This document provides guidance on writing an effective executive summary for a proposal. An executive summary is a high-level overview, typically no more than a few pages, that captures the key points of a longer proposal. The summary should be written either before or after the full proposal. It should identify the main issue being addressed, provide an overview of any research, and make a case for why the reader should select the proposed idea or person. The executive summary structure should mirror the order of information in the proposal. The goal is to engage the reader and motivate them to read the full proposal for more details.

1. Galactic Oedipus
By Luther Harris and Almizal Mahmoud
Concept
Time period- Future
Setting- outerspace
Feel- Clean and well kept. Also everything is very organized
Why Did We Chose this concept?
Because we thought it would be cool and interesting to have
Oedipus The King in Outer Space
Oedipus Jocasta
Daniel Craig
Jennifer Aniston

2. Antigone Creon
Meagan Good Katt
Williams
Polynices Tiresias
Chad Tatum
Miley Cyrus
Haemon Ismene
Mike Epps
Emma Stone

3. Theseus Eurydice
Michael Ealy
Mila Kunis
Chorus
Rae Sremmurd
Migos

4. Group Member #1
Group Member #2
Group Member #3
Group Member #4

5. Oedipus Rex
Period- 2001 summer
Setting- Trailer Park
Feel- Grungy, dirty, rundown
Concept
Eminem Pam Anderson
Oedipus Jocasta
Haley Mather Joe Dirt
Antigone Creon

6. Jack Osbourne Helen Keller
Polynices Tiresias
Bam Margera Lindsey Lohan
Haemon Ismene
Charlie Sheen Megan Fox
Theseus Eurydice
Aerosmith
C
H
O
R
U
S

7. Creon
Oedipus
Jocasta

8. Oedipus
Jocasta
Blind
Prophet
Creon
Chorus

9. Scene Design
Oedipus The King
Time and Scene:
Summer 2001.
The Royal House of Thebes
at the Thebes Trailer Villa
Thebes, Kentucky
Scene Design
Inspiration
The Setting:
Kentucky Hills
House of Thebes - Hillbilly Concept
Artist Styles
House of Thebes - Mobile Concept

10. Scene Design
Mobile Concept - Inspiration: Camper Style Trailers
Stage – Adorned with sporadic Patches of Grass
Backdrop – The hills of Kentucky and the Thebes Trailer Villa
Scene Design
Scene Design
Flats and
Furniture
The Royal House of Thebes
The Alter
Scene Design

11. Scale Model
Scene Design
Stage Set
Scene Design
Group Project
Visual Explanation
DIRECTOR

12. Create a cast list for your production drawing from real life
celebrities. You may choose any celebrity you wish, from any
time period you wish. You also can choose a celebrity from any
point in their career (i.e. Sean Connery circa 1950, or Sean
Connery 1995)
1. Your cast list must be thorough and cover any character
listed in the cast list.
CHARACTERS TO CAST
Oedipus Jocasta
Kreon Tiresias
Messenger from Corinth Shepherd
Palace Messenger Antigone & Ismene
Priest of Zeus Priests (x2)
Palace Guards (x2) Chorus
2. Your cast list must make sense

13. What does this mean?
If your group
casts
Michael Pena
as
Oedipus
And your group
casts
Angela Basset
as
Jocasta
Then what should
Antigone and Ismene
Look like?

14. ???
Probably not
like the
Olsen Twins
Plus
Antigone &
Ismene are
NOT twins
Both design requirements NEED to have visual research
provided.
SCENE DESIGNER

15. Based on the directors concept, create a scene design concept
using at least two of the following:
Thumbnail
Drawings
Collage
Visual research alone does NOT count as a collage

16. Collage is the taking of various photos and assembling them in
a way that tells an idea or concept.
White
Models

17. Colored
Three-Dimensional Drawings
(a.k.a. Renderings)

18. COSTUME DESIGNER
Based on the directors concept, create costume design concepts
for at least four characters using at least two of the following:

19. Thumbnail
Drawings
Collage
Visual research alone does NOT count as a collage
Collage is the taking of various photos and assembling them in
a way that tells an idea or concept.

20. Colored
Drawings
(a.k.a. Renderings)
Due Date
The completed projects are due on either Thursday, April 20th
or Tuesday, April 25th.
We will do 6 groups on Thursday, April 20th and 6 groups on
Tuesday, April 25th.

21. Your group needs to decide which day they will go on and let
me know by Tuesday, April 11th. You will have three-and-a-
half weeks to complete this project.
Slacker Policy
How to Write an Executive Summary for a
Proposal
By Beverly Bird
eHow Contributor
A proposal is a sales pitch intended to convince your reader to
do something or, in some cases, to
select you to do something. You might be invited to submit a
proposal for a job or project, and
the request for proposal will most likely state whether the
recipient wants you to include an
executive summary. If so, you must write a brief overview of
your proposal -- typically no more
than a few pages -- capturing its high points. Your reader won’t
have to wade through the details
of your entire report to find what he needs to make a decision.
When to Write
x Two schools of thought exist as to whether you should write
your executive summary before or
after you create the proposal itself. Doing it after allows for

22. greater ease in creating the summary,
because you’ll have the existing sections of your proposal to
guide you. Take care to avoid
parroting your proposal’s information word for word in your
summary if you write it last. If you
experience a brainstorm, make sure you go back and add the
new information to your proposal as
well. Writing the summary first may help you formulate ideas
for your proposal, but you’ll
probably have to go back and tweak it after you write the
longer, more comprehensive document.
What to Include
x Identify the issue you’re addressing first. If you’re pitching
an idea, explain why it’s so great. If
your goal is to be selected for a job, tell your reader why you’re
the best choice. Don’t write out
every detail of your credentials -- they’ll appear in your
proposal itself. But if you won a major
award somewhere along the line, you can use a sentence to
bring this to your reader’s attention
right at the start, before he gets to the proposal. Depending on
the nature of your proposal, you
might also want to include an overview of any research you’ve
done and how you intend to reach
your goal. If you’re asking for money, mentioning this in your
summary depends on whether the
recipient has asked for it in the request for proposal. If not, save
the nickels and dimes for the
proposal and conclude your summary with a polite but assertive
statement urging your reader to
choose you or your idea.
How to Structure It
x The highlights you include in your summary should appear in

23. the same sequential order as they
do in your proposal. If your reader wants to know more than the
brief information you include in
your summary, this will give him some guidance as to where in
your proposal he can find what
he needs. The purpose of your summary is to make reading and
digesting all this information as
easy as possible for him.
Writing Tips
x Focus on making your first paragraph -- and particularly your
first sentence -- the best it can be.
You want to hook your audience immediately; you don’t want
your reader yawning and
wondering if he wants to go to lunch or read on to the second
paragraph. Don’t start by tooting
your own horn. Instead, focus on why your idea or solution --
not necessarily you or your
company -- is perfect for the job or situation. Your reader is
going to want to know what you can
do for him, not what you’ve done for the rest of the world, at
least not in your summary. You can
tell him what you’ve done for the rest of the world in your
proposal.
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