Voices from Heaven
Voices from Heaven is a short-form monologue game in which performers deliver eulogies or testimonials for a character who has just died, each speaker revealing a different facet of the departed's life. The testimonials build a composite portrait through contrasting perspectives. The game is a shorter variation of the Spoon River format.
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