Creative Summary

❖ Due Wednesday, September 28th

❖ Option #1- Written-

❖ Option #2- Visual -OR

Written Option

❖ What is the genre of the play?

❖ What is the play about ?

❖ How will you approach the staging? e.g. realism, non-realism, historical, placed in another time period, updated, mixture or hybrid, etc.

❖ When does the play take place (year, era, time of year, time of day/night, etc.)?

❖ Where does the play take place (locations, geography, buildings, outside, inside, etc.)?

❖ Is there a metaphor or allusion that the playwright is working with? If so, describe how it is used in the play (i.e. through the themes, plot, character, setting, etc.)?

❖ What is impactful or important about the play (this can be historically, culturally, or personally) and why would you want to direct it?

❖ Two page director's concept (summary, metaphor, conceptual approach to staging) MLA formatting

Visual Option

❖ GROUND PLAN - A bird's eye view (top view) of what the theatre space and scenery would look like through your interpretation – You should rough in a scale of approx. 1/4” = 1'-0”

❖ COLOR RENDERING –of a costume design for the play or the scenery front elevation - a rough sketch with color information

❖ Two Pages: Drawings/Renderings

Ground Plan

Ground Plan

Ground Plan

Ground Plan

Front Elevation

Front Elevation

Front Elevation

Front Elevation

Front Elevation

Front Elevation