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Author Archives: improvdr

Game Library: “Starting in the Middle”

…in the middle of this description.

Posted byimprovdrMarch 3, 2023July 30, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Abandon, Long-Form, Short-Form, Starting in the Middle, Starting Scenes, UrgencyLeave a comment on Game Library: “Starting in the Middle”

“U” is for “Urgency”

You urgently need to read this post if your scenes routinely lack any sense of dynamism.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 27, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Drama, Energy, Long-Form, Rug Pull, Short-Form, Stakes, Talking Heads, Time, U is for, UrgencyLeave a comment on “U” is for “Urgency”

Game Library: “One-Voice Expert”

This entry encourages exploring both the verbal and physical possibilities inherent in a relatively common short-form game, “One-Voice Expert.”

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 24, 2023November 17, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Active Listening, Bulldozing, Experts, One-Voice Expert, Passenger, UpstagingLeave a comment on Game Library: “One-Voice Expert”

“U” is for “Upstaging”

The unhelpful habit of “Upstaging” is by no means unique to the improv stage, but it does tend to disproportionately appear and thwart otherwise powerful choices and actions.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 20, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Acting, Focus, Levels, Sharing Focus, Stage Picture, U is for, UpstagingLeave a comment on “U” is for “Upstaging”

Game Library: “Lotus Monologues”

A monologue exercise that poetically blends truthful fact and fiction.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 17, 2023August 5, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Connections, Lotus Monologues, Narrative, Storytelling, Theme, Truth, WeavingLeave a comment on Game Library: “Lotus Monologues”

“T” is for “Truth”

Time to face some improv “truths” (and one lie, too).

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 13, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Character, Comedy, Emotional Truth, Emotions, Game of the Scene, Lies, Material, Politics, Satire, T is for, TruthLeave a comment on “T” is for “Truth”

Game Library: “Creation Myth Scene”

A mythic departure from more run-of-the-mill short-form adventures…

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 10, 2023April 10, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Commercial, Creation Myth Scene, Justification, Narrative, Short-Form, Small Steps, Story, TrustLeave a comment on Game Library: “Creation Myth Scene”

“T” is for “Trust”

Unpacking the critical concept of “Trust…”

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 6, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Audience, Ensemble, Postmortem, T is for, TrustLeave a comment on “T” is for “Trust”

Game Library: “Replay”

This Game Library entry includes five “Replay” variants, with links to a bonus two more!

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 3, 2023January 28, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It Up, That Sounds Like a SongTags:Emotional Replay, Genre Replay, Most Scenes in a Minute, Replay, Scene Three Ways, Style, Through the Ages, Transaction SceneLeave a comment on Game Library: “Replay”

“T” is for “Transaction Scene”

Exchange your run-of-the-mill “Transaction Scene” for something with a little more oomph and potential.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 30, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:CROW, Objective, Secrets, Status, Strangers, T is for, Teaching Scene, Transaction SceneLeave a comment on “T” is for “Transaction Scene”

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