On this page I list a number of genres typically employed in practical and theoretical theatre classes, which of course often overlap. The goal is to eventually provide a link for each entry to a roadmap of low-stakes assignment and scaffolded activities that could be used to gradually and effectively build to the final result.
Acting
- Actor’s contact sheet
- Artist’s bio
- Artistic statement
- Character analysis
- Character biography
- Typed scene
- Scored scene
- Rehearsal report
- Play analysis (of the play involving one’s character/scene)
- Artist’s weekly journal
- Response to in-class performances by other acting students
- Textbook chapters outlines or responses
- Terminology list
- Final reflection on work done
Directing
- Artistic statement
- List of plays previously seen or read
- Research on playwright
- Scene analysis
- Script analysis
- Design sketch/project
- Groundplans for scenes
- Prompt books for selected scenes
- Director’s book
- Rehearsal journal
- Acting observation report for a professional production
- Directing proposal
- Paper on directing in a professional production
Theatre History, Play Analysis, and courses with a major written component
- Ungraded in-class writing
- Questions for assigned class
- Response paper on single play or topics of previous weeks
- Professional production response
- Paper/Presentation on assigned director, style, period, etc.
- Longer research paper
- Production website (see an example)
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