Processes

Question 1

Actor’s Routine/Process

Answer 1

1. Analysis
2. Rehearsal
3. Performance
4. Sustaining the performance

Question 2

What 6 things does a director consider when choosing a script?

Answer 2

1. Theatre & Purpose
2. Audience
3. Season
4. Finances
5. Building
6. “Do I like it?”

Question 3

Name & define the 5 steps of Directing Process

Answer 3

1. Select a Script
   
   • purpose, audience, season, finance, building, do i like it
2. Analysis of Script
   
   • structure, tone, impact, environment, theme
3. Design Oversight
   
   • meet with production team
4. Cast Show
   
   • tryouts, interviews cattle call
5. Stage the Play
   
   • coach actors, rehearsal

Question 4

Name and Define the 4 Steps of the Actor’s Process

Answer 4

1. Analysis
2. Rehearsal
3. Performance
4. Sustaining the Performance

Question 5

Name and Define the 3 Types of Auditions

Answer 5

1. Cattle Call
   
   • mass audition; open to everyone
2. Cold Readings
   
   • actor asked to perform a scene with very little preparation
3. Prepared
   
   • rehearsed & fully memorized

Question 6

Name and Define the 5 Steps of the Playwright’s Process

Answer 6

1. Aristotle’s Elements
   
   • plot, character, theme, diction, music, spectacle
2. Dialogue (most challenging)
   
   • poetry, prose, speakability, fits the play
3. Plot
   
   • stageability, has impact
4. Character
   
   • 3D (good & bad), audience empathizes
5. Revision & Writing
   
   • not stagnant