How To Pick The Right One Act Plays For High School

By Anita Ortega


Getting a drama that the audience will love is always a difficult job for directors. If you are a teacher, then you probably understand the challenges in selecting one act plays for high school. There are many things, such as the appropriateness of the setting and the subject, the values of the characters and so on, which you have to consider. However, with the guidelines below, this should be a rather simple task.

Ensure that the theatre pieces do not have extensive exposition. If the drama is about Margaret and Daniel quarreling in a restaurant, there are things that should not be included in the acting. For instance, your viewers will not want to know the number of siblings they have, the town they were born in or any information that is unrelated to the performance.

Ensure that you choose something you are familiar with. Get the drama in good time so that you can read it and even spare some time to watch samples. You can easily get compilations from both upcoming playwrights and veterans that you can easily go through to have an idea of what the content is all about.

You should educate yourself for you to make the right decision. This is important particularly if you have never handled dramas before. Theaters tend to vary in form and even content. Therefore, you have to check them out for you to choose one that will suit your objectives. Ensure that you read and personally watch several pieces to understand their nature.

You should choose a drama that has few location sets. One set plays offer limited time for one to communicate new information to your viewers. Therefore, for better understanding you should use simple ideas. In addition, you should avoid many set changes as they can be confusing for the spectators and will make your drama to appear long and uninteresting.

Most people choose dramas because of their own personal reasons as the story may resonate with them. However, in your selection process, your main target should be your audience. Remember that it is not a privilege for anyone to see your production; it is an honor for them to pay to watch it.

Consider the resources required for the setting. Most of one-act plays consist of a few characters and maybe just a single scene. It should, therefore, be simple to set up, so that you can erect the stage and pull it down in a very short time. This will also be cheap financially.

One of the challenges of having a one-act play is the fact that the evening entertainment will call for more than one pieces. Therefore, you should ensure that you choose a piece that will complement the other drama. Therefore, you should choose skits that have the same intensity or theme for them to match each other. This will enable your audience to adjust to the change comfortably.

It is never easy to choose a drama script, especially when you are dealing with high school students. This is because you have limited time and you want to cover many things at once. It is important to spend enough time to select a drama that will offer the required experience and still entertain.




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