Things to Consider in a Stage Performance
By Erika Lin
- Overall "concept"
- Characterization
- Interpretation of key speeches, actions, or scenes
- Relationship of actors to audience
- Changes to the playtext
- Scene breaks/changes (When? How are they handled?)
- Intermission (Is there one? When?)
- Blocking (including dance choreography, if any)
- Casting
- Race
- Gender
- Age
- Physical Body
- Costumes and Make-up
- historical period
- class
- gender
- Props
- Set
- Lighting
- Music/Sound
- Special effects/requirements (animals, spirits, etc.)