Students will demonstrate understanding of the members of a theatre production team and their roles and responsibilities by participating in class activities, discussions, and hands-on creative projects for specific positions on a production team. They will also demonstrate their understanding by taking a test and submitting a portfolio at the end of the unit.
Class Level:
Advanced
Main Concepts:
Production team roles and how they work together, overview of each production team member’s job
1994 National Standards:
CONTENT STANDARD 3: Designing and producing by conceptualizing and realizing artistic interpretations for informal or formal productions.
CONTENT STANDARD 5: Researching by evaluating and synthesizing cultural and historical information to support artistic choices.
Unit Description:
Students learn about each production team member’s job and practice that particular job using a scene chosen from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Author’s Notes:
This is a broad, overarching unit. It could be adapted to be used as a beginning overview to production team roles or used as a large capstone type project for a more advanced class.
Students will demonstrate understanding of the members of a theatre production team and their responsibilities by participating in class activities, discussions, and by taking a quiz.
Students will demonstrate understanding of the importance of reading the script in developing a production concept by reading a summary of a play, participating in activities and discussions and by selecting a particular scene on which they will base their director’s concepts and design elements for their production book.
Students will understand the position of a director on a production team, and his/her responsibilities, a director’s concept and how to develop a concept. They will demonstrate their understanding through participation in activities and discussions and by creating a director’s concept for their chosen scene from Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Students will demonstrate understanding of a director’s concept and how to develop a concept by participating in activities and discussions and by creating a director’s concept for their chosen scene from Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Students will demonstrate understanding of the role and importance of a dramaturg to the production team by researching various topics for the play and creating a play bill for Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Students will demonstrate their understanding of the role and importance of a dramaturg to the production team by researching various topics for the play and creating a play bill (program) for Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Students will demonstrate understanding of the role of the set designer, his/her responsibilities, and the importance of the set designer to the production team by creating a set design for their chosen scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Students will demonstrate understanding of the role of the set designer, his/her responsibilities, and the importance of the set designer to the production team by creating a set design for their chosen scene from Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Students will demonstrate understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a prop manager on a theatrical production team by participating in learning activities, asking and answering questions, and completing a Props List Worksheet.
Students will demonstrate understanding of the role of the lighting designer, his/her responsibilities, and the importance of light to the production by creating a lighting design for their chosen scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Students will demonstrate understanding of the role of a costume designer and the importance of costumes and costume design to theatre by researching and creating a costume design for a character in their chosen scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Students will demonstrate understanding of the role of a costume designer and the importance of costumes and costume design to theatre by researching and creating a costume design for a character in their chosen scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Students will demonstrate understanding of a theatrical production manager, house manager, and stage manager as well as their responsibilities and will demonstrate their knowledge by answering questions and participating in learning activities.
Students will demonstrate their understanding of the role of a theatre production team, the definition of each member, and his/her responsibilities, talents/skills by taking a test and working on their Production Book (portfolio) which is based on a chosen scene from Midsummer Night’s Dream and includes hands-on, creative projects for specific positions on a production team and similar to what they would do if working an actual production.
