Theatre III/IV - Journal Choices

You will choose one of these assignments to complete each 6 weeks. Due dates are listed below the chart. Once you have done one assignment, you cannot do it again and you must choose at least one assignment from each row. All written work should be a minimum of one page in length, typed, double spaced, using a font that is no larger than Times New Roman size 12. Spelling and grammar do count and please cite your sources.

PLAY ANALYSIS
Read one of the plays listed below and complete a play analysis. A handout on the expectations and how to write the play analysis will be available on our website.
  • The Trojan WomenbyEuripides
  • Lysistrata by Aristophanes
  • Medea by Euripides
  • Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
/ PLAY ANALYSIS
Read one of the plays listed below and complete a play analysis. A handout on the expectations and how to write the play analysis will be available on our website.
  • The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco
  • The Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco
  • Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
/ PLAY ANALYSIS
Read one of the plays listed below and complete a play analysis. A handout on the expectations and how to write the play analysis will be available on our website.
  • Buried Child by Sam Shepherd
  • God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza
  • Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
  • Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris

MOVIE MUSICALS
Watch one of the movie musicals listed below and write a review over it. A handout on how to write a review will be available on our website. Your choices are:
  • Mamma Mia
  • Gypsy (1962)
  • Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
  • Tommy
  • Damn Yankees
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  • White Christmas
/ ACTOR STUDY - FEMALES
Choose an actor below and watch 2 films that she was in. Write a minimum one-page paper comparing and contrasting the two films and her performances in each. See if you can pinpoint things that are specific to your actor’s style and how she interprets her roles. Your choices are:
  • Cate Blanchett
  • Meryl Streep
  • Jodie Foster
  • Helen Mirren
/ ACTOR STUDY - MALES
Choose an actor below and watch 2 films that he was in. Write a minimum one-page paper comparing and contrasting the two films and his performances in each. See if you can pinpoint things that are specific to your actor’s style and how he interprets her roles. Your choices are:
  • Sean Penn
  • Tom Hanks
  • Phillip Seymour Hoffman
  • Daniel Day Lewis

BIOPICS
Watch one of the biopics listed below and write a review over it. A handout on how to write a review will be available on our website. Your choices are:
  • Awakenings
  • The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
  • Evita
  • Walk the Line
  • Chaplin
/ DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS
Go to dga.org and choose Craft on the top menu. Then on the side, under Profiles, choose either DGA Interviews or Director Profile. Once there, choose an article/interview to read. Then find a second source about the same director. After reading/viewing both, write a minimum one-page paper telling me what you learned about the director. / DIRECTOR STUDY
Choose a director below and watch 2 films that he directed. Write a minimum one-page paper comparing and contrasting the two films. See if you can pinpoint things that are specific to your director’s style and how he makes movies. Your choices are:
  • Ron Howard
  • Robert Altman
  • Elia Kazan
  • Robert Zemeckis

Due Dates:1st – September 17th4th – February 11th

2nd – October 28th5th –April 11th

3rd – December 10th6th – May 12th