Weekly Assignment: Theatre Appreciation Audience Assignment: Key Answers

Weekly Assignment #2: The Audience-Ch. 2, Theatre Appreciation

Short answer.  16 points each.  Please answer question #1 in complete sentences. 

Due by Sunday, August 30 at 11:59 PM.

NAME:

1)      What does a dramaturg do?  How does it relate to the work of a critic?  (In other words, what do the dramaturg and critic do that is similar?)

2)      Discuss two reasons that the arts are important. 

3)      There is always a REASON for writing a play.  Discuss two possible purposes of a play. 

4)      Name three things that you should do (or not do) when attending a theatrical performance in person.

 5)      Read through the written instructions for the critique assignments this semester. Go through the list of recorded stage productions for your critique assignment. List a recorded stage production that you would have access to and would like to see.  (If there’s something that’s not on this list that you would like to watch for this assignment, list it here, make a note that it’s not on the list and I’ll get back to you about it whether it is appropriate for this assignment or not. )

6)      Find a live theatre performance in this area you would like to see this semester.  List the theatre, the play and the dates of the performances here.  How did you find it? 

English Week 2 (Can you please do 2 of these.  My boyfriend and I are taking the same course and need the same thing, except written differently.)

Flyers- for this week's assignment, please create a five-to-seven-sentence paragraph in which you reflect on the assignments that you have completed (SMART Goals Forum, Week One Reflection: Emailing Your Professor, and Grammar Exercises). Your topic sentence should list these assignments. (Remember to watch the tutorials on how to write Topic Sentences in the learning resources section) The remaining detail sentences should discuss what you retained from those assignments and how you can apply what you retained within your major, job, career, etc. Upload your paragraph below in an MS Word document in the full MLA format, including: double spacing, title, page header, Times New Roman Font, paragraph indentation, and correct margin alignment. (Be sure to use the MLA Formatting link in the learning resources section.) THIS ASSIGNMENT IS DUE BY 11:59PM ON 8/30 AND WILL BE SUBMITTED VIA MOODLE

Talk about Smart Goals Forum (talk about time management skills

Talk about how well you tested on how your and you’re are used and how well you scored a 100

Talk about how affect and effect were used and how well you did on it scoring 95

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