My Best Presentation Using Process Writing

In theatre appreciation, I had to present one play from the list we had to read this whole semester. I had a partner and we sat together brain storming about how we could present our play "Everyman" in a way that would hold the audience's attention and still get us a good grade. We did not want to do the standard "state the summary" deal, so we decided upon a nontraditional approach. We decided to write out a skit and perform it for the class. We were both former actors from high school so we thought this would be the best way to get a good grade, captivate the audience, and still relay the summary of the play. First, we had to write out the major happenings in the play. We decided upon the few major characters Everyman meets through the course of the play and twisted the scenes to make them funny, but still the same. Then we had to sit down and type out the script that would serve as our rough draft to practice with. After we had our rough draft, we practiced it a few times and decided upon the changes that needed to be made. We then went back in and changed the mess ups and then practiced it a final time. When it came time to perform, we were very nervous because no one in the class had done this style of presentation before and we didnt want to seem like "suck ups". However, we sucked it up and put on the performance. My partner was Everyman and I was every other character. The coolest part about my parts were that I used different accents for each of the characters to distinguish them from one another. Throughout the presentation, people were laughing which made us feel like we had done a good job with our idea. At the end, everyone said how much they enjoyed the skit and how funny it was that I could do all those voices. The teacher was even laughed and enjoyed the skit like the rest of us. I guess we both owe it to the process writing technique to our wonderful success.