Behind Closed Door Play Analysis

Introduction
The play that my group and I read and presented was Behind Closed Doors, a play with the concept of, Tragedy in your past can affect your present if you do not let go and move on. The role I played was the director, which is a role in the theater, that’s very much so unappreciated. The purpose of the presentation project was to actually understand, hands on, what it takes to produce a Theatre play, and what the jobs and elements are to do so. In theatre, communication is key. Every job works in harmony with one another, and they all need each other to put on an incredible show.
My Role
Being the director, I played a substantial part in the involvement of each designers’ job. I set out to accomplish selecting an ideal play and analyzing the script, constructing research on actors, selecting the cast, and communicating with my group to ensure our work was well-organized. By picking the play Behind Closed Doors, I knew exactly who to cast, Idris Elba as John, and Bianca Lawson as Jaqueline. Both of these
fairly well-known actors fit the characters perfectly, Idris, for his scruffy look and impressive way of expressing hurt or pain; Bianca for her young and attractive appearance and large trusting, but troubling eyes. I’ve always admired the movies Idris and Bianca have played in, and thought they could work well combined, so this was the time for me to bring the two together. The connection between these two characters in the script made the job of casting much easier. I was extremely satisfied with my work and my choices, but the only thing I would change dealing with our poster board, is making the words fit differently, but as far as that I wouldn’t revise anything we did.
Challenges
Speaking in front of people has always been a challenge for me, so I was nervous and felt I spoke too quickly or didn’t speak enough. If I were to do this project again, I would have better prepared for the presentation, by practicing to speak slower and calming my breathing. I didn’t exactly overcome that challenge during my presentation, my solution to it at the moment was to just get it over with as fast as I could. I now know the way for me to conquer this challenge is to just relax, breathe, and prepare the day before.
My Team/Teamwork
In this project teamwork was a main focus, which is a desirable skill to have in life, being able to work with people you don’t know and who think differently. My team members were Frajon and Chelsea, it wasn’t hard to keep in touch with Frajon but Chelsea not so much. Working with Frajon was good. He was easy to talk to and not tough to negotiate with; he was okay with letting me seize control of designing our board, which is exactly what I wanted to do and it came out amazing. He helped with the entire project and gave a vast amount of suggestions, he paid for some of our supplies and printed everything we needed. He also made it to every one of our meetings, he was a huge help, and I’m glad to have been partnered with him. As concerns for the way the class responded to our presentation, being so nervous, I didn’t pay much attention. We did receive an applause when our presentation was over, just as everyone else did, though, I do feel they appreciated how creative our poster was. However, I wasn’t really concerned with what they thought, I feel my group and I did exceptional.

Conclusion
Presentation skills improve one’s speaking skills.
Both are a necessity to be successful in any career you decide to be in. By improving your presentation skills, you are not only opening the doors to business success, but to leadership and confidence. If people practice speaking in public, they will have an increased confident in themselves to communicate with others. Being able to speak to a crowd or audience with a loud and confident voice, is a great way to show leadership, it can help your other group members be more confident if you are confident. For the next team project, I would like to explore the career of the costume designer. In high school I, along with 4 other people, was in charge of getting the costume items the director (Theater Teacher) chose. Therefore, it would be pretty interesting and fun to apply my own feelings and opinions to match every detail of an outfit with the characteristics and personality of a character in a
script.