Our Town Vs Dead Poets Society

Many, if not all, plays are written to evoke thoughts from people in the audience. Through their scripts, authors deliver messages about their opinions on various issues ranging from gender roles to class ranks. These messages are developed to provoke thoughts and questions from people who experience performances. In the play Rome Sweet Rome, the Q Brothers Collective use both new and old theatrical techniques to make parallels between the Roman and United States governments by addressing issues involving women’s roles in society, class rank, and homosexuality. The play uses methods both similar and different to other classic plays to deliver a message that is relatable to issues in today’s world. This message is enhanced through the use of acting styles, set design, costumes, music, and lighting.

Carthage College’s production of Urinetown offers an engrossing visual and aural experience that seamlessly combines spoken dialogue and musical performance to create a unique theatrical event. Playwrights Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis infuse their provocative subject matter with colorful satire and acerbic wit. By simultaneously exposing theatrical conventions and providing commentary on governmental and societal ills, Urinetown compels viewers to reflect on themes of oppression, deception, and rebellion. Although the show suffers from moments of distracting lighting cues and occasional errors in line delivery, a first-rate script and inspired costume design contribute to its ultimate excellence. By closely analyzing these successes and failures, one can better understand the exceptional amount of collaboration, preparation, and creativity required to produce a quality piece of

The play that we read for this unit is Too Much Punch For Judy, by Mark Wheeller. It is a form of Verbatim Theatre, which means the play is based on the spoken words of real people. This play is about the story of a young woman who kills her sister in an alcohol related accident. When I first read the play I couldn’t empathize with the story as I have never encountered such a shocking event in my life. In this essay I will describe, analyse and evaluate both my work and the work of other actors in my group, focusing on the mediums, elements and explorative strategies of Drama.

One of the biggest worries when reinterpreting the play is whether or not to change is context; for our audience, as a director we must contemplate about whether or not it is better to change the context to make it more applicable to our society or to just leave it. However, in this case, I have decided to change the setting of the play by modernizing it to be set in modern America. The modernization of the play will allow for a new canvas where a whole new variety of ideas can be explored.

11. Point out some moments in the play when the playwright conveys much to the audience without dialogue

theater on the stage of New York’s Town Hall. The debate explored some of the most

Fictional rhetoric and theatrical provide a situation to show the relevance of this episode beyond the

The visual that a play presents is a dominating factor in the quest to invite an audience member into a world of which they feel a part. In a play such as Bus Stop by William Inge, this is especially important because Grace’s Diner plays a primary role in the storytelling. Inge’s use of the iconic American diner to tell his story is ingenious. Simply setting eyes on the set inevitably evokes pleasant feelings of familiarity and comfort in the minds of most audience members. A diner is a place where people gather; a place where individuals from different backgrounds share a similar experience. Inge crafted his characters meticulously in order to create contrast, conflict, and chemistry that would drive the plot through the forced

Some novels and plays seem to advocate changes in social or political attitudes or in traditions. Choose such a novel or play and note briefly the particular attitudes or traditions that the author apparently wishes to modify. Then analyze the techniques the author uses to influence the reader or audience’s views. Avoid plot summary.

In this critique I will be analyzing the different aspects that go into producing a play such as, lighting, set, costumes, space, props, actors, etc., and how each served its own significance in the production of “Our Town”. Specifically, I want to focus your attention to the theme, set, costumes, and lighting of the play. Additionally, I further elaborate on the play, by including a brief summation of my opinion on the play and the effects that it had on me, at the conclusion.

Before I set out to find performances to write this paper about, I wanted to make sure that I was experiencing something entirely new and foreign to my long list of plays and performances that I have already seen. I was fortunate enough to attend two new shows that I had not seen before. The first performance was at the Dietrich Theater at Sierra College where I saw Sierra College Theatre Arts’ production of I Never Saw Another Butterfly, written by Celeste Raspanti and directed by Debra Hammond. The second was Little Shop of Horrors: The Musical, written by Howard Ashman and directed by Steve Gold and Mike Mechanick, performed by Rocklin Community Theatre at the Finnish Temperance Hall in Rocklin. Both performances offered a unique and inviting

“In my class you will learn to think for yourself again” (Dead Poets Society). Mr.Keating tells the boys this in the film “Dead Poets Society” on their first day in his class. “Dead Poets Society” is a movie that is about a teacher (Mr.Keating) that teaches a class and it inspires them to seize the day and follow their own path but it's not as easy as it sounds, not many teachers agree with Mr.Keating’s teachings and nor do all the boys and it shows a small group of boys come out of there shells and sprout their wings and their struggles along the way.

In the movie, it was very evident how influential Mr. Keating was to the thinking of the boys in his class, but I don’t see

TV shows, movies, and school plays are modern results of centuries upon centuries of exploration and growth in not only the art of live performance, but the very core of storytelling as well. Throughout its rich and exciting history, however, it’s difficult to find a period quite so prosperous for the art of western storytelling as the Elizabethan era: an era which sparked exponential growth that would be built upon for centuries to come. Since its very beginning, Elizabethan Theatre has had a marvelous impact on the lives of everyone it touched, with effects that can be seen to this day.

“The Dead Poets Society’ is a movie that conveys many messages that are even more relevant today than they were in 1989. The movie gives you an insider look into Welton academy for boys a prestigious school known for its extreme standards. We follow a class of students who are inspired by a one of a kind teacher Mr Keating, someone who changed their view on learning and the world. The film touches on the subjects of the power of teachers, pressures from parents and teen suicide.