Class 10/20

Breaking the Script into Beats

• Beat- beginning, middle, end
• Color code
• Choose a different main verb for each beat
• Different beats/objectives for each character
• Block naturally first
• Arc over whole play, whole character, then within each scene
• What's the object? And what's the obstacle?
• Inaction can be action 

Reading

• Summer & Nate- A Lie of the Heart (different scene)
• Trying to get her to walk
• She's trying to talk

First-time Scenes

• Itzel & Rodrigo- Barefoot in the Park
• He wants to go to sleep (obvious)
• She wants to get him to understand (obvious)
• He wants her to understand (underlying)
• Jesse & Jacob- Zoo Story
•  Jesse's character trying to talk to someone
• Jacob's character wants to be left alone