exercise · all tools
The Absent Character
Depth · what it can open●○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★any
Disclosure · what is sharednone
Two people improvise a scene about somebody who is not there yet but is on their way. Over at least six to fourteen lines their dialogue has to establish where they are and, above all, build the absent person's character out of what is said about them — and then that person walks in and has to be exactly who the conversation made them.
Practical
- Time
- — min
- Group
- ?–∞ · pairs
- Settings
- in-person
- Mechanisms
- perspective-taking, creative-expression
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- xn--dramavningar-8ib.se/den-franvarande-karaktaren — Dramaövningar.se, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Martin Wiss (published as 'Martin' on dramaövningar.se) — Swedish dramapedagogik
In this directory via Dramaövningar.se
status: checked · added 2026-09-01