Your Task: Create a Skit with Your Teammates Using Steps Below

Your task: Create a skit with your teammates using steps below. Practice the skit and be prepared to deliver it to the class tomorrow.

Obstacles or Problems: Please choose one.

Brian goes to his high-powered job drunk. He’s known to be difficult when he indulges.

Joe gives Mary his father’s ring, and she loses it. The ring was symbolic of their love. Joe sees their mutual acquaintance Bill wearing the ring.

Shelly brings home Cory to meet her dad. She has just married him/her. Cory can be of another race or both Shelly and Cory may be gay.

John is caught in a web of lies. He told Mark that Cyndi cheated on him with Sean. Mark realizes the truth….

Setting: Please create and briefly describe the setting you choose to develop one of the scenarios described below in the section titled Obstacles or Problems.

Characters: Are there minor characters in your production? Briefly sketch the characters in your skit in terms of dominant personality traits.

Dramatic Tension: Play up the problem.

Surprises and twist? What surprises, ironies, twist and unexpected turns can you build in?

Resolution or Solution Are problems overcome? How does the story end?

What might the sequel be?

Conclusion: Students will perform skits and discuss what factors they chose in developing plot. The class will discuss the impact of irony and dramatic tension in drama.