Content Outline

In this blog post, I am going to detail out an outline for my project from beginning, middle, to end.

To start off the project, I am going to detail out the "genetic makeup" for some of the most common genres that occur in the theatre. In my case this happens to be the play (specifically politically thematic plays), *the academic journal entry*, and the workshop. I am going to give a brief description about what all of these genres are, what their relation is to one another and/or to theatre in general.

I am going to describe how plays all vary in their structure or purpose, but that plays with a political message all contain examples of their theme as to show an example for the audience (The Harvest and globalization, Vagina Monologues and women, Doll House and independence). I will also detail out that while there are similarities between the content of a workshop and an academic journal entry, their execution is what drastically distinguishes the two (The difference between a workshop and a journal published about Shakespeare)

The bulk of my project shall be spent analyzing how each piece of work is constructed.

• For plays, my main subject of analysis is going to be The Vagina Monologues written by Eve Ensler with supporting texts being The Harvest and A Doll House.
• The sets of each production, if any, and their construction and how that can translate into pathos, logos, ethos?
• Focus on emotional appeals - shocking statistics and personal stories
• Not-So-Happy Fact
• Because He Liked To Look At It
• Men and femininity (Doll House)
• My Vagina Was My Village
• They beat the girl out of my boy...or so they tried
• I am then going to analyze the work of how workshops are constructed by their authors. Due to my inability to experience one on such a short notice of time, I shall use videos published by professional companies on YouTube, featuring the workshops performed by Yours Truly Theatre, the British International School, and a workshop performed by actress, Kristin Chenoweth.
• Differences on how those in America construct theatre as opposed to other countries (Yours Truly in India)
• Focus on credibility-based appeals - info about the authors expertise, reference to credible sources
• Theater is named after Chenoweth
• Wants to make it a yearly thing for her and her “Broadway friends”
• While this is credible, the pretension in that is worth noting.
• Her ending the show with her singing
• “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” is her signature song? What?

The end of my project will summarize all of the work in full, and explain what the author was overall trying to accomplish and their effectiveness in doing so based off the decisions that they made in their rhetorical strategies. For example, are the facts/statistics in The Vagina Monologues influential and overall aid or hinder what Eve Ensler is trying to communicate to her audience, and in this example I will say yes and go on to elaborate how and why it does. I shall do this for all of my genres.