Script Analysis

Catalog description

Introduces and applies methods for analyzing scripts intended for theatrical performance. Additionally explores an in-depth methodology of reading, analyzing, and understanding a play script intended for production. Investigate techniques used to determine how to read a play for its structure, scrutinizing the playwright's methods of creating theatre through plot, character and imagery. Scripts inform the theater practitioner, distinctly from other forms of literature, by actively asking the theatre artisan to present questions to the audience through the production's presentation. The class learns to identify ethical questions that script brings forward. The class will discover the importance of the issues in relation to the script, today's world, the performance choices and the audience's perception of the choices made.