Evaluations of Theater Productions

Evaluations of Theater Productions FALL 2011 FALL 2015

Shun the Heaven Total/ Spring 2011 5 4 3 2 1 Question PERFORMANCE ACTING A1 Overall student acting was believable 66 25 2 71% 27% 2% A2 Actors could be heard and understood 71 19 1 78% 21% 1% A3 Main characters gave strong performances 74 17 2 80% 18% 2% BLOCKING B4 Movement of actors clear and purposeful 63 31 4 64% 32% 4% B5 Stage pictures were effective 63 20 7 70% 22% 8% SCRIPT C6 Performance of plot communicated 69 21 1 effectively 76% 23% 1% PRODUCTION ELEMENTS SET D7 Design met the needs of script creatively 71 19 2 77% 21% 2% LIGHTING E8 Lighting effects both functional and creative 71 18 3 77% 20% 3% SOUND F9 Effective for voice and special effects 72 19 2 77% 20% 2% COSTUMES G10 Costume choices effective for the characters 66 22 5 71% 24% 5% 93 91 93 98 90 91 92 92 93 93 Totals 686 211 29 0 10 Questions per survey % of Total 74% 23% 3% 0% 93 Surveys Max % 80% 32% 8% 0% 926 Total Responses Min % 64% 18% 1% 0%

Shun the Heaven Spring 2011 Comments 3. Main characters gave strong performances. --Reverend Mason Mrs. Mason Carla (2) 10. The costumes choices were effective for the characters and the style of production. --blue jeans under pajamas was seen Very GOOD!! Make a movie! OVERALL Watched performances twice with different casts, thought show was great. you guys are the best! Good show! I felt some characters (Goode) tried too hard, while the mother (Rushing) was excellent. Overall very enjoyable & captivating. The director should have made more appearances. He is sexy. Sight lines are hard if you re short. Great performance! really good! Tears! GREAT SHOW YEAH Loved the hellicopter (sic) effects This is one of my favorite plays Awesome! Awesome job! It s really great so far! I love all of the actors and the Prince Charming part was pretty laughable, being as I could see my little siblings doing the same thing. Love it! Great job! This play rocks! I love it! Only one thing bothered me (but I m sure it has purpose) the lighting between scenes. Summer Detwiler was great. So real & believable Strong, some times stale and dragging Overall, very powerful. Will reccomend (sic) Wow! Excellent Dana, Dylans, Michelle

Everything about this performance was fantastic. Very professional. Loved it Ester, Addie, Eve, Josh, Reith, Lisa, Ren, Mason, and Frank did an excellent job. Please do it again! Shun the Heaven was excellent. I think you all need to bring it to Bmt. and on the road. I would pay to see it again. This is the best play I have seen in a long time. Excellent cast! This is one of the best plays Ive seen in awhile that has a substance to it. Great job all around. Excellent play. Looking To seeing many more. Heather Rushing played a well rounded performance I like the other auditorium better (sorry) great preformance (sic)! I cried my eyes out @ the end! Great job! Excellent show! Keep up the good work! Wonderful performance! I buy it all. (believe) Heather is excellent. Very impressive acting with sign language. Everyone appeared so confidant (sic) signing! Addy and Eve were GREAT! Great show! GREAT PERFORMANCE

