CHARACTER CHOICES Most Characters Are Direct And Opinionated: Most characters state their opinions, outlooks and biases openly and loudly. Mookie's ...
Moving About The Stage With Style
I always start my styles classes with a reminder that we are always improvising in a style. Both individually and as a group. Most Western ...
Narrative/Plot/Story: The Basics
In my Big List of Questions for style research, there is an entire section on plot, narrative, and story. As humans, we have an innate and natural ...
Narrative/Plot/Story: An Example
In Part I, we defined narrative, plot and story. Let's explore these in an example. Allow me to tell you a story: Tuyen saw Jackie on the ...
Narrative/Plot/Story: Applying It To Improvisation
In Part I, we defined Narrative, Plot and Story. In Part II, we explored the ways that an audience builds that story while experiencing that ...
Styles Research: A Big List of Questions
When I direct a show in a style or genre, I find it’s really important to develop a strong sense of WHY. For example, knowing that both film and time ...
Fifteen Years Of Audience Suggested Movie Genres
Yesterday, I posted playwrights which I've gotten over the last fifteen years. Today, I have a list of movie genres I've gotten from an audience ...
20+ Years of Audience Suggested Playwrights
Update: As of 2023, I now have about twenty years worth of suggested playwrights, and have broken out the musical lyricists and composters into their ...
Why Study Genre and Style?
Do styles put you in your head? Or do they feel like too much icing and not enough cake? Outside of performing in genre or style: Do you sometimes ...