Thursday, January 16, 2014

Play Script Workshop; Christopher Durang

Please get into two separate groups to read a variety of plays/scenes that your peers have created. Select members of your group to read various character parts and stage directions.

After reading each student's work, please comment on:

--Are these characters interesting? Why or why not?
--Is there a protagonist or character that is developed through characterization?
--Is there a central conflict in the scene? If so, what is it?
--Does the scene have a coherent plot? 
--What line(s) surprise us as listeners?
 
During period 8, please move next door to read Christopher Durang's play: 'Dentity Crisis.

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About this course!

This course stresses understanding the characteristics & techniques in the literary genres of fiction, poetry, and dramatic writing. This course will continue to build on students’ reading and writing skills begun in previous creative writing classes. Readings and discussions of works by major writers in the field will be examined as inspiration and models of fine writing. This educational blog is designed for the use of the students at the School of the Arts in Rochester, NY.