The Sybil
early-2000s-present · Chicago
Also known as Solo Harold, One-Person Harold
A solo-performer Harold — one improviser plays every character across all three beats and group games.
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- Developed and named by Andy Eninger at iO Chicago in the early 2000s.
- Named after Sybil Dorsett, the dissociative-identity-disorder patient profiled in the 1973 book Sybil.
- Begins with a character monologue, then shifts to interconnected solo scenes where the performer plays every role.
- Canonical solo long-form; the answer to 'can one person run a Harold?'
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