A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

Your program MUST contain at least the following items, but you are encouraged to include more. Consider show program examples and ones you have from your show for inspiration, as well as programs you may have from the DCPA or other theatres in town. You might also considering looking for “playbills,” as they are typically called, online for inspiration:

Cover (5 points)
* A graphic or image that represents your production.

* It should tie into the director’s concept of the production that you will write.

* It must be an originally constructed or re-appropriated image.

* Do not use an image from a previous production!

* You may use any source (including original artwork) for this image.

Cast List (15 points)
* A list of the characters for your fictional production.

* You do not need to explain or justify your choices like you did in class blurbs. You can choose whether or not to include pictures of them, but if you choose to add them, make sure they fit into your program layout!

* You must include originally-written bios for your cast (you do not need to cite sources like Wikipedia, www.imdb, www.ibdb, etc. but do make sure your sources are credible).

III. Director’s Concept (25 points)

*here is where you have 300-500 words to explain the concept and director’s vision.

* what about the storyline(s) interest you and draw your focus as director?

* why is your particular version of the play presented this way?

* why this focus?

This is exactly like class blurbs – why does your choice of setting fit with the themes of the play? The best concepts will tie setting to the themes discussed in the work and include a discussion of the cover image. This should be written for a broad audience of theatre-goers and should educate the audience about your perspective of the themes and motifs of the play.

Presentation & Creativity (30 points)
* the program (with the annotated image bank – instructions on reverse) should be printed out OR saved as a secure, unalterable document (.PDF) whether the file was generated on a Mac or a PC and either on Word, InDesign, Photoshop, Keynote, Open Office, PowerPoint, Publisher, etc.

Be creative and finicky, consider this your “press ready” presentation for the printer – and you’re going to drop some serious dough on these. Get margins perfect, spelling mistakes taken care of, be sure your grammar is “print ready.”

Annotated Image Bank (25 points)

* the image bank, as you recall is typically a digital file (powerpoint or prezi).

* you may choose to print yours IN COLOR or work digitally.

* while they are mainly visual, they do sometimes include audio links or short videos.

* your image bank must be explained – you must provide a comment on each image or section of images you collect. Keep these very short! No more than 2 sentences or so per image.

Here are some examples of how you might annotate your images You do not have to use one of these examples, but you should definitely include full annotations.