Theater
Rehearse it. Then hear the notes.
You rehearse, make and perform work for people who came to watch. A director gives you notes after every run, out loud and in plain words.
The real briefs
Three briefs from past and partner work.
Examples, written the way you’d receive them. Your cohort’s briefs come from [PARTNER TYPES].
Ten-minute devised piece
Build a short piece with two other students from one prompt, and perform it online for a live audience.
Cold read and table notes
Read a new script cold with the playwright listening, then give notes they can actually use.
Drama workshop for teens
Plan and run a 45-minute workshop over video. A practitioner watches and marks it up.
What the assignment is like
Step 2 of applying.
A sample outline. The real brief arrives by email after you apply.
- The brief[BRIEF]
- You send backA two-minute self-tape and a short note on the choices you made.
- Time[X] days, about 2–3 hours of work
- FormatPDF, DOCX or a link
- How it’s readAgainst a short rubric: clarity, effort and honesty. People make the close calls.
Note · [BRIEF] placeholders. Nancy writes the real briefs.
Who it suits
Be honest with yourself here.
It suits you if
- You’d rather be told it didn’t work than that it was nice.
- You can run the same scene ten times and still listen.
- You show up on time, because other people are waiting.
It probably doesn’t if
- You want a lead role more than a group’s work.
- Notes in front of others are hard for you to hear, for now.
- You can’t commit to fixed rehearsal times in PT.
What you’ll find out in this track
The questions Theater answers about you.
How you take a note in front of others
And whether the next run shows you heard it.
How you work in a group that disagrees
Devising means arguing. You’ll see your part in it.
What you’re like on the tenth run
Energy, focus and patience when the novelty is gone.
Whether you can teach what you do
Running a workshop shows what you actually understand.