Role Analysis Form
Adapted from Jerry Crawford: Acting: Style and Performance
Student: ______________________Script Title: _________________________
Whenever possible, answers are to be based strictly on information about your character supplied in the actual text. When this is not possible, create answers logically related to information in the text. Make interesting choices that fuel the scene's fire.
Name of character:
Age of character:
Precise birthdate of character: Astrological sign:
Significance to this sign:
How physically active is your character?
Name an animal which in appearance, movement, or manner seems analogous to your role:
What is it about this animal that most specifically relates to your role:
Name a person close to you who seems to be a good deal like your character:
Name a famous person who seems to be a good deal like your character:
Vocally, is your character generally quiet and demure or loud and flamboyant?
Describe your character's vocal patterns—habits, peculiarities, etc.
Describe any unique qualities about his/her voice:
Describe the way your character likes to dress and wear his/her hair:
Select the three or four major emotions your character seems to experience the most.
Give an example from the text in which each of the examples you listed are revealed:
Emotion Example
What is the Motivational Force (spine) of your character as it relates to the other character:
"I want
What is the key moment of action/decision/choice in the play for your character (the most important moment):
On what line of the text does this occur?
List 5 to 10 major subtext events in your character's life prior to the beginning of the play (these may be revealed by the text or you may have to create them from logical choices related to facts in the text); examples might be; names of parents, brothers, how old you were when and if they died, education-how much, where accomplished, marriages and children, divorces, major illnesses, etc. (use short phrases, not full sentences)
Create a list of 10 major character "idiosyncrasies, likes and dislikes" for your character (for example: likes cheeseburgers and french fries, suffers from insomnia, reads mystery novels, hates John Wayne movies, etc.):