Rehearse a scene and pretend your words have been taken out, or that you are suffering from a throat issue and on top of that you can't write your responses to the other character. (you can also experiment with writing the responses) The scene still needs to happen. You must still try to respond and communicate, speaking without words. DO NOT SOAP OPERA YOUR EXPRESSIONS. It is easier if we improvise, rather than a written piece (but in a written piece, if I feel lost, I sometimes think of the million other things my character could have said or done and yet the character said what is on the page. Why?) It can be an exercise in comedy as the most phenomenal actions will happen, but the main purpose is to rid you of the face value intentions of the words.
A flip to the above exercise is to learn a scene or do an improv with a scene partner and do it blindfolded as if you were both not able to see. It is an exercise on listening and reacting naturally because it will take the performance pressure of doing a simple scene. After a few times you will start seeing images in your mind directly associated with what your scene partner is saying.
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