1. GENERAL HEADING: Live Performance Analysis

2. TITLE OF EXERCISE: "One-page Written Response"

3. GOALS: To heighten awareness of performance choices.

4. NUMBER OF STUDENTS: N.A.

5. EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES: N.A.

6. CLASS TIME NEEDED: N.A.

7. STEP-BY-STEP DESCRIPTION: After watching a performance as a class, ask students to write one page discussing what they found to be a distinctive choice by an actor, designer, or the director.

8. POINTS FOR OBSERVATION/DISCUSSION: How same performance choices can be interpreted differently by different playgoers.

9. SOURCE/ REFERENCE: Alan Dessen and Audrey Stanley

10. ADDITIONAL READING: N.A.

11. VARIATIONS: Use a videotape of a live performance or a film version.