Performance Response Essay Prompt Spring 2017:
This essay will utilize a 6 paragraph format. Your essay should be in MLA format and consist of 1000 words (+ or – 10%). In this essay you will critically respond to Clayton State Theatre’s production of A…My Name is Alice. The goal is to engage the production and produce a written response integrating your understanding of the individual elements. Merely proving you saw the production is not enough. You must engage with the production on a deeper level.
Each paragraph will respond to the specific prompts below.

I. Intro
a. Follow the guidelines for writing an intro in “Writing a Play Review” to write an excellent introduction with a thesis statement
II. Body Paragraph 1
a. Choose a specific moment from Act 1 where an element of the production was successful. Using the “Writing the Body of the Paper” section in “Writing a Play Review” as a guide, describe, interpret, analyze, and evaluate
III. Body Paragraph 2
a. Choose a specific moment from Act 1 where an element of the production was unsuccessful. Using the “Writing the Body of the Paper” section in “Writing a Play Review” as a guide, describe, interpret, analyze, and evaluate
IIII. Body Paragraph 3
a. Choose a specific moment from Act 2 where an element of the production was successful using the “Writing the Body of the Paper” section in “Writing a Play Review” as a guide, describe, interpret, analyze, and evaluate
V. Body Paragraph 4
a. Choose a specific moment from Act 2 where an element of the production was unsuccessful, using the “Writing the Body of the Paper” section in “Writing a Play Review” as a guide, describe, interpret, analyze, and evaluate
VI. Conclusion
a. Follow the guidelines for writing a conclusion in “Writing a Play Review” to write an excellent conclusion

Suggestions for elements to consider:
​Scenery, Costumes, Lighting, Sound, Acting, Directing

This essay is not just about describing the elements of the production. It is also not about how much you did or did not like the play. Your descriptions of moments in the production should always be paired with interpretation, analysis, and evaluation of what you saw. Everything on stage has a reason for being there. Why was it there? Why was it like it was?

This essay does not require external sources of any kind. Do not use summaries from the internet, do not use definitions from anywhere, do not use anything that is not your original work. All instances of plagiarism/academic dishonesty will be reported to academic affairs. It does not matter if you are aware that what you did was plagiarism, it is YOUR responsibility as a student to know what does and does not constitute plagiarism. This isn’t difficult, just write the paper yourself and don’t use sources.

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