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Subconscious Scene

The players in this scene reveal their innermost secrets by letting the audience in on their subconscious thoughts.

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How to Play Subconscious Scene

Synonyms

Telepathy scene

Introduction

The players in this scene will reveal to you their innermost secrets by letting you in on their subconscious thoughts.

Description

At certain points in the scene the players break from their regular dialogue, and turn to the audience and let them in on their subconscious thoughts. These may be conflicting to those that the player is portraying on stage, or they may reveal further information that helps advance the scene. This subconscious information should be employed by the other players in a subtle fashion. This is similar to a soliloquy scene.

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Variations

The subconscious voices can be played out by players offstage that may or may not (blind subconscious scene) be able to see the scene. The players can play each others subconsciouses as well.

Credits

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Based on "Subconscious Scene" from learnimprov, licensed under Creative Commons 4.0Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.
account_treeVariations (2)
  • Cross-Subconscious — Players voice each other's subconscious thoughts.
  • Offstage Subconscious — Subconscious voices are played by players offstage, who may or may not (blind subconscious scene) be able to see the stage.

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