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the person responsible for the off-stage spect experience

The spect wrangler is a position unique to interactive performance. This person handles recruitment, communications, and hosting of spects for rehearsals and performances. Here is an overview of the responsibilities.

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a rehearsal process in which players skim through the story beats

When training or rehearsing, you sometimes need a way to fast-forward through the story. This can be accomplished with a talk-through, where players do basic blocking while summarizing what their characters say and do. The idea is to slide back and forth between description and dialogue, while introducing some specific details. Here’s an example.

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The Scene Timer is an app that tracks the duration of a scene and notifies players when the end of a scene is near. It’s much like the blinking red light that notifies stand-up comics when their set is almost done.

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