Working with the Text
Event = something that happens which affects your thoughts and actions
Through action = what the character does to achieve their super objective
Relationships = what you/your character think about others
Acting tip: relationships are subconscious; you have to be able to communicate them to the audience without just saying it
Exercise 12: Reach a consensus with your fellow actors on what you think the play is about
Exercise 13: Imagine what happened in your character’s past to make them the way they are now
Exercise 14: Decide what the character’s through action will be, basing it on their super objective (what they what to accomplish) and their germ (what kind of ways would be in character for them to go about it)
A play is divided into bits. A new bit starts when
• An event occurs
• A character enters or exits
• The character’s objectives otherwise change
Exercise 15: give each bit a name and a number so that you can easily remember what order they come in and what generally happens in each one
inner monologue = the thoughts going through a character’s mind
Exercise 16: Have an objective and action for each bit, which can be organized via chart
Exercise 17: Active analysis - look at and briefly analyze the scene in advance, then attempt to act it out without using your script
Experience = when you leave your acting self behind to become the character, with everything you do being a product of them rather than you yourself
Acting tip: focus less on remembering exact lines and more so on saying what the character would say in that scenario
Exercise 18: whereas the actors are focused on their own characters, the teacher/director can see the big picture and help the actors see things that they would otherwise miss
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