For Capstone, my topic is backstage at a Broadway play. My main inquiry question is “What are the most important jobs backstage during a Broadway play?  My five sub-questions are:

1. What does the director do, and why is it important?
2. What does the set designer do, and why is it important?
3. What does the casting director do, and why is it important?
4. What does the choreographer do and why is it important?
5. What does the music writer do and why is it important?

My main inquiry question wasn’t too hard to come up with because I already have a strong interest in plays. Ever since I was little my grandma used to take me to Broadway plays. So naturally I wanted to do something about them for Capstone. It was challenging to figure out what my main inquiry question should be, though, because I knew what my topic was, but not how I would turn that into a project. My teacher helped a lot with the main inquiry question to make it more specific about how the different jobs work and contribute to the success of the play. Once we together came up with the main inquiry question,  I made the sub-questions.

I’ve learned a lot about myself as a learner so far. One thing that I learned is that sometimes it is helpful for me to brainstorm with someone to come up with ideas, like I did with Ms. Edwards.