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The Challenge for the Actor

BY

UTA HAGEN

STEP ONE:

WHO AM I?

What is my present state of being?

How do I perceive myself?

What am I wearing?

STEP TWO:

WHAT ARE THE CIRCUMSTANCES?

What time is it?

(The year, season, day etc.)

At what time does my selected life begin?

Where am I?

(City, neighbourhood, building, room, or in what landscape?)

What surrounds me?

(Immediate landscape, weather, condition of place and nature of objects in it.)

What are the immediate circumstances?

(What is/has happened, what do I expect to happen next?)

STEP THREE:

WHAT ARE MY RELATIONSHIPS?

How do I stand in relation to the circumstances, the place, the objects and the other people in the circumstances?

STEP FOUR:

WHAT DO I WANT?

What is my main objective?

What are my immediate needs?

STEP FIVE:

WHAT IS MY OBSTACLE?

What is in the way of what I want?

How do I overcome it?

STEP SIX:

WHAT DO I DO TO GET WHAT I WANT?

How do I achieve my objective?

What is my behaviour?

What are my actions?

Use the sheet to help get to know your character and their environment.