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Too Much Controversy? Assessment
Step 1
: Define Your Community
Complete the chart using research or personal knowledge of where you live. Knowing your audience,
how will that impact what they deem appropriate content?
Reflection Questions
My Response
Briefly describe the community you live in. Is it a
big city or a small town? Is there a community or
high school theater?
I live in a relatively small town, there is a high
school theater.
What are the social and cultural norms? What do
people you know value? What might the people
you know find problematic in a production?
While most people in the theater program and
most people I personally know are progressive,
my town is overall pretty conservative. So
anything sexual, lgbt, or overly political would
likely be problematic for a production.
Research a school or community theater in or near
your town. What are some recent productions?
What values and beliefs do they reflect?
The local highschools recent productions have
been Mama Mia, The Sound of Music,
Spongebob the Musical, and Putnam County
Spelling Bee.
Step 2
: Community and Controversy
Read each play’s description. Then, determine the appropriate category (“controversial” if you feel it isn’t
a good choice for a high school production
in your community
, “not controversial” if you feel it’s a good
high school choice). In the last column on the right, you’ll explain your reasoning. What makes it a
controversial choice, or what makes it a safe choice?
Your explanations should be at least two sentences in length and should reflect the perspective of your
community, not your personal
preference. What you deem as controversial or not controversial may not
be viewed that way by your community at large. An example is provided.
Title
Official Description
Controversia
l
Not
Controversia
l
Explanation
SAMPLE:
You’re a
Good Man,
Charlie
Brown
With charm, wit, and heart,
You're A Good Man, Charlie
Brown explores life through the
eyes of Charlie Brown and his
friends in the Peanuts gang.
This revue of songs and
X
This is a great show
for my local school
to do. The content is
appropriate, as it is
based on a
childhood favorite,
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vignettes, based on the beloved
Charles Schulz comic strip, is
the ideal first show for those
who would like to do a musical.
and it is an easy
show for performers
and tech.
Rent
In the late 1980s and early
1990s, friends in Manhattan’s
East Village struggle to build
the lives of their dreams.
Pennilessness, drug abuse,
HIV/AIDS, social tension, and
political unrest, among other
hardships, challenge the group
physically and emotionally.
x
This would be a
controversial
production,
because of the
political and lgbt
themes, and the
drug use and
profanity.
The Skin of
Our Teeth
George Antrobus, inventor of
the wheel and the alphabet,
lives with his wife of 5,000
years and their two children in
New Jersey. Modeled after the
biblical Adam, Eve, Cain, and
Abel, the family survives
multiple end-of-world
experiences by the skin of their
teeth.
x
This would not be
controversial,
because it is
biblical and
depicts a nuclear
family despite its
darker themes.
American
Psycho
26-year-old Patrick Bateman: a
sophisticated, rich, and
devastatingly handsome Wall
Street banker in 1980s New
York City. There’s just one snag:
Patrick can’t get the blood out
of his $5,000 suits because he
also has a murderous,
psychopathic alter ego.
x
This would be
controversial in a
highschool
production
because the horror
aspects would not
be seen as age
appropriate, but
would be alright as
a community
theater production.
Six
Divorced, beheaded, died,
divorced, beheaded, survived.
From Tudor Queens to Pop
Princesses, the SIX wives of
Henry VIII take the mic to remix
five hundred years of historical
heartbreak into an exuberant
celebration of 21st-century girl
power.
x
This would not be
controversial
because it is
historical in some
respect and is a
relatively clean
musical
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