Anachronistic Romeo and Juliet

A Play in Five Acts

For a major grade you will be required to be an active part of a small acting company that
will perform Romeo and Juliet. Your groups must be large enough for everyone to play
a speaking part (even if its the prologue), but the whole group will receive ONE grade.

Prepare your presentation using the following requirements.

Must be in a different time period from that of Romeo and Juliet. Ideas used in
the past include the wild west, Civil War, Star Wars/ future, Stone Age, 1960s,
1970s disco, Real World, Back to the Future, etc Make it appropriate; any
insensitivity that disparages a specific group, gender, or race will not be tolerated.
When you have decided the time period /theme. RESERVE IT WITH ME via
email.

You must use props and wear costumes appropriate to the time period you select.
Make as much as possible, but you can use commercial items if you want (e.g.
plastic laser guns instead of rapiers for the sci-fi group). No puppet shows are
allowed; videos can be made, but make sure the audience can hear the dialogue.
Otherwise, make sure your set is read to go when I call on you and that you know
beforehand how to set it up quickly.

Submit videos in the form of DVDs, not tapes. No flash drives. YouTube
links must be confirmed prior to due date.

The action of the play will be reduced to no more than 15 minutes, but everyone
must have a speaking part. Actors do not have to have their lines memorized, but
should be familiar enough so that fumbling and long breaks are not needed.
Basically, your act should be polished and rehearsed.

For the most part, you will use language appropriate to the time period you select
and you can change names slights or add references from your time period. Still
you must have at least five pieces of original Shakespearean stuff worked into
your act somewhere.

A typed script must be turned into me on the day you present your act.

DUE:

GROUP
EXCELLENT GOOD (8) ADDRESSED POOR (5) MISSING
(6)
SCRIPT (10)
CONTENT (50)
S. LANGUAGE (10)
ROLES (10)
PREPARED (10)
PROPS/COSTUMES
TOTAL: