This game, “Cooperation/Noncooperation Scene,” has the advantage of not only enriching the environment but also encouraging players to work together towards a common goal.
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“E” is for “Environment”
Are you fully exploiting all the gifts your performance environments can offer?
Game Library: “Key Word”
Unlock the doorway to energized entrances and exits with “Key Word!”
“E” is for “Entrances”
Here’s the next “E” to make its grand “Entrance” on the scene in our stroll through the “A” to “Z” of improv terms and techniques.
Game Library: “Go”
There’s a reason “Go” is such a well-loved and widely-used ensemble-building exercise.
“E” is for “Ensemble”
What are some of the marks of a healthy and aspirational “Ensemble” that is firing effectively on all cylinders?
Game Library: “Endowment Circle”
It’s worthwhile exploring “Endowment Circle” if you routinely find yourself assuming one-dimensional or simplistic characters and relationships on stage.
“E” is for “Endowing”
Are you maximizing the joy and effectiveness of your improvisational gifts when you “Endow” your scene partners?
A Peek Inside: ImprOvientation
“ImprOvientation” was developed as an original long-form to welcome new students to college. “Story Hot Spot” is an exercise that develops the personal story-telling skills that so deeply inform this semi-autobiographical style of performance.
Game Library: “Theme Scenes”
“Theme Scenes” encourages a more emotionally grounded and nuanced style of improvisational play well-suited to both short- and long-form expeditions.