Water by the spoonful

Play Assignment for Water by the Spoonful

Identifying specific historical, social, cultural, and aesthetic elements in the script

Complete the following:

1) Identify one moment in the play that is directly connected to an actual historical event in American History.

1-A) Provide a complete excerpt that accurately proves that your answer is in the play

2) Identify one moment in the play that is directly connected to an important social concern in contemporary America

2-A) Provide a complete excerpt that accurately proves that your answer is in the play

3) Identify one moment in the play that discusses a specific cultural identity

3-A) Provide a complete excerpt that accurately proves that your answer is in the play

4) Identify one moment in the play that describes a specific aesthetic element of how that moment in the play should be presented on stage.

4-A) Use this definition of “aesthetic”: In theatrical design, aesthetics refers to an object or moment’s overall visual effect created by the elements and principles of design and/or performance. To answer this item, look in the italicized stage directions for a description of how something should be done by the actors or look on stage in its design. For aesthetics, it is not what it is, but how it looks. Provide the stage direction as your excerpt.