Students will demonstrate their understanding of Brechtian theatre techniques by creating and presenting a concept for a play they could direct in a Brechtian style.
Learning Level:
Advanced Drama
Prior Experience:
Some directing experience, improvisation
Utah State Standards:
Standard 3 DESIGNING/IMPLEMENTING Objective A: VISUALIZATION Envision design ideas for dramatic presentations.
Standard 4 CONSTRUCTING MEANING Objective A: RESEARCHING Apply internal and external research to a dramatic presentation.
Standard 4 CONSTRUCTING MEANING Analyze/critique personal preferences acquired through experiencing theatre as a participant and an observer.
National Standards:
TH: Re8.1.III c. Support and explain aesthetics, preferences, and beliefs to create a context for critical research that informs artistic decisions in a drama/theatre work.
TH:Cn11.1.III a. Develop a drama/theatre work that identifies and questions cultural, global, and historic belief systems.
TH: Pr4.1.III a. Apply reliable research of directors’ styles to form unique choices for a directorial concept in a drama/theatre work.
Objective: Students will demonstrate an understanding of basic Brechtian theatre techniques by beginning to create a Brechtian staging of a children’s story.
Objective: Students will demonstrate an understanding of Brechtian theatre techniques in performance by preparing a pitch presentation for a play in the Brechtian style.
