Script Analysis

Cost: $300
Term: 5 wks - Online Only

This ONLINE class is ideal for actors, directors and playwrights who seek to understand how to break down a script into it's vital components in order to build a captivating performance; one that tells a story that is affective, believable, emotionally compelling and clear. For actors, how to properly analyze a scene based on the text is the key to understanding the scene and determining what choices to make in order to build a performance. The class teaches the actor how to read the text forward and backward in leaving "no stone unturned" in regard to looking for the hidden meaning and actions underlying each word, and what to do with them. The Script analysis class will focus on discovery of:

Pre-scene causal circumstances
Entrance dramatization choice
Emotional significance of what just happened
Physical activity choices
Character objective of the scene
Shared circumstances
Character relationships
Obstacle in the scene
Over all Super Objective of the Play
Interesting interpretative choices

STUDENT TESTIMONIAL: AUG 2024
"I truly enjoyed attending and participating in your recent Script Analysis course. I completed both an undergraduate and graduate course in Play Analysis, and I want to honestly say I learned more about drama dialogue, and the importance of what is underneath the dialogue spoken by characters in your Script Analysis course than I did in my college Play Analysis courses. The tools I learned in your class will continue to assist me in understanding drama text/dialogue in my upcoming Fall 24 graduate studies courses and program in Applied Theater at the CUNY School of Professional Studies." Rafael R.

Scheduled Sessions for:

Script Analysis

Session:	Term	Instructor	Day	Hours	Begins	Fee	Status
Winter 2025; online only	5 weeks	Price	Wed	7-9 pm	Feb 5, 2025	$300	open
Summer 2025; online only	5 weeks	Price	Wed	7-9 pm	Jul 16, 2025	$300	open

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— Rosa Rodriguez-graduate 2010
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