Play Evaluation Outline

Your Name:
Production:
Theatre:
Date of Performance:
Style of Play:

Author & Structure
• To whom does the play most appeal to?
• What do you think the author was trying to say? (theme)
• What did you find unique about the play?
• What would you say is the climax…or was there a climax? Why did this seem to be the climax to you?
• What did you think about the characters and their dialogue (in the writing, not the acting)?
• What question(s) would you like to ask this playwright?

Actors
• What were the names of the main characters (or descriptions)?
• Remark on these actors believability (or unbelievablity)
• Did you get the illusion that the action was spontaneous (as if it were happening for the first time?)
• Comment on their voice (quality, projection, suitability, interpretation)
• Comment on their body (gestures, movement, business)
• Comment on their emotions
• Comment on the relationships between the characters/actors (Realistic? Did they work together as an Ensemble/team?)

Technical Aspects
• What was your impression of the set? (Did it establish the proper mood for the play? Was it practical? Cleverly designed? Functional? What will you remember about this set?)
• Comment on what you noticed about
o Lighting
o Costumes
o Make-up
o Sound
o Stage Management
o House Management

Comment on the Audience’s
• attentiveness
• responses (laughter, surprise, tears)
• signs of appreciation (was the applause spontaneous or polite?)
• conversation at intermission and after the show.