Everything about Chitacle — project map

Read plays online with a partner — in 5 languages: Русский · English · Español · العربية · 中文.

A full list of project topics and sections. Useful if you arrived from search and want to look around.

Chitacle is not a dating service in the usual sense. Nor a library of plays. Nor drama therapy courses. It is a technology of quick emergence of trust between strangers through joint reading of a play by roles. Two strangers read a play for 35–45 minutes. The curtain closes. And they keep talking for another hour, sometimes two — no longer with the characters' lines, but in their own words. We call this the post-curtain effect — and the whole project map below is built around it. Read more →

Below are all the topics we write about in detail. Dating and meeting people, loneliness, fears in communication, plays and readings, psychology and growth, Russian for foreigners, project formats and modes. They are all about the same phenomenon, examined from different angles.

Online dating and meeting people

• An unusual online date
• A first online date
• Ideas for a date at a distance
• Online date with a stranger
• Meeting people without profiles
• Intellectual meetings
• Meeting people for introverts
• Meeting people by interests
• How to meet without awkwardness
• An ABC of meeting people

Loneliness

• The loneliness of an adult
• Loneliness and the rules of adult communication
• Loneliness in maturity
• Loneliness after divorce
• Loneliness in remote work
• The loneliness of an introvert
• Loneliness in a big city
• The loneliness of an adult woman
• The loneliness of a man
• Loneliness without friends

Plays for two

• Read a play by roles online
• Plays for two actors
• Dialogues for two
• Duologues for two
• Monologues for reading
• Plays for two women
• Plays for two men
• Plays for a man and a woman

Theater and readings

• Theatrical reading online
• Cold reading
• Actor exercises online
• Stage speech online
• Theater études online

Available texts and copyright

• Plays without rights claims online
• Openly available plays for production
• Plays
• Contemporary plays for two
• Short plays for two actors
• Plays for an amateur theater
• Plays for a studio
• Plays for a reading
• How to get a play's text
• CC-BY licence for the plays

Psychology and personal growth

• Dramatherapy: exercises
• Bibliotherapy: exercises
• Role exercises for couples
• Developing empathy: exercises
• Social anxiety: practice
• Active listening exercises
• Chitacle for a psychologist
• Handling emotions safely
• Communication through text
• Training for coaches

Russian language for foreigners

• Reading by roles in Russian
• Russian practice through dialogues
• Spoken Russian practice online
• Dialogues for learning Russian
• Reading aloud with a partner
• Chitacle for Russian teachers
• Removing the language barrier
• Russian through literature
• Speaking Russian with a partner
• Russian for expats

Fears and barriers in communication

• Fear of the first word
• Shyness in adulthood
• Fear of looking foolish
• Fear of rejection in meeting people
• Fear of seeming pushy
• Fear before a first date
• How not to be nervous on a date
• How to overcome the fear of meeting people
• Why it's hard to meet people
• The first line decides everything

About Chitacle — what it is and how it works

• What Chitacle is
• How Chitacle works
• "Read now" mode
• "Schedule a meeting" mode
• "Read to me" mode
• The three Chitacle bells
• The online theater's curtain
• Inviting viewers
• The Chitacle Dressing Room
• The Chitacle Stage

Who Chitacle is for

• For introverts
• For those tired of dating apps
• For an adult woman
• For an adult man
• For the shy
• For those at a distance
• For single parents
• For freelancers
• For retirees
• For expats

How to use

• Your first meeting is on us
• How to register on Chitacle
• Claim your role
• Check the box in the Dressing Room
• What you need for a Chitacle meeting
• How to prepare for the meeting
• What happens after the meeting
• Why you'll want to come back
• First step into Chitacle
• The first step into Chitacle