Spring 2012 Performance ACTING All in the Timing 5 4 3 2 1 Question A1 Overall student acting was believable 81 18 2 101 80% 18% 2% A2 Actors could be heard and understood 86 14 1 101 85% 14% 1% A3 Main characters gave strong performances 94 6 1 101 93% 6% 1% BLOCKING B4 Movement of actors clear and purposeful 82 16 3 101 81% 16% 3% B5 Stage pictures were effective 71 21 8 100 71% 21% 8% SCRIPT C6 Performance of plot communicated 75 19 6 100 effectively 75% 19% 6% PRODUCTION ELEMENTS D7 Design met the needs of script creatively 71 24 6 101 70% 24% 6% LIGHTING E8 Lighting effects both functional and creative 81 15 5 101 80% 15% 5% SOUND F9 Effective for voice and special effects 81 15 4 100 81% 15% 4% COSTUMES G10 Costume choices effective for the characters 84 12 4 100 and style of production 84% 12% 4% BUILDING PIII(11) Neat and clean 85 14 2 101 84% 14% 2% PIII(12) Lobby is comfortable 74 17 3 3 2 99 75% 17% 3% 3% 2% PIII(13) Aisle and safety lighting adequate 65 26 6 97 67% 27% 6% PIII(14) Seating comfortable 66 22 8 3 99 67% 22% 8% 3% PIII(15) Temperature comfortable 61 12 4 5 17 99 62% 12% 4% 5% 17% Totals 1157 251 63 11 19 15 Questions per survey % of Total 77% 17% 4% 1% 1% 100 Surveys Max % 93% 27% 8% 5% 17% 1501 Total Responses Min % 62% 6% 1% 3% 2%

1. The overall student acting was believable. --Extraordinary (4) --It was really good. (5) --Monkey(?) Tara was hilarious (5) --very (5) All in the Timing Comments --actors seemed to adequately understand concept of overall play (4) --This is a great play for the students to do?? it demonstrates a wide range of active styles & techniques (5) --yes, actors were wonderful! (5) 2. The actors could be heard and understood. --not as much understandability in the final skit (5) --their volume was excellent (5) --The Dylans were awesome in Words (5) --Steven NICE improvement on enunciation (5) --heard loud and clear (5) --clearly (5) --great annunciation (sic) (5) 3. Main characters gave strong performances. --the characters got into it. (5) --Great! (5) --WOW! (5) --First play especially (5) --excellent! (5) --Great! Joshua L. Fontenot, Dylan Kilday, Dylan Good outstanding (5) --in characters that portrayed different roles within some one-act made separations very clearly (5) --Especially the 2 Dylans & Nick (5) --both Dylans were fabulous in The Universal Language Ramone & Mrs. Trotsky also very good (5) 4. The movement of the actors was clear and purposeful. --The blocking was WONDERFUL

--could not see actors on the right wall --They used the stage well (5) --excellent movements mimicked from animalistic to broadway chorus, great musicality simple (5) --could use a little more choreographed movement & gestures but actors were full of energy. (4) 5. The stage pictures were effective. --the stage set up was good (5) --weren t really that many pictures. I still enjoyed the set. (3) 6. The performance of the plot was communicated effectively. --Phillip Glass is spectacular! (5) --? (no rating) --Plot is perspective in this particular performance. (5) --the brilliance in this is that it doesn t directly make the point, you are led to gradually understand it throughout show (5) --I really enjoyed the 1 st skit I am that girl and the 2 nd skit of Act II a Lewis Carrollian alter?? opposites attach The Philadelphia (4) 7. The set design met the needs of the script creatively. --minimism (sic) allowed to concentrate on actor performances (4) --Loved the swing! (5)

8. The lighting effects were both functional and creative. --the lighting was really good (5) --over my head (no rating) --There is a spotlight overhead. Kinda gets annoying. (no rating) --there was a pink light on me too much (3) --very (5) --unique lighting never seen anything like it before (5) --of course it s a Gengo production love the heart design spotlight I also like the moon & stars through the French?? (5) 9. The sound was effective for voice and special effects. --(all above) amazing --the sound was good (5) 10. The costumes choices were effective for the characters and the style of production. --love it all! --wonderful! (5) --Wigs especially (5) --minimism (sic) was key again as in set design (4)

11. The building is neat and clean. --very nice (5) 12. The lobby is comfortable. --nice & cold (5) 13. The aisle and safety lighting is adequate. --over my head (4) 14. The seating is comfortable. --too crowded (4) 15. The temperature is comfortable. --very good --cold --SO COLD ARE MY FEET (3) --I was cold (3) --A bit cold (4) --would have been! (A/C not expected problem that could have been avoided) (5) --No Air (1) --too hot (1) --way hot (1) --too hot but understandable! (1) --No Sorry-not your fault! AC not co-operative --very hot (1) --well, the air was out just one of those fluke s (1) --Air Conditioning malfunction unavoidable (1) --But understandable as the Air conditioning was out (1) --NEED A/C (1) --sorry! But understandable! (1)

