Playwriting: Creating a Character

Before getting started, make some decisions about who your characters are!

Name:

Physical Characteristics:

Age:
Date of Birth:
Height:
Weight:
Eye color:
Hair Color:
Skin color/tone:
Posture:
Grooming:
Vocal Quality:
General Appearance: (indicate degree of attractiveness,elegance or crudeness, sex appeal, “presence,” general health, any physical problems or defects, etc.)

External World

I. Family Situation
Father: (include age, if alive, or how long ago he died, occupation, any special characteristics, nature of relationship with, etc.)

Mother: (same as father)

Siblings: (brothers sisters, ages, special characteristics, nature of relationship with, etc.)

Other important relatives: (what relation, ages, special characteristics, nature of relationship with, etc.)

Family’s ability to function: (happy, normal, disruptive, dysfunctional, unusual in some way, etc.)

Marital status: (if not married, describe any significant romantic relationships. If married, how long?