Character Types
A principal role, opposed to that of the protagonist or hero.
First second and third person.
What is Point of View?
carefully read through your lines as well as memorize them
What is Being Prepared?
A superstitious and widely accepted alternative to "Good Luck" (which is considered bad luck in the theatre).
What is "Break a Leg"?
A character put in for romantic tension.
What is Love Interest?
Creating a bad guy to go up against a good character.
What is Creating Conflict?
creating a life beforehand to your character
What is Creating a Backstory?
Lower end of the musical scale. In acoustics, the range (below about 200Hz) in which there are difficulties, principally in the reproduction of sound, due to the large wavelengths involved.
What is Bass?
used to represent something larger and more important than themselves
What is Symbolic Character?
Creating different types of characters that contrast with one another.
What is Creating a Secondary Character?
Doing things that feel bold and out of the ordinary for you.
What is Leaving Your Comfort Zone?
A full rehearsal, with all technical elements brought together. The performance as it will be on opening night.
What is Dress Rehearsal?
The character who’s not exactly in the spotlight, but pretty close to it.
What is Deuteragonist?
Harry Potter’s quest to defeat Lord Voldemort, fueled by his parents’ murders.
What are Motivations and Goals?
If your character is stuck in a long dark alley and it’s full of trash, you can try to recall a memory of you being fearful in the dark at some point in your life or recall a time when you were faced with an unpleasant odor.
What is Using Personal Memories?
To add lines or business not in the script, or songs or music not in the score, especially as improvisation.
What is Ad Libs?
The protagonist shares their thoughts and emotions with this person, even when they’re reluctant to share with anyone else.
What is Confidant?
The portrayal of characteristics through that person's words, thoughts, deeds.
What is Indirect Characterization?
learning how your character reacts in certain ways when in certain situations.
What is Learning Impules?
Never say the title of this Shakespeare play in the theater unless you’re performing it. It is believed to be cursed. If you do say it, you must leave the theater, spin around three times to your left, spit, curse, and then knock to be admitted back in.
What is Macbeth?