SKETCH COMEDY CHARACTER

SUMMATIVE ASSIGNMENT
Now that you have had a chance to experiment with
your character, you will begin to build a final scene
that showcases all the quirks and ridiculousness of
this person.
You will work in the groups assigned (or
individually).
1) You will begin by improvising through your situation and building the
scene on its feet. Run through it a few times.
2) After a work-in-progress performance, you will then script the scene,
editing based on the best choices from your improvised run-throughs.
3) You will hand in both your script and your original character sheet on
the day of final performances.
SUCCESS CRITERIA:
Make sure that your scene includes:
- all the elements of your sketch comedy character listed on your sheet
(dominant gesture, motto, etc)
- a strong platform (location, characters, conflict, stakes, resolution) and
a story that BUILDS to a conclusion
- the elements of comedy (reversals, rule of three, etc)
- a focused, loud, and well-staged performance
Remember:
This is a COMEDY scene! Exaggerate your voice/face/body be ridiculous!
Have fun with it!

SKETCH COMEDY RUBRIC:

CATEGORY

LEVEL 4 80-100%
REALLY ADDS TO
PERFORMANCE

LEVEL 3 70-79%
EFFECTIVE AND
PRESENT

LEVEL 2 60-69%
SOMEWHAT
PRESENT

LEVEL 1 5059%
UNCLEAR

EXTREMELY well
used

CONSIDERABLY well
used

SOMEWHAT
present

LIMITED or
ineffective

Tons of
experimentation
and/or group work
skills shown in
rehearsal

I did a fair bit of

experimenting and/or
work effectively in a
group

Some
experimenting
and/or somewhat
effective group
work

Staging Principles

LEVELS, VARIETY OF
POSITIONS,
TRIANGLES are
EXTREMELY well
used

LEVELS, VARIETY OF
POSITIONS, TRIANGLES
are CONSIDERABLY well
used

LEVELS, VARIETY
OF POSITIONS,
TRIANGLES present
in some form

LIMITED

Script

Surprising, hilarious
Story is clear and mostly
and well-thought-out effective

SOMEWHAT clear
and effective story

Story is
LIMITED

Props, costumes,
music, etc

This could be a
professional
production!

Prod. elements are

connected to the story

Prod. elements
exist

Prod.
elements
are limited

Body is consistently
well controlled and
connected to
character

Body is often controlled

and connected to
character

Body movement is
somewhat
connected to the
scene

LIMITED

Voice is extremely
loud, clear, and
appropriate

Voice is often loud,

clear, and appropriate

Voice can be heard

LIMITED

Performer is
consistently and
strongly focused and
commited onstage

Performer
demonstrates focus and
commitment

Concentration
breaks in places

LIMITED

KNOWLEDGE/
UNDERSTANDING

Comedy elements
- character
elements
- comic structure
of scene
THINKING

Rehearsal

Limited

COMMUNICATION

APPLICATION

ACTING
Body

Voice

Focus/
commitment