Reader's Theatre

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Reader's Theater is a style of theatre in which the actors do not need to memorize their lines. Rather, they either go through their blocking holding scripts and reading off their lines, or else sit/stand together on a stage and read through the script together.

In Reader's Theatre, actors use much expression in voice to help the audience understand what is taking place. Also, facial expressions are more important since, by definition, reader's theatre has no blocking from the waist down.

In reading their lines to each other, actors look over the heads of their audience into an imaginary mirror at the far end of their theater, and not directly at their respective actors. The audience then perceives the dialog as normal as the production progresses.

Additionally, emoting on a dramatic scale enhances the performance and makes the production "more realistic".