1. Acting?

2. Characterization
Putting together all the facets of a character to bring life and interest to the character.
Facets: physical, emotional, vocal, scriptural, directorial.

3. Roles Leading Roles – main characters
Supporting Roles – smaller, but no less important
Protagonist – must solve the problem
Antagonist – opposes the protagonist

4. Roles
Straight Parts – the actor closely resembles the part in appearance and personality
Character role – the actor does not resemble the part in appearance or personality.

5. Roles Juvenile – young male lead between 16 and 30
Ingenue – young female lead between 16 and 30
Foil – a character with whom another character, usually the protagonist, is compared.

6. Roles Bit part – a role with few lines
Walk-on role – appears briefly with no lines

7. Stock / Dynamic Characters
STOCK – doesn’t change during the play.
DYNAMIC – goes through a change during the course of the play. Is somehow different.

8. Approaching a role
Typecasting – Casting someone over and over again in the same kind of role
Casting by type – Casting someone for a role that matches their own voice, personality, and / or appearance.

9. Blocking
Planned stage movement / business

10. “Letting Go of Oneself””
The elements of the CHARACTER must be readily apparent above the elements of you, the ACTOR.

11. “Letting Go of Oneself””
"As an actor, your job is to persuade people that you’re someone else. So if you’re constantly telling people about yourself, I think you’re shooting yourself in the foot.“
Ben Whishaw

12. “Letting Go of Oneself””
“Wipe your feet at the door”
Stanislavski

13. Konstatin Stanislavsky
Russian born actor / director who first prescribed a “Method” for acting.

14. “Magic If”
Actors ask themselves what they would do if the events in the play were actually happening to them.

15. Monologue
Extended speech by one character on stage.

16. Soliloquy
Extended speech by one character in which the character’s inner thoughts are revealed to us. The character may be alone on stage.

17. Setting
Where and when the scene takes place.

18. Scene Analysis Objective – what the character is trying to accomplish.
Obstacles – what stands in the way of the character.
Stakes – what is at risk if the character fails.
Outcome – what is the result.

19. Scene Analysis Floorplan? Does it influence action / character?
Key Words / Key Phrases. – are some words more important? Are they obvious to the audience?