OVERALL 100 Great Job! GREAT FOOD & COMPANY The food was great. My son and I really enjoyed ourselfs (sic) Great show I enjoyed the show! Loved the play! Philadelphia These guys were a hoot & had the audience cracking up TROTSKY good makeup Funny all were funny in Philadelphia Josh reminds me of Rick Moranis Really Funny & well done! The entire production was fantastic! Mwah! the show! love it! very funny (unamunda was excellent!) That Bill Guy was Awesom (sic)! The 2 nd half was amazing! I love Mr. Gengo! Characters in sync! Worked well together Good job Damon! This one is funny. My only dislike was in Unamunda, the tempo dragged slightly at the end. The directors of this play seems to have understood the musicality of this show. It is a musical with no music. All musical elements tempo, harmony and melody were visible. Great job, Damon! Not only that, it was almost a variations on a theme style of performance. However, for this level of students it borderlines to excellent! (4)

GODSPELL Total/ Fall 2012 5 4 3 2 1 Question PERFORMANCE ACTING A1 Overall student acting was believable 27 25 4 1 1 47% 43% 7% 2% 2% 58 A2 Actors could be heard and understood 24 24 11 3 1 38% 38% 17% 5% 2% 63 A3 Main characters gave strong performances 48 6 3 1 83% 10% 5% 2% 58 BLOCKING B4 Movement of actors clear and purposeful 32 19 5 1 1 55% 33% 9% 2% 2% 58 B5 Stage pictures were effective 28 16 6 1 2 53% 30% 11% 2% 4% 53 SCRIPT C6 Performance of plot communicated 33 17 5 2 effectively 58% 30% 9% 4% 57 PRODUCTION ELEMENTS SET D7 Design met the needs of script creatively 38 10 8 2 66% 17% 14% 3% 58 LIGHTING E8 Lighting effects both functional and creative 43 14 2 73% 24% 3% 59 SOUND F9 Effective for voice and special effects 27 17 9 5 47% 29% 16% 9% 58 COSTUMES G10 Costume choices effective for the characters 32 15 7 2 3 and style of production 54% 25% 12% 3% 5% 59 BUILDING PIII(11) Neat and clean 48 9 84% 16% 57 PIII(12) Lobby is comfortable 48 6 3 84% 11% 5% 57 PIII(13) Aisle and safety lighting adequate 52 4 93% 7% 56 PIII(14) Seating comfortable 50 5 2 88% 9% 4% 57 PIII(15) Temperature comfortable 45 6 4 2 79% 11% 7% 4% 57 Totals 575 193 69 18 10 15 Questions per survey % of Total 66% 22% 8% 2% 1% 58 Surveys Max % 93% 43% 17% 9% 5% 865 Total Responses Min % 38% 7% 3% 2% 2%

Godspell Fall 2012 Comments 1. The overall student acting was believable. --Some people pulling their weight (4) --the believers lack conviction (1) --Liked it (4) --GREAT! (5) --There (sic) funny (5) 2. The actors could be heard and understood. --sound system issues-cutting out (3) --projection enunciation (3) --better than usual (5) --some singing unclear (3) --singers / sound (3) --enunciate! Hard consonants not muralde(?) (3) --couldn t hear (3) 3. Main characters gave strong performances. --They are great (5) --Great job Nick (4) --All the characters were great [especially judas-] 4. The movement of the actors was clear and purposeful. --lots of pointless ambling. (2) --love the Blocking & Flow of The play (5) --yay (5) 5. The stage pictures were effective.

