Thoughts on Acting Theorists

Over the past few days, I learned a lot about the various theorists that contributed to the acting world as we see it today.  Constantin Stanislavski was a big supporter of analyzing you as an actor in the role of your character. His seven main questions to ask yourself as an actor really help you dig deeper into the character that you must play. This is very similar to Uta Hagen's way of commanding actors to dig deep into the personality and background to understand where and why what they are doing is significant. All this helps an actor react onstage and be able to portray their character effectively. This creates the world of the play so the audience does not realize that they are watching a play. They just sucked into the universe of the the production. This is what makes a successful play.