FORM, EMPATHY, AND CHARACTER PLAY | Caitlin Saylor Stephens, Instructor
Audio Confessions
The most compelling character discoveries are often made when a character is in crisis. The chaos of crisis feeds a plot, raises stakes, and deepens a creator’s connection to the material.
During this exercise, students created monologues using dictation as a generative method to explore their character in crisis. The process entailed recording unedited improvised confessional speeches, transcription, editing, and rerecording audio.
These Audio Confessions are a process-based exploration using interdisciplinary generative methods and character embodiment to further explore character.
Althea Flores | Character Name: Xyla
Anton Campbell | Character Name: Jarobi
Anya Liu | Character Name: Elena Kuma
Atheeth Madhavan | Character Name: The Eraser
Diana Poon | Character Name: Menmi
Hahn Zhang | Character Name: Anonymous
Jack Mead | Character Name: Lou
Mariana Tapia | Character Name: Miriam Nurko
Matthew Bustamonte | Character Name: Louis E. Holloway
Maya Jain | Character Name: Elisabeth
Shenuka Corea | Character Name: Vidya
Srobana Bhattacharya | Character Name: Tara
Taylor Sanchez | Character Name: Miraska
Wendie Chen | Character Name: Portia