--Clutter on musicians (4) --not sure what that is (not rating) --no pictures used (no rating) --yay (5) 6. The performance of the plot was communicated effectively. --I have no idea what its about (1) --concept is undeterminable (1) -- (4) 7. The set design met the needs of the script creatively. --LOVE IT. (5) -- (5) 8. The lighting effects were both functional and creative. --flashlight was effective (5) --a little literal with cyc. coloring (3) -- <peace symbol> (5) 9. The sound was effective for voice and special effects. --However I did have trouble understanding some parts = may have been my hearing problem (5) --try no feedback, give actors good sound (3) --mics unclear (2) --some clarity issues (4) -- <music note> (3) --The music was loud and the vocals werent increased to compensate (3) --couldn t hear (2) 10. The costumes choices were effective for the characters and the style of production. --I didn t really get the costumes (3) --very creative (5) --Jesus & Judas switch? (1) --I don t understand the coustomes (sic) (3)

-- <rainbow> (5) --Love the Cyndi Lauper Look (5) 14. The seating is comfortable. --for very short people (3) 15. The temperature is comfortable. --too cold (3) --too hot (3) --Hot (2) --a little hot :) (4) OVERALL: --great Death --I see no conviction/confidence in faith in the believers and I m surprised at how distant & weirdly playful is. More research would have been better --I didn t understand why Jesus wore a superman outfit. LOL! The costumes really confused me. I m going to make this plain and simple. If you can t sing, do not have them a lead solo. Simple as that. Not being rude. Just saying. That s the whole point of it being a musical. DICTION IS IMPORTANT!

Leaving Iowa Total/ Fall 2012 5 4 3 2 1 Question PERFORMANCE ACTING A1 Overall student acting was believable 46 6 1 87% 11% 2% 53 A2 Actors could be heard and understood 42 6 1 86% 12% 2% 49 A3 Main characters gave strong performances 50 2 96% 4% 52 BLOCKING B4 Movement of actors clear and purposeful 44 7 1 85% 13% 2% 52 B5 Stage pictures were effective 43 5 4 1 81% 9% 8% 2% SCRIPT C6 Performance of plot communicated 42 9 2 effectively 79% 17% 4% PRODUCTION ELEMENTS SET D7 Design met the needs of script creatively 45 7 1 85% 13% 2% LIGHTING E8 Lighting effects both functional and creative 45 6 2 85% 11% 4% SOUND F9 Effective for voice and special effects 44 8 1 83% 15% 2% COSTUMES G10 Costume choices effective for the characters 39 10 3 and style of production 75% 19% 6% BUILDING PIII(11) Neat and clean 47 6 89% 11% PIII(14) Seating comfortable 22 13 12 6 42% 25% 23% 11% PIII(15) Temperature comfortable 27 14 6 4 1 52% 27% 12% 8% 2% Totals 536 99 34 11 1 13 Questions per survey % of Total 79% 15% 5% 2% 0% 53 Surveys Max % 96% 27% 23% 11% 2% 681 Total Responses Min % 42% 4% 2% 2% 2% 53 53 53 53 53 52 53 53 52

Leaving Iowa Comments 1. The overall student acting was believable. --GOOD! (5) --GREAT! (5) --extremely believable (5) --excellent casting! (5) 3. Main characters gave strong performances. --This has been my favorite play so far! (5) (5) --very enjoyable 4. The movement of the actors was clear and purposeful. --super what physical control (5) 8. The lighting effects were both functional and creative. --nice touch (5) --love the cars passing (5) 9. The sound was effective for voice and special effects. --Music before play and during intermission was extremely loud. (4) 10. The costumes choices were effective for the characters and the style of production. --was the obvious pald(?) cap on purpose? (4) --Nick could be Chevy Chase s son! (5) --True to life (5) --amazing (5) --productive use of minimal changes to reflect progression (5) 14. The seating is comfortable. --to (sic) close (Just a little) (2) -- padding is not enough (2) 15. The temperature is comfortable. --Freezing (1) --Daman (sic) my toes are freezing (3) --little Cold; But Better than too hot (5) OVERALL: --cold (3) --Cold (3) --a little cold (3) --cold (3) --Very funny good script overall good performances --I enjoyed every minutes Really funny

