tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177899598425985108.post203939790172356921..comments2024-02-23T04:19:46.127-05:00Comments on The Seeing Place Theater - Blog : What is a Behavioral Story?Erin Cronicanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15913894629937435170noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177899598425985108.post-73071183243094047642012-02-23T15:25:04.427-05:002012-02-23T15:25:04.427-05:00I love this post (and not only because I subscribe...I love this post (and not only because I subscribe to it as a company member of The Seeing Place.) In school we're taught about subtext and having a reason for saying the lines the way we do, but rarely are we taught how to connect subtext with a larger story. One of the problems I've seen in the theater is that many plays have great actors who are all telling different stories that are not connected with one another - it's almost as if one person's story is fighting with the other's. If a company can agree on a common vision for the play, then each character will have a vital place within that vision, which gives space for the creation of a behavioral story.<br /><br />One of the other things I've noticed is that, in most plays, smaller characters are treated as such - from everyone! The cast members with larger roles often dismiss them, the director's spend less time working with them, and therefore the audience sees the characters as a throw away. But the playwright has included the characters for a very important reason - and it's our responsibility to search out what that reason is. In our process at The Seeing Place, we ask the actors with smaller roles to do just as much work on their characters and their stories as the larger roles, so that everyone can follow that story and believe it. Each person is the leading character in their own life - we strive to make that the case in our shows, and we do that through the behavioral storytelling that Brandon has so eloquently described. <br /><br />I'm curious about other's thoughts as well... bring on the comments!Erin Cronicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15913894629937435170noreply@blogger.com