A memorable skit
You need more than a well costumed and well rehearsed cast to perform excellently. Your props must be as appropriate and professionally done too. Musical background and special effects can be applied by CD or tape and played at a low sound level and used proficiently throughout the drama. The play itself must also be a famous or important one.
Prompters should be alert from the background in reminding the cast about forgotten lines. You or your floor director should have emphasized to the cast to speak aloud, so that the audience can follow the narrative. And to internalize their roles to make them act naturally, not just recite lines. Manipulate the lighting effects to heighten the audience’s experience of the drama. You may want to videotape record the entire presentation as a souvenir, too.
At the end of the presentation, re-introduce the participants by calling them out to face the audience again, while still in their costumes. After all participants have been presented, your teacher may take over and introduce the minds and hands behind the presentation. She will call the director, scriptwriter, artist, prompters, floor and stage director, production managers, and runners or errands. Give each one a hand.
Refreshments and socials usually follow a presentation at a predesignated social area in school. Assign one or few students to remain in the classrooms to neat up the place. Those wearing costumes should now change to their street clothes or uniforms.
Never forget congratulating and thanking each students who contributed any part in the project.
