Class Three: May 16th

Review plays seen or read in the past week

Forthcoming events
Comp. tickets for Laguna Playhouse available to us - see Laguna Playhouse for upcoming plays.
Long Beach Playhouse new works festival - free. Saturdays May 26 and June 23. Please plan to go! Full details at Long Beach Playhouse - New Works

HOW CHARACTER DRIVES ACTION
Review past discussions on Character development

Exercises and discussion
Character as a single adjective!!
Want vs need - which is more fundamental?
Character flaws - discuss cases

Your character in your play - Active or reactive?

Character trajectory: Comedy and Drama/Tragedy
The Fender Bender: Scene Writing and sharing

CHARACTER, THEME AND PLOT
Clarify terms.
You may start from any one, but eventually you need out flesh out all three.

Exercises and discussion on Theme

Exercises and discussion on Plot

STUDENT PLAY ANALYSIS

HOMEWORK
PREPARE AN OUTLINE FOR YOUR 10-MINUTE PLAY
Write brief character bios, with single adjective, and driving passion.
Identify Protagonist/antagonists.
Summarize the plot (story) in one paragraph. Include the inciting incident, rising action, climax and resolution.
Max 3 words - what is the theme?

Submission opportunities for short/10-minute plays
Fn Productions
Emerging Artists Theatre