Demystifying Constructive Criticism

 Enhancing The Actor/Playwright Dialogue

Topics to be Conversed: 

• What is your utopian relationship between a playwright and an actor?

• What critiquing techniques have you used when working on new works? (i.e Liz Lerman)

• Playwrights: What are the questions you love to get from actors?

• Actors: What are the questions you love to get from playwrights?

• Playwrights: What are the behaviors from actors that are pet peeves?

• Actors: What are the behaviors that define a playwright as difficult? 

• Playwrights: Is it appropriate for actors to give line suggestions, alterations to scene, suggestions for plot? If so, when? If not, why not?

• Actors: Is it appropriate for a playwright to help with line readings, character help, scene misinterpretation? If so, what is best way to help?

• Playwrights: When getting feedback (questions, comments, criticism) what are the most helpful ways to phrase that feedback?

• Actors: When being asked for feedback from a playwright, how should they phrase their questions to get the actor’s POV ?

• All: What tips, skills, tricks do you use to not take feedback personally?

• Let’s Talk The PGE Play Analysis Questionnaire. 

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