On this screen they imagine a mirror image of all the readers. Then instead of talking straight to each other, they talk to each other's image. The most important use of off-stage focus is to help create illusions of distance or height. Two characters on the same stage but using off-stage focus can shout and wave at each other as if a mile apart. If one looks upward and one looks downward, you have a midget talking to a giant, or a woman in a window talking to a man in the street.
Characters can at times also use audience focus, addressing comments directly to the audience.
One reader should introduce the story with at least the title and the author. Beyond that, something can be said about the story, about the author, or about the performance. After the introduction, the readers wait to begin until they're all in place and frozen and the audience is quiet. At the end, the last words are spoken slowly and with rhythm, so the audience knows the story is over. When the story is finished, the readers freeze for a long moment to break the action.