Do your research!
| Find out more about the play and the cultural context. Research and ask around. |
| For example, if you are working with an American play - talk the script over with an American student. |
| What is a 'loft apartment' in New York? |
| What cultural background and religion are the characters? |
| What is culturally specific to these situations and characters - WHAT DO YOU NOT KNOW? |
| YOU MUST READ THE WHOLE PLAY - do the hard work - read it three times at least (at the beginning) - and keep discovering more about it. |
| Relate your acting choices and justifications to the character in the whole play, and the super-objective, obstacles etc. |
| Note down your first reactions to the play and your character - these are so important. |
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