GLASS MENAGERIE Total/ Fall 2014 5 4 3 2 1 Question PERFORMANCE ACTING A1 Overall student acting was believable 71 12 6 2 78% 13% 7% 2% 91 A2 Actors could be heard and understood 69 15 6 77% 17% 7% 90 A3 Main characters gave strong performances 78 7 5 1 86% 8% 5% 1% 91 BLOCKING B4 Movement of actors clear and purposeful 66 16 3 3 4 72% 17% 3% 3% 4% 92 B5 Stage pictures were effective 63 18 5 3 3 68% 20% 5% 3% 3% 92 SCRIPT C6 Performance of plot communicated 72 12 6 1 effectively 79% 13% 7% 1% 91 PRODUCTION ELEMENTS SET D7 Design met the needs of script creatively 69 15 5 1 1 76% 16% 5% 1% 1% 91 LIGHTING E8 Lighting effects both functional and creative 73 14 3 1 80% 15% 3% 1% 91 SOUND F9 Effective for voice and special effects 72 11 8 79% 12% 9% 91 COSTUMES G10 Costume choices effective for the characters 77 10 1 1 1 and style of production 86% 11% 1% 1% 1% 90 BUILDING PIII(11) Neat and clean 90 1 99% 1% 91 PIII(12) Lobby is comfortable 82 9 90% 10% 91 PIII(13) Aisle and safety lighting adequate 86 5 95% 5% 91 PIII(14) Seating comfortable 82 7 1 1 90% 8% 1% 1% 91 PIII(15) Temperature comfortable 79 9 2 1 87% 10% 2% 1% 91 GLASS MENAGERIE 5 4 3 2 1 Totals 1129 161 51 12 12 15 Questions per survey % of Total 83% 12% 4% 1% 1% 91 Surveys Max % 99% 20% 9% 3% 4% 1365 Total Responses Min % 68% 1% 1% 1% 1%

The Glass Menagerie Comments 1. The overall student acting was believable. --very powerful (5) -- unbelievably terrific (5) --Laura and Jim were outstanding (4) 2. The actors could be heard and understood. --The acoustics of the theatre disrupted the sound travel (3) --I m hearing impaired (4) 3. Main characters gave strong performances. --way beyond strong (5) (5) --awesome --Tom was WAY too angry (3) 4. The movement of the actors was clear and purposeful. --love the dancers (5) --lead actor was a bit over dramatic in movement (2) --The dancers were awesome (4) --Blocking had no motivation (1) --what were dancers for? (1) -- Dancers what/why (1) 5. The stage pictures were effective. --The only one that wasn t understood was the father portrait (5) --The portet (sic) of the dad was blurry (5) 6. The performance of the plot was communicated effectively. 7. The set design met the needs of the script creatively. -- outstanding! (5) --The walls need color or more décor (2) -- Distracting at times (3) 8. The lighting effects were both functional and creative. --lovely candlelight (5) --love the photos and stars (5) 9. The sound was effective for voice and special effects. --super! (5) --to loud in monologues (3) --The sound effects drowned out dialogue (3) 10. The costumes choices were effective for the characters and the style of production. (5) --perfect

--The costumes needed to be ironed (2) --esp the dancers (5) --Great job, Loved the Dark Wind --Amazing job, guys! 11. The building is neat and clean. 12. The lobby is comfortable. 13. The aisle and safety lighting is adequate. 14. The seating is comfortable. 15. The temperature is comfortable. --cold (1) OVERALL: --Nice job --My 3 rd time here and each has been excellent --didn t understand the dancing solos during the dance(?) or at last monologue --I was amazed. It was great. I will be back and back and back. --First time we attended a play and it won t be the last

