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Me, My Character and the Others 201formances or even write (using a special tool also developed within the NIMISproject) different stories based on the same performance.Figure 24.2.Teatrix: On Stage Option4. Controlling the Characters in TeatrixIn the acting phase each child has a character to control. Characters inTeatrix are not simply controlled animations in a 3D world. They also haveroles (villain, hero, etc), which define their function in the story (for example,a villain must “harm the hero”, a hero must “rescue the victim”, etc). So, acharacter must be seen as a conjunction of two different concepts: the actorand the role. Anactor is the physical representation or appearance of a character.In Teatrix we provide a cast that contains a witch, a boy, a girl, a fair,a wolf and an old lady. More actors can be added provided that the appropriateanimations are built into the system. As for the roles, we relied on theanalysis done by Propp [7] on folktales, which led us to the following roles: