My actors method

When reading my characters role in the play I saw it wasn't one of the bigger roles in terms of lines but it had more character development then other characters. My character in my view has turned psychotic  through her belief in Christianity. She creates one of the more dramatic strands of the story, by killing her daughter, violently. I feel inspired to develop this character as it is so different from myself. I want to research faith and what it gives people and what makes some people so obsessed with it. The only thing I can compare what she does to her daughter to is 'honour killings' which are known to happen sometimes within the Muslim faith when daughters disobey their faith. As a part of my process I intend to research this ritual and how parents can push themselves to that point.

As a part of technical development of my character I need to be able to do an american accent. This is with the two other cast members who play the part of my daughter and husband. I think the three of us need to make decisions about what particular accent we are going to learn and spending time working on it. I have friends from California who I can use as a source to practice lines. Making sure we work on our articulation and try our best to master it.

I tend to research the playwright of whatever production I am doing. This is so I can understand what inspired them to write the play and what message they are trying to get across. Going on from this to research the world of the play, so you can give a context to everything you and other characters are saying.

Trying to understand the objectives of this particular will be difficult. It is a role which travels to a dark place which I will have to get close to. This will require me to stretch my comfort zone. However, the content and subject matter she deals with is extremely disturbing so I will need to make myself emotionally available in rehearsals and commit fully but also make sure I can separate myself from it outside of rehearsals as to not damage my own peace of mind.