llful and extremely conscious. Actors have to determine and plan every desire, every action. When performing, an actor cannot depend upon sudden revelations of subconscious desires and spontaneous bursts of unrehearsed action, because the entire performance would be thrown into chaos. Each member of the cast is constantly trying to figure out and respond to the seemingly random actions of every other cast member. In the process of developing a role, as part of the rehearsal process, the actor uses his sub-conscious mind and his interactions with the other actors and the director to explore possibilities of emotions and actions and to develop meaning and truthful justifications for actions. Ultimately, however, it is the actor's willful determination of specific desires, actions to perform and ways to perform those actions that are the actor's tasks - and the key to a successful performance. To convincingly become a character, an actor uses their own analysis of the subtext and other elements of the script, the invented and/or researched history of the character, and knowledge of the time, place and circumstances of the play to express realism. By using these elements to focus upon the determined desires and purpose, the actions of the character are clarified within the play.The biggest understanding is the fact that no matter if the play that one watches is from ancient Greece or from a modern day script on Broadway the audience will learn something they did not know before and leave with a story never told in the same manner. One of the most powerful characteristics about plays is their ability to make you feel like you have been let in on a secret. The clapping of the delighted audience is the ultimate high, or the rush as an actor stands on the stage....
