The Drowsy Chaperone Study Guide - Theatre Under The Stars

Here’s a fun and enlightening theatre game that was used during the
rehearsals of The Drowsy Chaperone!
Interviews are a part of life. You get interviewed for a job or when you’re
applying for a school. Actors and politicians are interviewed on television,
the Internet and newspapers. Performers are often interviewed as part of
the audition process.
Now’s your chance to interview the different characters from The Drowsy
Chaperone! After seeing the show, have each member of your class or
group choose one of the characters from the show from the list on page
3. One at a time, each member of your class or group will sit in the “hot
seat” in front of everyone else. Once in that seat, you are no longer yourself,
you are the character from the show you have chosen! Class or group
members will ask the character questions, and the person in the “hot seat”
must fully answer in the personality and voice of the character. Remember,
no one word answers: you must explain WHY!
Possible questions:
Favorites: what’s your favorite color? Movie? Musical? Time of
Day? Food? Drink?
What do you think about Musical Theatre?
What are your hobbies?
What are your weaknesses? What are your strengths?
What are you goals in life?
Do you like to take risks?
Do you work well under pressure?
What can you do that the other characters cannot?
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