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A Beginning List of Questions
1. Describe what you saw and heard. Tell the story.
2. Analyze the show, look at the parts.

• Playwriting, what about the story was clear and original?
• Acting, did the actors concentrate, always think about their character? Did you believe they were the characters? Did their actions or pantomime show what was happening?   Did their dialogue help to tell the story? Could you hear what they said?

3. Interpret the play

• Tell how the play makes you feel.
• Think about what the play means. What did it tell you about people in general?

4. Evaluate the play

• What did you like?
• If you were to do it again, what would you change
  to make it easier for the audience to understand and enjoy the story and the characters?