If you’ve ever felt lighter after a good cry, you’ll know that purging emotions is better than repressing them. And if you’re already self-aware, here’s an opportunity to be dramatic and not be eye-rolled for it.

Thought Project’s next edition of Curtain Call — 9 plays in 90 minutes, calls readers to be part of minimalist one-act plays. Here, you’re assigned a character; you read the part and play the role — no prior theatre training or rehearsal is needed.