This play ‘Gorgon’ by Elena Carapetis‚ is relevant for teenagers in todays society. They can relate to the main characters of this play and hopefully learn from their mistakes and experiences‚ the relationships in the play between the three characters and how they reacted to this certain situation. I could make personal connections to the characters‚ themes and issues in this play. The events that occurred amongst the main characters can be related to the teens of today. Young adults may have
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chosen each play based on how social issues affect the individual‚ thus providing human insight on these very issues which often become abstracted when portrayed simply as news. For our inaugural season‚ we have selected four plays inspired by previous works. Production Selections Another Antigone‚ by the playwright A. R. Gurney and licensed by Dramatists Play Services‚ tells the story of Henry Harper‚ a university professor‚ and Judy Miller‚ his student who wishes to rewrite the classical play Antigone
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gathering audience won’t have the capacity to peruse script immediately afterward. Reading play that is meant to be seen is altogether another experience‚ in this case‚ the playwright must ‘tell’ for it to be seen by the reader. Dialect and punctuation must be utilized particularly‚ so the readers can translate and decipher motives or personalities of character in the rhythm of the dialect utilized. ‘“A play exists as a literary form until the first moment you sit down in a rehearsal room and allow
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Shakespeare’s plays? William Shakespeare’s writing has become an entity unto itself; it is a living well of creativity that assured that the Bard’s spirit was not extinguished at his death (Tate). For this reason‚ one can undoubtedly say that Shakespeare’s plays have a timeless quality; in other words‚ his plays are still relevant and appreciated today even though they were written ages ago. The timelessness of his plays is created by the universal themes‚ skilful
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Emilia Tytro Ms. Steubi English IV 05/11/08 Jersey Boy’s This Broadway play has been around for a long time. It captured people’s attention from the clothes they wore‚ to the beautiful melody from Frankie Valli. This play is set in the 1960’s; it is based on Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Through a musical it talks about their lives‚ where they grew up‚ and the struggles they went through to get to fame. They came from nothing‚ living in a poor area‚ in a little shack house‚ to fame and
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Playing the character of Rose from the play ‘Fences’ by August Wilson Social‚ historical‚ cultural and political context: Fences was written in 1983 and first performed at the 46th Street Theatre on Broadway in 1987. Fences is the sixth play in Wilson’s "Pittsburgh Cycle." The Cycle is a series of plays set in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania over the ten decades of the 20th century. Fences is set in the 1950’s and deals with issues of race relations and the changing broader culture of the United States
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Title of the play I went to see on April 21‚ 2017 is Grease. The theatre I had saw it in was at C.A Theatre and the company was Tarrant County Southeast Campus. The playwright of the play was by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey and the director of Grease is Steven D. Morris. My pre-show experience the first thing I saw was a person’s head‚ which I believe it‚ was the composer‚ which was cool because of how he rather stays hidden. In addition‚ I like how they had the curtains down with the title in bold
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The sound of excitement was what I heard when I walked in. The sound of proud parents praising their children in the play‚ the sounds of students dreading their drama ISAs‚ the sounds of rushed footsteps‚ the sounds of the crowd settling down‚ the Sound of Music in its beginning. Last Wednesday‚ January 27th‚ 2016 I made my way to the City Playhouse to see my first CHAT school play‚ and I was looking forward to see what was in store for the audience that night! From the opening of the curtains to
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Iago ’s Play “O‚ beware‚ my lord‚ of jealousy!/ It is the green-eyed monster‚ which doth mock/The meat it feeds on” (1226). Before this unit‚ I would not have known that this quote came from one of Shakespeare ’s plays. I would even not have understood what it meant‚ nor how it could set the tone for all of the tragic events that would occur to the characters in his play. Although I first read this work in middle school‚ I feel that I have read a completely new story reading it years later. This
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That can range from seeing plays and determining which ones would be good to have at the Goodman and commissioning plays to be made by playwrights. He also dramaturges or designates someone to do so for plays. At Sideshow‚ he worked with other artists as a collective to get productions going either by assembling actors‚ getting lighting and set designers‚ and dramaturging the play itself. He also has directed plays at the Sideshow. He currently has a production out called
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