Role Score Guidelines
ROLE SCORE GUIDELINES
Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Number your answers.
4 Areas of Characterization: Physical, Sociological, Psychological, Objective
Physical
Sociological (Social)
3. What is your social class? Occupation? Educational background? Attitude? Outlook on life? What are your hobbies? Friendships?
Hardships? Successes or failures? Standing in the community? Political affiliations?
4. Where are you? (country, state, city, street, actual location like a living room) Where are you in that location? (sitting on the couch,
for example) What surrounds you in the front, back, right side, left side? (be specific)
Psychological
5. What is going on in your head? Morals, ambitions, talents, personal habits,Optimistic/ pessimistic? Happy/ sad/ angry? Mental
issues? Life attitude? admirable qualities? Abnormal behavior? Frustrations? Outlook on life?
Objective
6. What are your given circumstances? What events brought you to this moment? What do you want? What is your objective in this
play/monologue…”I want to________(active verb)
7. What is in your way? What obstacles are in the way of what you want?
8. What do you do to get what you want? What tactics do you use to overcome your obstacle?
Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Number your answers.
4 Areas of Characterization: Physical, Sociological, Psychological, Objective
Physical
- Who am I? Name, age, gender, ethnicity, religious beliefs, family relationships (mother and father, single parent home, siblings, are you the oldest/youngest sibling?), what do you look like (hair color, eye color)? How do you dress?
- What time is it? (year, month, day, time of day or night)
Sociological (Social)
3. What is your social class? Occupation? Educational background? Attitude? Outlook on life? What are your hobbies? Friendships?
Hardships? Successes or failures? Standing in the community? Political affiliations?
4. Where are you? (country, state, city, street, actual location like a living room) Where are you in that location? (sitting on the couch,
for example) What surrounds you in the front, back, right side, left side? (be specific)
Psychological
5. What is going on in your head? Morals, ambitions, talents, personal habits,Optimistic/ pessimistic? Happy/ sad/ angry? Mental
issues? Life attitude? admirable qualities? Abnormal behavior? Frustrations? Outlook on life?
Objective
6. What are your given circumstances? What events brought you to this moment? What do you want? What is your objective in this
play/monologue…”I want to________(active verb)
7. What is in your way? What obstacles are in the way of what you want?
8. What do you do to get what you want? What tactics do you use to overcome your obstacle?