Theatre Topic Reports

Theatre Topic Choices

 

Paul Robeson

Lunt & Fontanne

In the Heights

August Wilson

Zoot Suit!

David Henry Hwang

Noh Theatre

Oh! Calcutta!

Theatre of the Absurd

the Guthrie Theatre

The Second City

Kurt Weill

Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk

Richard Burbage

Sir Patrick Stewart

David Garrick

Edward Kynaston

Kit Marlowe

Nell Gwynn

Aphra Behn

Laurence Olivier

Oscar Wilde

J.M. Barrie

Edward Booth

Royal Shakespeare Company

tennis court theatres

The Frogs

American Buffalo

Rhinocerous

Suzuki Method

SITI Company

Ann Hould-Ward

William Ivey Long

Alvin Ailey

Theatre of Cruelty

Peter Hall

Dame Judi Dench

Leontyne Price

Katherine Dunham

Ethel Merman

Julie Taymor

Bunraku

Stratford Festival

Lysistrata

Gustave Meyerhold

Inigo Jones

Robert Edmund Jones

El Teatro Campesino

Hal Holbrook

B. D. Wong

Actors’ Equity

Equus

Carol Burnett

Steppenwolf Theatre

Sarah Bernhardt

the Alley Theatre

Dance Theatre of Harlem

Geoffrey Holder

Lorraine Hansberry

The Threepenny Opera

Mrs. Malaprop

Caryl Churchill

Neal Patrick Harris

IATSE

North Carolina School of the Arts

Elaine Stritch

Bob Mackie

Ellen Terry

Erte

Desmond Heeley

Serge Diaghelev

An Actor Prepares

Neil LaBute

Basil Twist

League of Broadway Producers

Samm Art Williams

Oscar Hammerstein II

Sweeney Todd

Bob Fosse

Noel Coward

Chita Rivera

Rita Moreno

Ethel Waters

George Abbott

Joseph Papp

Luigi Russolo

Dan Dugan

American Conservatory Theatre

American Theatre Wing

Richard D’Oyly Carte

Adolphe Appia

Ming-chu Lee

Norman Bel Geddes

Willa Kim

USITT

Julie Andrews

Lynn Ahrens

Kabuki Theatre

Tony Kushner

Lanford Wilson

Edward Albee

Ntozake Shange

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Federico Garcia Lorca

Tyrone Guthrie

Lerner & Leowe

Frank Loesser

Life is a Dream

Buddy Ebsen

Lillian Hellman

Oklahoma!

Elia Kazan

Marisol

Woyzeck

Naomi Iizuka

Gregory Gale

Yale Drama School

Jo Mielziner

Chay Yew

Spalding Gray

Alfred Uhry

Zero Mostel

Ann Bogart

Jessica Tandy

Yul Brynner

Edith Head

Burt Lahr

Alan Ayckbourne

Frank Langella

Harold Prince

Jean Anouilh

Jean-Paul Sartre

Samuel Beckett

Reduced Shakespeare

Harvey Fierstein

Jennifer Tipton

Theatre South West

Raul Esparza

Brooks Atkinson

Federal Theatre Project

Arthur Miller

Takarazulka Kagekidan

Helen Hayes

Tyler Perry

Bob Fosse

Cole Porter

Raul Julia

Jonathan Larson

The Living Theatre

George M. Cohan

Miguel de Cervantes

The Actor’s Studio

Sir Ian McKellen

Tennessee Williams

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Jerzy Grotowski

Dame Edith Evans

Georges Feydeau

Sir John Geilgud

Jerome Kern

Gordon Edward Craig

Anthony Hopkins

the Harlem Renaissance

Frank Chin

Nuyorican

Ping Chong

Luis Valdez

The Mother****er With the Hat

Anna in the Tropics

The Scottsboro Boys

The Blind Boys of Alabama

The Mark Taper Forum

The Algonquin Roundtable

John Barrymore

The Zeigfeld Follies

Stephen Sondheim

Improv Everywhere

the Nederlander Theatre

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Audra McDonald

INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE

THEATRE TOPICS REPORT CONTRACT

NAME_________________________________________________________________

LIST THREE OPTIONS FOR YOUR REPORT TOPIC, IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE

1.

2.

3.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT MULTIPLE STUDENTS OFTEN CHOOSE THE SAME TOPIC.  YOU WILL ONLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 1 REPORT, BUT YOU MUST CHOOSE THREE TOPICS.  IF YOU DO NOT, I WILL CHOOSE FOR YOU.

GRADING STANDARD:

TIME (5 points)

Presented within time requirements                                               ____________

PRESENTATION (20 points)

Clarity, planning, organization                                                           ____________

CONTENT (25 Points)

Details, examples, illustrations                                                           ____________

RESEARCH (25 Points)

3 bibliographic resources (not Wikipedia!)                                   ____________

           

Guide for Theatre Report Planning

Select  a topic that you have an interest in, then check out your research options.  Use the internet, but also make a visit to a library – please!!!!

You will need at least three bibliographic sources to successfully complete your presentation.   Wikipedia is not an acceptable source.

 

GUIDELINES:

1.  Turn in your contract form with THREE choices for your project topic.

2. Sign up for a scheduled presentation time and note the time/date on your contract.

3. Your presentation needs to be at least 5 minutes long, but no more than 7 minutes.  (time/plan your presentation!)

4. Do your research, keep notes, make an outline, create your handout, and rehearse!

5. Use the following public speaking/topic report format:

 

1. Introduction                      Define your topic

    (1 minute)                          Explain your choice

                                                Pass out your handout

 

2. Content and Details          Create a timeline

  (3-5 minutes)                       List examples and note quotes

                                                Record and reveal important details

 

3. Summary                            Identify contributions

   (1-2 minutes)                      Explain significance

Final remarks/comments