Character Work

For your characters:

*Remember it is NOT you on stage, it is you're portrayal of someone else, your character.

*When you're working on your line memorization you should look at the adjectives you've written down about who your character is, and be "thinking like" your character when learning the lines.

*Look at how other characters in the play describe you - indirectly and directly.

*Listen to the lines that surround yours (listen to the play), your lines make sense if you understand the scene you are in. So listen to the dialogue and pay attention to it and the action on stage at all times!!!

*Think about your characters physicality. How does your character move, it should be different to you in your typical "Hi I'm Joe/Jane Kid" daily routine.

THIS IS A PLAY ... SO, PLAY!!!

Here are some good descriptive words for everyone to think about ...

Playfull
Curious
Adventurous
Sinister (Hook)
Vengeful (Pirates)
Maternal or Motherly (Wendy, Mrs. Darling & Nana)
Excited (especially ensemble ... )
Creative
Enthusiastic
A Follower (Lost Boys follow Peter; Pirates follow Hook)
Disciplined (especially Mr. Darling, Wendy and John)
"Know It All" (especially Peter and Slightly)

What others can you think of???

How do Pirates walk - what age Pirate are you and does it affect how you'd move?
How do the Lost Boys move? How old are you? (ie: Twins, do you walk and talk like one another?)
How do you make your movements different, Wendy, from being a kid to being a grown woman with a child at the end of the play?

Do you talk differently? Have you changed your voice some way - aside from the accent - to make you more "Hook'ish" or more "Parental" or more "Piratey" or more "Lost Boy'ish" ... ?

etc...