MACBETH Total/ Fall 2014 5 4 3 2 1 Question PERFORMANCE ACTING A1 Overall student acting was believable 37 10 2 76% 20% 4% A2 Actors could be heard and understood 31 12 4 1 65% 25% 8% 2% A3 Main characters gave strong performances 44 2 2 92% 4% 4% BLOCKING B4 Movement of actors clear and purposeful 39 7 3 80% 14% 6% B5 Stage pictures were effective 35 12 1 73% 25% 2% SCRIPT C6 Performance of plot communicated 42 5 2 effectively 86% 10% 4% PRODUCTION ELEMENTS SET D7 Design met the needs of script creatively 36 10 4 72% 20% 8% LIGHTING E8 Lighting effects both functional and creative 43 6 88% 12% SOUND F9 Effective for voice and special effects 39 9 1 80% 18% 2% COSTUMES G10 Costume choices effective for the characters 35 10 3 and style of production 73% 21% 6% BUILDING PIII(11) Neat and clean 42 6 88% 13% PIII(12) Lobby is comfortable 42 6 88% 13% PIII(13) Restrooms neat and clean 37 5 1 1 84% 11% 2% 2% PIII(14) Seating comfortable 38 8 83% 17% PIII(15) Temperature comfortable 34 8 4 1 72% 17% 9% 2% Totals 574 116 27 3 0 15 Questions per survey % of Total 80% 16% 4% 0% 0% 49 Surveys Max % 92% 25% 9% 2% 0% 720 Total Responses Min % 65% 4% 2% 2% 0% 49 48 48 49 48 49 50 49 49 48 48 48 44 46 47

Macbeth Comments 2. The actors could be heard and understood. --Malcolm s diction was amazing! 4. The movement of the actors was clear and purposeful. --Great fight scene (5) 13. The restrooms are neat and clean. --didn t use (no rating) 15. The temperature is comfortable. --cold (3) OVERALL: --MacDuff awsome (sic)! Love the witches --GREAT! --Love it!

Little Shop of Horrors Fall 2015 Total/ PERFORMANCE ACTING 5 4 3 2 1 Question A1 Overall student acting was believable 31 7 1 0 0 79% 18% 3% 0% 0% 39 A2 Actors could be heard and understood 27 9 3 0 0 69% 23% 8% 0% 0% 39 A3 Main characters gave strong performances 32 6 1 0 0 82% 15% 3% 0% 0% 39 BLOCKING B4 Movement of actors clear and purposeful 33 5 1 0 0 85% 13% 3% 0% 0% 39 B5 Stage pictures were effective 34 4 1 0 0 87% 10% 3% 0% 0% 39 SCRIPT C6 Performance of plot communicated 34 5 0 0 effectively 87% 13% 0% 0% 0% 39 PRODUCTION ELEMENTS SET D7 Design met the needs of script creatively 37 2 0 0 0 95% 5% 0% 0% 0% 39 LIGHTING E8 Lighting effects both functional and creative 35 4 0 0 0 90% 10% 0% 0% 0% 39 SOUND F9 Effective for voice and special effects 29 7 3 0 0 74% 18% 8% 0% 0% 39 COSTUMES G10 Costume choices effective for the characters 35 2 2 0 0 and style of production 90% 5% 5% 0% 0% 39 BUILDING PIII(11) Neat and clean 38 1 0 0 0 97% 3% 0% 0% 0% 39 PIII(12) Lobby is comfortable 37 2 0 0 0 95% 5% 0% 0% 0% 39 PIII(13) Musical entertainment enjoyable 37 2 0 0 0 95% 5% 0% 0% 0% 39 PIII(14) Seating comfortable 37 1 1 0 0 95% 3% 3% 0% 0% 39 PIII(15) Temperature comfortable 37 2 0 0 0 95% 5% 0% 0% 0% 39 5 4 3 2 1 Totals 513 59 13 0 0 15 Questions per survey % of Total 88% 10% 2% 0% 0% Surveys Max % 97% 23% 8% 0% 0% 585 Total Responses Min % 69% 3% 0% 0% 0%