Syllabus concepts to know

• Inquiring into how moments of tension, emotion, atmosphere, and/or meaning (“TEAM”) are created on stage through production and/or performance elements.
• Inquiring into at least one play text and the ideas presented by the playwright (such as concepts, issues, meanings, themes or contexts) and formulating theatre-maker intentions for staging.
• Developing and refining creative design ideas for staging an entire play text using production elements to fulfill specific theatre-maker intentions.
• Developing and refining creative ideas for staging specific moments of a play text using performance and production elements to create tension, emotion, atmosphere and/or meaning (“TEAM”).
• Proposing and presenting creative visual design ideas for staging an entire play text using production elements.
• Presenting and proposing creative ideas for staging specific moments of a play text using performance and production elements to create tension, emotion, atmosphere, and/or meaning (“TEAM”).
• Presenting work in the form of a production proposal.
• Evaluating the extent to which their creative ideas would appropriately fulfill stated theatre-maker intentions for an audience.
• Evaluating their own written work and addressing any areas that require improvement.