Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction 1
1 The First Word 5
2 Reading the Play 11
First Reading-Defining the Story 13
Second Reading-Defining the Event 16
Third Reading-Defining the Character 18
Character Interview Worksheet 25
3 What Do I Want? 29
The Super-objective 31
The Scene Objective 33
4 What Is In My Way? 39
5 What Do I Do To Get What I Want? 45
Beats 47
Tactics 48
Pivotal Point 52
6 Creating The World of the Character 55
The Magic If 57
The Moment Before and the Moment After 59
The Inner Monologue and Subtext 60
Endowment 61
Stage Business and Secondary Activity 63
Secret 64
7 Into Rehearsal 67
Bringing Choices to Life 69
Tools for Rehearsal 70
Rehearsal Journal 71
Troubleshooting-When Nothing is Working 76
The Final Word 81
Appendix: The Anatomy of a Scene 83
Acknowledgements 95
Notes 97
Bibliography 99
Index 101