DAY TWO, Tuesday, June 28

Catron Definition of a Play (p 18 in text)
A play is a structured and unified story, comic or dramatic, complete in itself, with a beginning, middle and end, that expresses the playwright's passion and vision of life, shows unfolding conflict that builds to a climax and deals with dimensional life-like humans who have strong emotions, needs and objectives that motivate them to take action. It is constructed with a plausible and probable series of events, written to be performed and therefore told with speeches and actions, plus silences and inactions, projected by actors from a stage to an audience that is made to believe the events are happening as they watch.

Subheadings "What Makes A Play?"
#1 Writer's Mantra SHOW DON'T TELL -- "actions speak louder than words"
#2 Drama is Conflict

Credo: I BELIEVE (free writing 10 minutes)
ASSIGNMENT: Choose Two of Your Strong beliefs and write a 5-7 sentence scenario of a play that could possibly embody that theme. DO NOT STATE THE THEME!!!! Think ACTION only.