Your critique must include a cover sheet, your ticket stub, and your program. The cover sheets should be formatted like the example including the italicized play title, the producing company, the theatre space where you saw the show, they date you attended, the play, your name, your course and level, and your class period.
Double check the basics before turning in your critique as follows:
-1” Margins
-Times New Roman 12 point font
-Double Spaced
-No skipping lines between paragraphs in scholarly writing!
-Check spelling & grammar (do not depend on spell/grammar check to pick up all errors)
-Back up broad generalizations with specific examples.
-Begin with a brief summary. The bulk of you paper should then be comprised of description and analysis/evaluation of your experience of attending the play.
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The Sound of Music Presented by North Carolina Theatre Memorial Auditorium 1/1/09
John Smith Theatre I 1st Period |
Some Suggestions for Finding & Attending Plays
There are several ways to get free or inexpensive tickets. For just about all of them, YOU MUST PLAN AHEAD!
You can . . .
-Use your activity card (FREE!)
-Usher (take tickets, assist patrons with seating, etc.) for WTC productions (FREE!)
-Act in, or work on the running crew for WTC productions (FREE!)
-Attend “pay what you can” night of a professional show’s run (CHEAP to FREE!)
-Attend student night for many shows coming to Raleigh Memorial Auditorium (GREAT DISCOUNT @ ONLY $10-$20)
“But I don’t have a car and my parents are both surgeons who have to work late and save lives and they can’t leave in the middle of surgery to take me to a play . . .”
That’s OK! Be nice to your theatre classmates and to the environment and hitch a ride . . . then you have someone to discuss the show with after the performance!
“But I don’t have internet access at home so I can’t look for plays or order tickets . . .”
That’s OK! You can go to the media center before or after school or during your lunch period to use a compuer or read a good old fashioned newspaper!
Some Venues in the area (there are many more!):
Local High School theatre productions (check various websites similar to ours: www.wakefieldtheatre.net)
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Playmakers Repertory Company (UNC-CH) |
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University Theatre (NC STATE) |
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Raleigh Little Theatre |
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ManBites Dog Theatre |
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Bare Theatre |
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Burning Coal Theatre |
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Broadway Series South(Memorial Auditorium) |
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North Carolina Theatre |
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Theatre in the Park |
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Raleigh Ensemble Players |
www.realtheatre.org/index.html
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Criteria |
A Excellent |
B Proficient |
C Competent |
D Adequate |
F Unsatisfactory |
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Instructions for Formatting were followed: 12 point font, 1” margins, 2-4 pages, Double Spaced |
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The critique begins with a very brief summary of the play, in the writer’s own words (of course) |
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The paper is rich with details and specific examples from the production. These details are used to illustrate the writer’s opinions and evaluation of the production. |
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Supporting documents are attached: -ticket stub -program |
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