Sunday, March 15, 2009

Characters and cast bios

I've come out with some schematic models for a list of characters from the play. The page is ordered like this:
  • Description of what the character does in the play.
  • The actor's thoughts on the character.
  • Biography of that actor.

Proposed biographies would be about 90 words and up. Artie's entry is a lot longer, and would stand at 90 words; Bananas' is a lot shorter, and Jennifer could write a lot more. That depends on how long their thoughts on the character are, of course.

Biography should include
  • Name
  • Class of #### from HBHS
  • # of years in APA, specialty in APA
  • Plans for college – whether to continue theater or to focus elsewhere
  • Recent roles played
  • Best part about being in APA
  • Why you joined APA

Here's a sample biography using all of the above criteria. This biography is 90 words long.
Michael Yee (class of 2006) is in his zeroth year in APA, majoring in theatrical photography. He is a third year at Cal State Long Beach and is majoring in photojournalism. He hopes to become a professional photographer when he graduates. Recent photography assignments have included Fusion 2009 and the House of Blue Leaves. The best part about photographing APA is to see the talent, emotion, and hard work that is invested into each production. He joined the cast of APA because he had never seen an APA performance before.
What do you think?

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