and forth from
past to present tense.
5. Never put yourself in the review (I, we, this critic). That’s actually a
“nearly never” suggestion, because there may be the odd circumstance
where it might make sense for a Critic to do that—but wait until you’ve
written several reviews.
6. Avoid words that declare themselves to be praise (commendable,
praiseworthy) or criticism (unfortunate, detracted, marred, plagued).
Instead, describe specifically what was good or what the problem
actually was.
7. Never use double-negatives (which that sentence was, if you look
closely). Don’t say that something “did not disappoint.” Say that it
delighted.
8. Use descriptions that are original and specific. Avoid theater clichés;
like “stole the show,” “brought the house down,” “had the audience
rolling in the aisles,” or even “had great chemistry.”
9. Please be sure to spell-check or grammar-check. Even good writers use
them to find typos. Remember, though, that spell-check misses quite a
few misspellings (like “there” where you mean “their”).
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