Actors need and want a rehearsal process that is successful across all mediums. One that simply requires alterations, tweaks and manipulations based on the material and the job. At the core of every good process though…are a few key components.
Consider these three words when designing your process: explore, discover, and drill—in that order.
An effective rehearsal process takes time to allow moments to occur to you—for your body, heart, and mind to have an experience. The process should be explorative to allow discovery, which can lead eventually to drilling. It’s important not to do these in reverse.
Three helpful ideas to remember when working are as follows.
1. It should be physical. The actor’s body is a big recording device. What you do to it, it will remember. It is receptive to stimuli and it yearns to be stimulated into feeling and reacting. Provide something for your senses to react and respond to. Physicalizing the material will help you discover rhythms, character traits, body language, voice, and levels. Engaging your body in rehearsal through walking, activity, and explorative movement will allow the emotions to organically connect with your physical behavior. Physical
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