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SECTION 3: PRODUCTION

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

On completion of this Section, students should:

1. understand the elements of a production;

2. understand the processes and logistics of staging a 20–30-minute production;

3. interpret plays through the analysis of structure, themes and characters;

4. understand the hierarchical roles and relationships among key theatrical personnel; and,

5. understand the role of the performance elements in a production.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

Students should be able to:

1. evaluate a text for a production/performance;

2. outline the responsibilities of each production member;

3. practice the use of body and voice within the context of a rehearsal;

4. execute a cue to cue, technical rehearsal and dress rehearsal; and,

5. outline the challenges and lessons learnt from the process of rehearsal.

CONTENT

1. (a) play reading:

(i) text analysis;

(ii) casting;

(iii) audition;

(iv) pre-rehearsal; and,

(v) research.

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