How did the above mentioned elements reinforce or detract from the production.

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All students will see and critique three CSUN Theatre productions during the term.
2. The critiques will be 1 1/2 – 2 pages (Minimum 500 words!) double spaced.
3. All due dates for critiques are in the Turnitin Assignment Tool
4. Submit your critique in a word processed document to the Turnitin Assignment Tool. NO PAPERS ACCEPTED ANY OTHER WAY! I can read most standard word processing documents, but just to be safe, I suggest you save your assignment as RICH TEXT (.RTF)
5. Just to help me keep things straight, please put your name on your assignment – ex b Cleveland Oklahoma Critique
6. MAKE SURE YOUR NAME IS AT THE TOP OF YOUR PAPER!!!!!
7. Late work will not be accepted.
Guidelines
“A play presents a self-enclosed little world for the audience to examine. Its an opportunity for the audience to examine. Its an opportunity to look objectively at a group of people, to assess them, to react to them, and to measure oneself against them. To ask “Am I like That?”
Wallace Shawn
Introduction to Aunt Dan and Lemon
1. Please remember when viewing the production to leave your senses open to the experience and dont concern yourself with copious note taking. The production will effect you in one way or another, and you will be surprised to find out how easily the reasons for your impressions will come back to you.
2. BEGINNING -Open the paper with an introduction (1/2 page, max!) that identifies the play, the playwright, producing body, date, etc. At this point you may want to include a statement presenting your overall impression of the production.
3. MIDDLE – For the main body of the paper, discuss the acting, directing, design and technical elements as they relate to the production based upon:
a. What do you believe that the play is about?
b. How did the above mentioned elements reinforce or detract from the production.
c. In all cases make sure that you cite specific examples from the production, and most importantly, state why any of the aspects of the production were significant. There is no right or wrong to your critique, as long as you intelligently use your information and reinforce your position with reasons
WHY?
4. END – Finally, write on final short paragraph to sum up your ideas and close the paper.
REMEMBER – you DO NOT need information from outside sources for your paper – just watch the show, take a few notes at intermission and after the show, and USE YOUR PROGRAM so you can name names.
PLEASE – DO NOT copy from Wikipedia or other online sources. Turnitin will catch your plagarism and I am required to turn you in to the Dean of Students.