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PLAYWRITING EXERCISE 2 : What If...? Building the Foundation of Your Play <strong>The</strong> What If...? exercise begins with a single image or sound or physical indicator of a disruption to construct a series of questions that explore possible choices. A physical indicator of a disruption could be a cell phone that vibrates and flashes before it rings or a fire alarm that blinks as it sounds. To begin, consider: • A single image: a book lies on the ground in a puddle. • A sound or physical indicator of a disruption: there’s the sound of rain or thunder, or lightning flashes. Now, begin asking + answering a series of “What If’s...?” PART 1 To Identify Character What if the owner of the book is a middle school student? What if that student is a girl? What if that student has her final exam tomorrow? PART 2 To Identify the Dramatic Problem What if the book is a textbook belonging to a seventh grade student? What if she read only the first few pages and planned to read the rest that night? What if it’s already night and the storm has made it too dark to see a dark blue–covered book on the ground? >>> 22 ACT II: PLAYWRITING
PLAYWRITING EXERCISE 2 continued What if the “book” is actually a section from a book written in Braille? What if it was a specially ordered copy? What if the computer program that reads chapters aloud is not working? PART 3 To Identify Needs or Wants What if no one else has a copy she can use, because the other student in the class with a similar disability hasn’t done the reading yet either? PART 4 To Identify the Stakes What if she needs to get an A on the exam to pass the course? What if half of her grade for the course depends on doing well on the test? What if failing the course will require her to attend summer school? What if her attending summer school means her family won’t be able to take its long-planned vacation? What if the vacation is already paid for, and there are no refunds? What if the girl’s parents don’t know she isn’t prepared for the exam? What if the girl has hidden her academic problems from them completely? What if her service animal is afraid of the thunder? What if the girl sneaks out alone in the storm to find the textbook? PART 5 To Identify the Ticking Clock What if the exam is first thing in the morning? What if it’s raining so hard that the chapter will be destroyed soon? >>> ACT II: PLAYWRITING 23
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Page 5 and 6: PROLOGUE The Changeling by Paul Bau
Page 7 and 8: A goal of this guide and project is
Page 9 and 10: 3/4 of a Mass for St. Vivian by Pho
Page 11 and 12: ACT I PREPARATION: Exploring Disabi
Page 13 and 14: heats up quickly. Isn’t it much m
Page 15 and 16: Discussion Questions 1. What charac
Page 17 and 18: presented for entertainment. Instea
Page 19 and 20: ACT II PLAYWRITING: Igniting the Im
Page 21 and 22: FOR THE ARTIST’S NOTEBOOK: The Bu
Page 23: PLAYWRITING EXERCISE 1 continued PA
Page 27 and 28: Creating Narrative and Dramatic Act
Page 29 and 30: PLAYWRITING EXERCISE 3 continued Po
Page 31 and 32: PLAYWRITING EXERCISE 3 continued PA
Page 33 and 34: PLAYWRITING EXERCISE 4 : Changing t
Page 35 and 36: PLAYWRITING EXERCISE 4 continued PA
Page 37 and 38: PLAYWRITING EXERCISE 5 : Putting Wo
Page 39 and 40: PLAYWRITING EXERCISE 5 continued DI
Page 41 and 42: ACT III DRAMATURGY: Shaping What Yo
Page 43 and 44: FOR THE ARTIST’S NOTEBOOK: The El
Page 45 and 46: DRAMATURGY EXERCISE 1 continued PAR
Page 47 and 48: FOR THE ARTIST’S NOTEBOOK: The Dr
Page 49 and 50: DRAMATURGY EXERCISE 2 continued PAR
Page 51 and 52: DRAMATURGY EXERCISE 3 : The March o
Page 53 and 54: DRAMATURGY EXERCISE 4 : What Are th
Page 55 and 56: DRAMATURGY EXERCISE 4 continued In
Page 57 and 58: ACT IV PRESENTATION: Sharing Your W
Page 59 and 60: ACT I Scene 1 1 A Classroom. Upstag
Page 61 and 62: ACT V ASSESSMENT: Discover Your New
Page 63 and 64: Discovery Assessment NAME (optional
Page 65 and 66: 9. Define what it means for a scene
Page 67: 19. Name at least three writers or
Page 70 and 71: EPILOGUE Plays submitted to the VSA
Page 72 and 73: VSA Rating System continued 4. CRIT
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Contributors Lenora Inez Brown | Pr
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VSA, the international organization
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