UTA HAGEN'S
NINE QUESTIONS
CHARACTER CREATION AND ANALYSIS
QUESTION 1
WHO
Who am I? What is my name, age,
address, relatives, likes, dislikes,
hobbies, career, description of
physical traits, opinions, beliefs,
religion, education, origins,
enemies, loved ones, sociological
influences
QUESTION 2
TIME
What time is it? What does
time mean in the play? How is
time measured? Century,
season, year, day, minute?
QUESTION 3
WHERE
Where am I? Country, city,
neighborhood, home, room,
area of room
QUESTION 4
QUESTION 5
SURROUNDINGS
What is around you? Animate
(alive) and inanimate (not
alive) objects-complete details
of environment.
GIVEN
CIRCUMSTANCES
What are the facts of the play?
What happened in the past,
present, future? What are the
events of the play?
QUESTION 6
RELATIONSHIPS
What is your relationship to
total events, other characters,
and to objects in the play?
QUESTION 7
OBJECTIVE
What does my character need?
What is the goal or objective
that they are trying to achieve?
QUESTION 8
OBSTACLES
What is in the way of achieving
my goal? What is stopping me
from getting what I want?
QUESTION 9
ACTIONS
What do I do to get what I
want? How to I achieve my
goals? What do I do to get
what I want?