Building a performance: an actor's guide to rehearsal

Reading the blueprint

Building the scaffolding

Constructing a shell

Brick by brick : three types of languages

Building with others

Building habits

Building your character

Building dynamics with textual clues

Interior fittings : building emotional and verbal dynamics

Building with care and consent : fights, extreme physicality & intimacy

Exterior fittings and final touches

the technical rehearsal

When there's no blueprint : devising, physical theater & ensemble plays

New construction : rehearsing the new play

The fast build : rehearsing film, tv and other media

Moving in : common notes from directors

Conclusion : moving on.