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| The motivating desire that determines a character's behavior throughout the course of a play. Hamlet's spine is "I want to revenge my father's death." |
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| The immediate, urgent desire or need of a character in a scene. For example: "I want to hurt this person" may be an objective choice that is active and not passive. |
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| Events and situations that occur and are referred to within the confines of a script. |
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| Two interpretations, one being events, relationship and situations that occur offstage or two, those events that are created by the actor that fill in the gaps of a text. |
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| Tasks and physical life of a character in a scene. |
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| Objects, events or states of being created by the actor that help involve him or her in a scene. |
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| A person, object, state of being that is a threat or in the way of achieving an objective. |
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| Methods of attaining your objective. Can be verbal or physical but always an active choice based on action verbs such as: to beg, to seduce. Avoid passive forms like "being happy." |
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| The unspoken thoughts or feelings of a character underneath the spoken dialogue. |
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| For the actor, it's the freeing of a character and a readiness to react: "relaxed readiness" |
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| The emotional level of an acting performance. If the actor chooses to "raise the stakes" he/she has more to lose and more to win which equals a greater commitment to achieving your objectives. |
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| Difference between what your character wants and feels at the beginning and at the end, or a beat. Overall action of a character. |
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| The action of a scene or play in each individual moment plus the minute changes in a situation in a play. |
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| A unit of action with its own conflict and crisis. In each beat of a character has a single objective. Beats form a scene. |
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| The emotional high point of a scene, which resolves the conflict in a play. |
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| To do in a play by the playwright. |
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| Has its own conflict and crisis. Usually contains a major event or change in the plot or important relationship of the play. |
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| A sequence of objectives that is often noted in an actor's script. |
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| The main event in a play that has an inevitable outcome leading to the climax of a play. |
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| What happens before the play that influences the direction of the play |
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| The opposition to the protagonist in a play. It can be physical or psychological. |
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| The solution of the conflict in the play. |
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| A person in the play. The role created by the playwright. |
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