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    Given Circumstances and 5Ws Worksheet

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    This document provides instructions for actors to better understand their character by answering questions about the character's circumstances. It prompts the actor to consider the time period, location, social status, family, education, relationships, and personal traits of the character. Answering these questions will help the actor understand how these circumstances influence their character's actions and perspectives. The actor is then asked to write paragraphs from their character's point of view and a journal entry applying what they've learned.

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    Given Circumstances and 5Ws Worksheet

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    Name Play

    Worksheet: Given Circumstances

    This exercise is designed to help you fill in some of the factual puzzle pieces of your
    character. If you can’t find the answers to these questions in your script, you may have to
    use your imagination. The goal is greater understanding of your character’s actions and
    thought processes. This is particularly important when you are playing a character whose
    circumstances are very different from yours.

    Instructions: To begin, answer these questions about your character’s environment:

     What is the time period?


     What is the location?
     What is the season?

    Now, answer these questions about your character’s status:


     What is your social standing (noble, peasant, working class, etc.)?
     What is your family situation?
     What is your education?
     What kind of relationships do you have?
     What kind of vocabulary do you use?

    Finally, answer these questions about your character’s personal traits:


     What are your goals and expectations in life?
     What are your dreams?
     How is your temper?
     Are you generous or stingy?
     Are you patient and forgiving, or demanding and strong willed?
     What other significant questions would help you build the character?

    After you have answered these questions as fully (or imaginatively) as possible, write a
    few paragraphs (in the first person) about how these circumstances, given to you by the
    writers, affect your character. Then, look at one song through your character’s eyes,
    taking these Given Circumstances into account, and write a journal entry (in the first
    person) that encompasses the action of the song / monologue. Finally, read your
    paragraphs aloud. Write down new insights, images, and ideas that come to you as a
    result of this work.

    THE 5 Ws
    WHO is your character? (Their personal history)

    WHEN does it take place? (Time of the day, season, historical period)

    WHERE? (Place, location)

    WHAT does take place? (Conflict)

    WHY? (Motivation)

    All five are interconnected: by developing your character's personal background you are
    preparing me for understanding your character’s motivations; defining the time-frame,
    you give us hints about their social psychology; shaping the the conflict, you discover the
    inner conflict.

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