TASC Drama case studies
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TASC Drama is a Tasmanian senior secondary course accredited by the Office of Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Certification (TASC), the body that oversees Years 11–12 qualifications and external assessment in Tasmania. It suits students building a Year 11–12 program who want a practical, performance-centred subject alongside written analysis of drama as an art form, and it typically contributes to the Tasmanian Certificate of Education and to tertiary entrance pathways. The TASC Drama case studies are 5 cases and about 3,477 words.
1The Overlong Devised Piece Before a Fixed Curtain
A community theatre's devised ensemble piece, built from verbatim interviews, runs 1 hour 52 minutes in final dress. The venue has a hard 10:30 pm building curfew and the show starts at 8:15 pm.
709 words, about 4 min2Casting a Role the Director Cannot Fill
A high school drama program is casting a 90-minute adaptation of a classic comedy with 14 roles. Auditions drew 19 students.
733 words, about 4 min3The Set Change That Eats the Scene
A 75-seat fringe venue mounts a two-act play with a single unit set that must convert from a living room to a courtroom between acts. The conversion involves moving a 2.4-metre table, four chairs, and a rolling bookcase, and the crew is three people, one of whom also plays a principal and is onstage at the end of act one.
695 words, about 3 min4Rehearsal Notes That Are Not Landing
A director is four weeks into a five-week rehearsal process for a 60-minute one-act with a cast of six, three of whom are first-time performers. The director has been giving detailed notes after each run-through, averaging 14 notes per actor per session.
652 words, about 3 min5The Sound Design Nobody Can Hear
A 120-seat proscenium theatre presents a 100-minute play with live underscoring at four moments and recorded sound at eleven cues. During the first technical rehearsal, the sound designer reports that the live musicians, positioned in a downstage corner, are inaudible under the recorded music at two of the four moments, and that the actors' unamplified voices are being covered by the recorded underscoring at a third.
688 words, about 3 min