THEA242 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lighting Designer, Time Management, W. M. Keck Observatory

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What does the actor do and how do they do it: Actor rst reads the script and gets information about their character from four places: What the author says about your character in the stage directions (may really be stage managers words) What other characters say about your character (may be subjective) What your character says about your character (may be subjective) What your character does (***most important, has most truth, cant lie about what you do) After reading the script research play and develop your character. Actor"s skill set is : voice, body, imagination breathing is most important in actors voice skill set. What an actor should do for an audition: !1: our class auditioned for maggie, brick, big mama and gooper in cat on a hot tin roof, first auditions usually monologues, bob announced auditions, prof reidel director. Director wants to see interaction with another actor. Can you take direction and make adjustments.