Active Analysis

A simple summary of Active Analysis below.

Routine of Active Analysis:

1) Read the play
2) Discuss the reading
3) Improvise based on discussion/reading
4) Discuss the improvisation - what happened and why?

Objectives of Active Analysis:

1) What am I doing? (action)
2) Why am I doing that? (motivation)
3) Character (Big Picture): How do 1) and 2) fit with what I am doing and why for the rest of the play?

...We currently have one further objective: 4) What is written, and how does that fit with 1), 2) and 3)?

Active Analysis works best if we limit ourselves (as much as possible) to within this extremely simple framework.

We'll discuss this further in rehearsals.

Regards,

Ricardo