April 27 - May 1

This week you will conduct some preliminary research into a selection of theatrical theorists. This assignment serves two purposes: 1) To prepare students to apply a chosen technique besides Stanislavski to your rehearsal process of a selected monologue for performance, and 2) for those students taking HL next year, this assignment helps you to narrow your selection of a theorist for your Solo Project as you “sample” many and then eventually select one whom you gravitate towards. This week’s assignment is the first stepping-stone. Essentially, you will spend the week’s total minutes (125, or roughly two hours) researching a theorist and inputting data into a shared document for all students to reference.

MONDAY - FRIDAY:
Go to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iD6wDyjMh1O04qkXeJVZ7ncQRKkJGIwnnR17t-RofVM/edit?usp=sharing.

• Select a theorist. First come, first served. There should be one theorist per student. 
  • Write your name in the “student researcher” section.
• Conduct online research where you:
  • Identify the text that your theorist authored (you may focus on the most important work)
  • Outline the core concept(s) that your theorist explores/defines. Briefly describe anything that may need clarity for the class.
  • Locate an interview with the theorist or a documentary that explores the theorist. Ensure that the interview or documentary is from a credible source.
  • Locate a performance where the theorist’s aspects/ideas/concepts are put into action.

Journal Entry: Write a one-page journal entry sharing any creative work or creative reflections that have taken place over the past month and a half. If you feel there have been none in your life, write about something you would like to do with your time (besides school and binging shows/movies) over the next month.
- Keep your journal entries in your journal. All second semester journal entries will be photographed/scanned and emailed in the coming weeks. 

All of this research and the journal entry should take you between one to two hours over the course of the week to complete, doing a thorough and accurate job.
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Your completed theorist’s row is due by midnight on Friday, 1st.