1.
Performance should be between 3-5 minutes in
length.
2.
Selection should be placed in a folder you can
hold easily with one hand. This leaves
the other hand free for gestures.
3.
As you practice your selection, mark you script
for pauses, emphasis, character voices and anything else that will help you
have a good performance.
4.
Work on different and appropriate voices for all
characters, including the narrator.
5.
Work on different body language for each
character, including the narrator.
However, don’t move around the stage during your performance.
6.
Practice in front of a mirror, with an audio
recorder or videorecorder.
7.
Learn your selection so you can look at the
audience as much as possible.
Remember: The eyes are the windows
to the soul.
8.
Feel free to cut character identifications as
well as any long narrative portions that do not advance the plot.
9.
If you are doing poetry, write or type it out in
paragraph form so that you have a better chance of not creating a sing-song pattern.
10.
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE.
11.
Use eye movements to “see” objects, surroundings
and characters in your story.
12.
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