exercise · all tools
What’s my line?
Depth · what it can open●○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★any
Disclosure · what is sharednone
Everyone writes one line of dialogue on a slip of paper and drops it in a box. Small groups draw a line each and build a scene that contains all of them, working to make the lines sit naturally in the story. The watching group tries to spot which lines were the planted ones — and failing to spot them is the measure of success.
Hold with care
- Lines are written anonymously into a shared box; the sheet asks only that they be appropriate for the drama room, which leaves the framing to the facilitator
Practical
- Time
- 30+ min
- Group
- 8–∞ · small-group, large-group
- Settings
- in-person
- Materials
- Paper slips, pens, a box
- Mechanisms
- creative-expression, behavioral-rehearsal
- Change scope
- state · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- resources.trinitycollege.com/hubfs/Trinity%20Drama%20Games%20… — Drama Games (Trinity College London), open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable
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Origin
Trinity College London, 'as suggested by drama teachers' — Drama teaching
In this directory via Drama Games (Trinity College London)
status: checked · added 2026-08-31