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Module 3: The Actor

Choose only 5 of these questions to answer. Write your answers in your own words; if you choose to quote from the textbook, remember to identify the source.  

Question #

Chapter

Questions

1

3

Identify the two approaches to acting, and explain how they differ.

2

3

In the United States of America, both the Group Theatre and the Actors Studio developed the acting technique known as the METHOD. Which international theatre artist inspired this approach to acting? Which aspect of that artist’s vision is the one on which American METHOD focuses?

3

3

How can an actor use both the external and internal methods at the same time?

4

3

Identify three elements of Stanislavski’s system of having each actor choose a goal (OBJECTIVE) for his/her/their character.

5

3

List the training programs that actors continuously practice to improve or keep vocal quality and physical abilities, even when not currently in a production.

6

3

Identify three aspects of the audition process.

7

3

Explain how the rehearsal period has three purposes: experimentation, discovery, and repetition.

8

3

Define “in the moment,” and explain its importance.