Theater Roles

Artist Decisions

Playwright decides:

Characters
Action (story)
Environment (setting)

Actors decide how to use their:

Body
Voice
Thought

Audience's Role

to: see and hear and
then to:

• describe (what they saw and heard)
  
• analyze (how and why the artists made those choices
  
• interpret (find the meaning for themselves)
  
• evaluate (why the work is appreciated; how the work
  might be changed to make improvements, especially done by the artists)