PERFORMANCE REPORTS

You must have a signed program for credit. Report is due the Monday
after the final performance of the production.

Answer all questions fully and in complete sentences (5 points). Use your
own paper. Papers should be typed. (If you have no access to a computer,
paper may be written legibly in blue or black ink, NO PENCIL. If I cannot
read it, you will lose points.) Answer questions A through N for all
performances, plus questions O and P for musicals.

A) In paragraph form, list the NAME of the play (or musical), the DATE
attended, the AUTHOR(s), the VENUE. (Venue means the place
where you saw the production), and the GENRE of the play (i.e.
comedy, drama, farce, melodrama, satire, mystery, parody, romance,
tragedy, history, musical, etc.) (5 points)
B) What is the THEME of the play? (i.e. What is the main idea of the
play that the writer wants the audience to remember?) Explain your
answer and cite examples from the play.(3 points)
C) What is the MOOD of the play? (i.e. Define the play’s emotional
feeling.) How is that reflected in the set, lights, costumes and
makeup? (6 points)
D) What is the general PLOT of the play? (Include the EXPOSITION,
RISING ACTION, CLIMAX, FALLING ACTION, AND RESOLUTION.)
(10 points)
E) Who are the main CHARACTERS of the play? Don’t just list, describe
their personalities and appearance! (4 points)
F) What is their OBJECTIVE? (i.e. What do they want?) (4 points)
G) What is their MOTIVATION? (i.e. Why do they want it?) (4 points)
H) What OBSTACLE(s) stands in the way of the main character’s
desires? This is the CONFLICT. (2 points)
I) What is the CLIMACTIC SCENE of the play? Summarize this scene
so I can picture exactly what happened from beginning to end. NOTE:
The climax is usually near the very end of the play, and never earlier
than the middle of the play. (5 points)
J) Which character would you like to play and why? (You MUST choose
one!) Explain your answer completely. (2 points)
K) BLOCKING – Was the blocking of the play effective? Could you see
what you needed to see? Did the director create interesting pictures
on the stage with his/her placement of the actors? Give examples by
describing one scene and how it was staged. (4 points)
 L) AUDIENCE APPEAL – Discuss the audience reaction to the
performance. Did they like it? Why or why not? Did YOU enjoy the
performance? Give specific examples of what you liked or didn’t like
about it. (4 points)
M) MUSIC – (For musicals) Give a summation of the overall
performance, including your evaluation of both main and back-up
singers, musicians, and/or band or orchestra. Explain if they added or
detracted from the performance. Give specific examples by
describing at least one song performance. (5 points)
N) CHOREOGRAPHY – (For musicals) Discuss the choreography
and/or dance portion of the performance. Did it add or detract from
the overall production? Give examples by describing at least one
dance number. (5 points)

NOTE: Performance reports are considered Long­Term Assignments and are due 
on their due date even if you are absent. Points listed are the number of points that
can be subtracted out of 100 points. The points do not add up to 100.

Report is due the Monday after the final performance.

Genres
Use this information to help answer part A. Sometime the genre is listed on the front or title page
of a program.

Comedy: a light and amusing play that typically has a happy ending. Farce: is a type of
comedy with exaggerated characterizations, abundant physical or visual humor, and
often an improbable plot. Satire, and parody are also types of comedy.

Melodrama: a dramatic form popular in the 1800s, characterized by cliff-hanging plots,

heart-tugging emotional appeals, the celebration of virtue, and a strongly moralistic
tone.

Tragedy: a form of drama in which the main character suffers disaster.

Drama: a play dealing with serious subject matter, but that does not necessarily have a
disastrous ending.

Musical theatre: a type of entertainment containing music, songs, and usually dance.