Kevin Macdonald And Russell Crow's State Of Play

A short play is usually filled with a theatrical energy of diverse anthologies. The time allotted may be only ten or fifteen minutes, so it must be able to capture and engage the audience with some dramatic tension, exciting action, or witty humor. Just as in a short story, a great deal of the explanation and background is left for the reader or viewer to discover on their own. Because all the details are not explicitly stated, each viewer interprets the action in their own way and each experience is unique from someone else viewing the same play. Conflict is the main aspect that drives any work of literature, and plays usually consist of some form of conflict. In “Playwriting 101:

I don’t know a lot about theater, and I can’t name many plays. But, it is easily recognizable that The Laramie Project is a particularly important piece of theatre. It entertains its audience, as any other play can do, but it simultaneously sheds light on a terrifying reality many easily ignore. It is a profoundly moving play that has a vital message, a brilliantly distinct style and in most aspects an exceptional production.

The Murder at Café Noir was a mystery play that contained a guessing game of who really killed the owner of Café Noir. Multiple different actors were on the list of suspects. This play reminded me of the game Clue on trying to figure out who the murderer really was. I believe the play was trying to entertain the audience by having the audience be part of the show. This play made everyone in the room feel apart of the production. The actors would have the audience put their two cents in and hold on to important objects. The actors would also persuade the audience to choose the murderer. Other than this play, being a mystery I would also say the play was a comedy as well. There was humor at parts and I believe this had a big toll on getting the audience invovled. The play was trying to provide an escape from the outside world to

Our Town was done very differently than the other plays I have read and I thought it was interesting. I liked that the stage manager broke the fourth wall multiple times and spoke to the audience, creating more interaction with them and keeping people entertained and drawn in. They also placed actors in the audience for a scene. I think this is a

Wonderfully directed by BT McNicholl, it seems difficult to tell you about the tale without giving away the entire story and/or diminishing the comedic value. It revolves around a family in addition to some crazy characters with several storylines and many hysterical twists filling this two-act play. You truly become engrossed in the conversations and hilarity as the production has clever, enthralling writing

I saw the play “A Bright Room Called Day” by Tony Kushner on the 1st of November. I can say for sure that plays are always different and this play was completely different from the one we watched a couple weeks ago- “Rent”. This play is serious in its content , it is a specific historical play, which took place in Germany, more exactly Berlin, in the 1930s. The story is about five good friends during the time of the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party, the time before World War II. The story surrounded the main character- Agnes, who just loves her home and lives on her own and she thinks that everything will be alright as long as she stays away from negative influences. Representational and presentational acting can be seen in this play and helps us understand the character more.

After attending this production, it has altered my perception of the theatre. Seeing that the theatre can still tackle modern day problems and present them in a fashion that is entertaining and leaves the audience thinking after the play is done is something I look forward to for future

One feature of the play that really amazed me was the perfection of the acting. The actors and actresses seemed as if they actually were the characters in which they were playing. I was particularly impressed by the way that the characters seemed to actually emotionally feel and exist in their own unique roles. The

On February 21st Friday at 8pm, I went to watch an amazing play called Our Country’s Good which was written by British Screenwriter Timberlake Wertenbaker and directed by Jack Young. It was performed at Jose Quintero Theatre inside of Cynthia Woods Building at University of Houston. The theme of the play was human ability to overcome hardships by uniting and feeling sense of self-worth and hopeful for the future through the power of theatre as it was greatly portrayed through the protagonist and antagonist motivation, performers’ acting, design and lastly but not least the reaction of the audience.

The depth of a play comes largely from its context and how the piece intertwines with the environment in which it takes place. All tragedies take a direct impact by their setting, which inconspicuously performs a significant role in the compositions. In Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County, the Weston family must confront their past and present in a claustrophobic house during the scorching heat of summer in the Oklahoman Plains. In Tony Kushner’s Angles in America, the AIDS epidemic is rampant and the effects are seen across all spectrums in the American society, while keeping up with the fast pace and intricacies of New York City. Essentially location influences the plays, which steers them thematically and stylistically. Letts slowly builds a dismal atmosphere in the confinement of a household that correlates to the bleakness of the Plains while Kushner creates a melting pot of political, social, and religious criticism in an action packed drama in a bustling city.

The plot of this play is fascinating. The play is broken up into 2 Acts. The first act is hilarious it is sarcastic, witty and deep all at the same time. It focuses on a group of four people who work at a magazine (based around the New Yorker). These four people work in a cubical group. They are all young millennials. They are catty and they gossip about everyone in the office. This sums up a perfect office dynamic.

Wallace Michael “Wally” Shawn, one of the better-known playwright and actor in the American theatre, draws a parallel between the mentality of his characters and the role of the government through his work The Designated Mourner. However, Shawn’s foremost drive in this dramatic play is to literally play with the audience; not through content, but through form that dictates how the audience will interpret a play. A monologue drama narrated by the accounts of three characters, The Designated Mourner’s style is marked by digressive monologue, simple dialogue, and limited action. By abandoning the orthodox “conflict-and-resolution” structure, Shawn creates a honest world with thought-provoking and provocative ideas where traditional “thoughts and feelings” are void. Nevertheless, Shawn creates a powerful tragedy of love, humanity, politics, and whatever it is deeply in us that can become afflicted.

This past weekend, I watched the production of the play the 39 steps at the Great American Melodramatic Theatre in Oceano. The original playwright, Patrick Barlow, wrote this play based off of the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film. The play is comical and unrealistic with the intent to entertain the audience. This production was directed by Dan Schultz and consisted of a cast of 4 actors: many, of which, played multiple parts in the play. It was impressive that they were able to take on multiple roles in a comical way. Being that the play was comical, it would not have been as enjoyable if it were not for the incredible acting of each performer.

Antonin Artaud has invoked a profound instigation and impact on the 20th-21st century’s theatrical stage and screen acting, including the chosen monologue from the play ‘Seven Stages of Grieving’ through the application of his theatrical conventions to the performance.

play. It wasn't like most plays i saw it was actually quite different, very open with the actionsand