playing a role
- actingTemporarily holding position
- performanceCarrying out a task
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- pretendingSimulating what isn't real
- stageRaised performance platform
theater · drama · mask · portraying · role-play · casting · audition · script · costume · persona · understudy · scene · spotlight · rehearsal · impersonation · charade · facade · part
authenticity
playing a rolebeing oneself
Acting from true nature
being honest · showing one's true colors · wearing one's heart on one's sleeve
participation
playing a rolesitting out
Declining to participate
opting out · withdrawing · standing aside · abstaining · disengaging