Here I am including additional documents from this semester that I feel show my growth and new knowledge.

Discussion Board #2

“EF’s Visit to a Small Planet: Some Questions to ask a Play” by Elinor Fuchs was a very enlightening read. I think the intended audience of this text would be people who read and/or enjoy plays, musical, or other forms of theatre and for those who want to better analyze and understand the story of a play. The genre of this article is informative/explanatory. The informative/explanatory genre covers a variety of different types of text and I feel as if this text would fit in nicely. The author states in the beginning of the text that they have used this article at the Yale School of Drama. Obviously, Yale is a very notable name and I think this lets us know that this article is not just for play, but for real use. The purpose of this text is to give you important questions and things to think about when you are reading a play of any kind. The organization of the text is in a specifc order for a reason. It starts off with basic questions about the play. As you go along, you dive into deeper questions you might have not already, and revist ideas you created early whilst reading the article. The setting of this article is 2004 when plays and theater were becoming more common/accessible. It was also when people started taking risks and writing sbout things that might not have been mentioned before. I liked this text because it helped me create new questions to think about when I am reading/watching a new performance. I learned to dig deeper into the play, and not settle with what it spoon-fed to me inside the show. My views/opinions were altered a good amount by this article. The text did communicate with me because I am very interested in theatre and this was a great read for me. I want to know, did other people also find this text very enlightening? 

Discussion Board #7

The intended audiences of Ryan Bunch’s  “Oz and the Musical: The American Art Form and the Reinvention of the American Fairy Tale,” would be people interested in the Oz world and exploring deeper into the lore of the world. The genre is informative. Ryan Bunch is very qualified to write this article as he has a PhD from Rutgers University in Philosophy focusing in Childhood Studies, an MA in Musicology from University of Maryland, and a BA in Music from Hendrix College. The purpose if this text is to inform readers of the origins of the Oz world, which is where Wicked is set. Bunch talks about the musicals historical symbolism and deeper meaning. This article was released in March 2015, at this point Wicked has been running on Broadway for many years. There were articles about the Oz world and how Wicked plays into the whole land that has been here for over 100 years, but I haven’t seen anything quite like this article. Personally, I love Wicked and have seen in on Broadway twice before. This article broadened my knowledge about the show and all the symbolism it intertwines. The text did communicate with me because it opened my eyes to stuff I haven’t thought about before. My favorite parts are the ensemble scenes like ‘Dancing through Life’ &’One Short Day’ and also the costumes. My question for my classmates is what is your favorite part of Wicked?