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.)