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Question: I need help with my script – need answers real soon plz!.!?
I have written a script for a drama assignment (a community theatre piece on OCD) and I have written that the OCD thoughts manifest themselves as people and I don’t know what I can do to let the audience know that they are thoughts!.

Please, no Brechtian placard techniques!. My script is not intended to alienate the audience!. They just need to be able to identify the characters as thoughts and not people!. I was thinking something along the lines of symbolism but I couldn’t think of anything!.
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Many possibilities: the use of theatrical lighting (follow spots on each individual thought), the thoughts all wearing identical costume + makeup, a portion of the stage which could signify the "brain" with all the thoughts inside perhaps interacting!.!.!.

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You can have the characterss around the main character freeze and put the spotlight on the main character!. Hope this helps!Www@QuestionHome@Com