Theatre · Production proposal (Staging play texts)

PROPOSAL — The task and how it is marked

Theatre · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes

1. TH_PP_3

   What you submit

   A proposal of at most 12 pages of text and images, written text not exceeding 4,000 words, plus a source list, on a published play text (with an ISBN) you have not previously studied.

2. TH_PP_4

   Criterion A: Ideas and intentions

   What this criterion rewards: identifying the key ideas in the play text and forming clear theatre-maker intentions, including performance style and performance space.

3. TH_PP_5

   Criterion B: The proposed design

   What this criterion rewards: creative, coherent production-element design for staging the whole text, with the intended effect on an audience made explicit.

4. TH_PP_6

   Criterion C: The proposed staging of one moment

   What this criterion rewards: using performance and production elements to create tension, emotion, atmosphere and/or meaning (TEAM) in one chosen moment.