Energy Management
The ensemble-level craft of pacing a show's emotional and physical intensity — when to escalate, when to ground, when to let silence sit.
Known for
- Common anti-pattern: every scene at 11 — the show has nowhere to climb.
- Del Close's coaching: 'A good Harold has a resting heart rate and a peak.' Emotional topology, not constant intensity.
- Managed collectively — a performer who notices the show is too hot can initiate low, and the rest of the ensemble should read it.
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