How to approach a script

Up: Acting

This is my approach for tackling a scene/play/script — taking into account that I am a total amateur:

1. Read the entire play/script.

2. Figure out the given circumstances.

3. For my own character:

   1. Highlight my lines.
   2. Highlight anything that other characters say about me.

4. Figure out my overall objective.

5. For each scene:

   1. Figure out the given circumstances.
   2. Figure out possible scene objective.
   3. Figure out possible obstacles.
   4. Determine possible stakes.
   5. Determine possible choices.
   6. Determine the units of action.
   7. Figure out the moment before.
   8. Determine my relationship with the other characters.
   9. Determine my relationship with the objects.
   10. Determine/inhabit the layout of the space.