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Stage actors memorize their lines. Most playwrights insist that actors deliver their lines exactly as written: nothing added, nothing omitted. For a number of reasons, freely improvising lines during the performance of a play is considered unprofessional. Occasionally an actor will “go up” and forget one of their lines. They may fumble for words as they struggle to recover, but among professional actors going up on your lines is rare.Many technology managers who are called upon to gi