Much Ado : April 2016

Interrogating the text

· Given circumstances. (What do I know about my character from reading the play?)

· What do people say about my character?

· What do I say about myself?

· What is my journey through the play

· Mark the beat changes and thought changes in your script

· Action your script so you know what you are doing to the other person on every line

Interrogating your Character and Objectives

The 9 questions

1. Who am I? (Diary entry)

2. What time is it? (For each scene i'm in, Year?, season, time of day or night?)

3. Where am i? (For each scene)

4. What surrounds me? (People and things)

5. What's my relationship. (People and things)

6. What's just happened before the scene starts? (what happens after the scene ends?)

7. Objective (What do I want?)

8. Obstacle (What's in my way?)

9. Action (Tactics to get what I want?)

· What is the soundtrack to your character's life?

· Put together a personal playlist for your character's journey throughout the play

Interrogating your Relationships

· who is your family?

· Who are your friends?

· Who are your acquaintances?

· Who are your enemies?

· Who do you openly like?

· Who do you openly dislike?

· Who do you secretly like?

· Who do you secretly dislike?

Interrogating the world of the play

· Answer your individual research Questions on the world of the play

· Write up your work on the off text improvisations we looked at in class

Much Ado