Live performance scripts include both dialogues and monologues.
A live performance engages the emotions by creating a human connection with the text and subject matter. A creative script seeks to elucidate a deeper truth about humanity, while a script prepared for a business presentation may want to persuade a client to buy or sell. In either case, a scripted live performance gives focus to a performer's communication.
Theatrical Performance Scripts
Scripted performance in a theater began in ancient Greece, where playwriting contests held in Athens determined the most notable playwrights of the period as Euripides and Aristophanes. Today, theater is a fine art that combines writing, performing and the visual arts to create a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. The result of seeing a piece of live theater varies for each person. A person may be transported emotionally, or simply entertained, depending on the perspective she brings to a performance.
Business Presentation Scripts
Professional business presentations use scripts to focus the delivery of information in hopes of persuading the audience. These scripts include monologue text and outlines of necessary information. For example, a presenter attempting to sway a company to expand internationally will use statistics and facts in favor of his proposal to support his presentation. When these scripts are successful, they can potentially affect major business decisions that, in turn, affect everyday life, such as the expansion of an energy company.
Tour Guide Scripts
A tour guide is provided with a basic script for presenting tour information, but there is room for improvisation and discussion. The script often provides essential information about a place or collection of artifacts, but it is up to the tour guide to engage his audience with conversational storytelling. These scripts are intended to be didactic to educate visitors about their surroundings.
Speeches
Speeches are scripted performances that have multiple functions. A political speech, for example, can potentially sway opinion, garner votes or present a platform. But speeches can also be used to commemorate an occasion or pay homage to an individual. In either case, a speech in scripted and rehearsed to give the speaker confidence. This ensures that the intent of the speech successfully reaches the audience.
