15 Aug Critique of Play You Watched
Critique of Play You Watched
This is the place to submit your critique of the play you have chosen to watch. Be sure to include your answers to the 3 Questions pertaining to your viewing
You can use any play you attended live -or- from the following options you watched online:
Refugee Rhapsody (Egyptian American playwright), Until the Flood (Black American playwright), Yellow Face (Asian American playwright), My Father’s Bone (Native American playwrights), In the Heights (Puerto Rican/Mexican American playwright) Barefoot In The Park (Americn playwright) ,
Here is the link to the Critique Guide:
Critique Guide for Productions You Attend.docx
It is also below:
Critique Guide for Productions You Attend
- What did you think of the PLAYWRITING?
Did you understand the story?
Were the characters compelling?
Was the dialogue easy to understand and conversational?
- What did you think about the DIRECTION?
Could you tell there was director involvement making it a cohesive production?
What did you think about the directors choices for setting, style, casting, etc.?
- What did you think about the DESIGN elements?
Did you find the look of the sets interesting and helpful in telling the story?
Was the lighting enhancing the play?
Were there sound elements that enhanced the play?
- What did you think about the ACTING?
Were the actors believable?
Was there Talking & Listening/Connection going on?
Were some actors more successful than others? Why?
Which character would you want to play? Why?
- What is your overall feeling about watching this production?
Would you watch it again?
Would you refer it to a friend to see?
Give it a rating from 1 to 10 (10 being the best)
THREE QUESTIONS FOR ANY CRITIQUE YOU MUST ANSWER
- What was being attempted by this production and its creators?
- Was the attempt successful in this production? If not fully, to what extent? Why?
- Whether successful or not in what was attempted was this production worthwhile for you to attend? Why or Why not?
You can add anything else you would like to say about your experience with this production!
Watch: YELLOW FACE by David Henry Hwang
Watch parts 1 & 2 of the hybrid production of David Henry Hwang’s true story play, YELLOW FACE. Here is a link to his bio (which you should always read first!).
http://www.davidhenryhwang.com (Links to an external site.)
The links to the two parts of his play:
https://youtu.be/Krlv9cyn9Hc (Links to an external site.) (part 1)
https://youtu.be/at8wAKlZEeg (Links to an external site.)(part 2)
WATCH Video: MY FATHER’S BONES by Suzan Shown Harjo and Mary Kathryn Nagl
This play tells the true story and ongoing fight by his children to get threat Olympian Jim Thorpe’s body back to be buried on his native Sac and Fox land.
This presentation is Readers theatre, meaning it is read by actors sitting with their scripts..
This is one of your choices ;to use for your critique.
Video: IN THE HEIGHTS by Lin-Manuel Miranda
This is a live stage performance of in the heights. Please watch at least a little bit, if not the whole show, to get a feel for a live production.
You ca use this as your critique choice if you watch the whole thing.
https://youtu.be/xDgvOHyIG7A (Links to an external site.)
Miranda wrote this musical 20 years ago when he was still a student.
Watch Video: BAREFOOT IN THE PARK by Neil Simon
Here is the link to BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, a comedy performed on Broadwy written by Neil Simon.
This is one of your critique options.
https://youtu.be/mqWte_R0soU (Links to an external site.)
Info on Neil Simon:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Neil-Simon (Links to an external site.)
