Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Article Series Plan

1. For my topic, I compared the following sites to WikiHow

  • authorSTREAM: When looking up my topic, I never found much about preparing for auditions. It was mostly promotion for shows. 
  • MentorMob: Very selective in their topics, and unfortunately didn't have the topic I was researching.

2. Title: All the World's a Stage: How to Survive in Theatre

3. 10 Episodes

  1. How to Prepare for an Theatre Audition
  2. How to Study a Monologue Effectively
  3. How to Prepare a Musical Theatre Song
  4. How to Create a Resume
  5. How to Warm Up
  6. How to Overcome Stage Fright
  7. How to Understand Shakespeare 
  8. How to Improvise
  9. How to Prepare for a Callback Audition
  10. How to Make the Part Your Own   
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5. Some articles I found were used mostly for professional actors. My main focus is for beginners in theatre, along with some high school and college-aged students.

6. Statistics about theatre
  • Numerous studies have demonstrated a correlation between drama involvement and academic achievement. In addition to having higher standardized test scores than their peers who do not experience the arts, student who participate in drama often experience improved reading comprehension, maintain better attendance records, and stay generally more engaged in school than their non-arts counterparts. Schools with arts-integrated programs, even in low-income areas, report high academic achievement.
  • In 2002, the Performing Arts Research Coalition (PARC) conducted surveys in 10 major metropolitan areas regarding the role of Performing Arts in their lives and communities . They discovered that at least 90 percent of respondents from each metropolitan area agreed or strongly agreed that the performing arts contribute to the education and development of children.More than 60 percent of respondents in each location who had children aged 13 and older strongly agreed that the performing arts contribute to the education and development of children.
  • 93 percent of Americans believe that the arts are essential to a complete education
  • 79 percent feel that the arts should be a priority in education reform