For the staging essay, you will write about one of the plays (not short stories) that we have read in our text book. In your paper, you will imagine that you’re the owner of a small theater in Southwest Florida, and you want to bring the play you’ve chosen to your stage. Here’s the best part: you have unlimited funding, so you can hire anyone you want to direct the play. In the thesis of the paper, describe who you would hire to direct the play.
In this case I selected “Donald Petrie” who directs the movie “How to lose a guy in 10 days”.
The play that I selected will be the play “Post Its”.
To develop your thesis throughout your paper, here are some questions you can address:
Why does this director’s style seem appropriate? (Note: you can compare the play to some aspect of his or her films.)
How will this director affect the look and tone of the play? Can he or she do so while staying true to the playwright’s intentions?
What moment or line in the play will be the most powerful, most effective, or most humorous?
How do you think the director will stage this moment?
Guidelines and Hints:
For the paper itself, you will need one source. This source will be a review of one of this director’s films. Use one or two quotes from this review anywhere in your paper.
Remember to have a good title and to cite your quotations in the MLA style. Bear in mind that quoting from a play involves a different kind of formatting, which we will go over in class.
Your works cited page will list the play you’ve chosen to discuss, as well as the review you found through research.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251127/externalreviews?ref_=tt_ov_rt (Reviews for movie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgE3qoXkWQk (Post Its play)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yoe6dO66fA (Post Its play)
