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Author Archives: improvdr

“C” is for “Cleverness”

What’s the difference between informed choices and being clever? Consider “C” is for “Cleverness.”

Posted byimprovdrMarch 8, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:C is for, Cleverness, Gagging, Jokes, Obvious, Over-OriginalityLeave a comment on “C” is for “Cleverness”

Game Library: “Character Walk”

“Character Walk” is an all-play low-stakes exploratory exercise that allows players to get some reps in making quick instinctive and embodied character choices.

Posted byimprovdrMarch 5, 2021March 16, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Character, Character Walk, Characterization, Exercises, Names, What's in a Name?Leave a comment on Game Library: “Character Walk”

“C” is for “Character”

“C” is for “Character” offers some strategies for shaking yourself out of unhelpful patterns that might be restricting your work and play.

Posted byimprovdrMarch 1, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:C is for, Character, Characterization, CROW, Improvisation, Long-Form, Physicality, Short-Form, WhoLeave a comment on “C” is for “Character”

Game Library: “Shared Story”

“Shared Story” is a deceptively simple narrative game that can help you really flex your story-telling muscles.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 26, 2021June 9, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Chapter Two, Narrative, Shared Story, Small Steps, StorytellingLeave a comment on Game Library: “Shared Story”

“C” is for “Chapter Two”

If your improv stories and scenes have a tendency to stumble forward inelegantly you might be suffering from a case of “Chapter Two”-ing.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 22, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Advancing, C is for, Chapter Two, Small Steps, Story TellingLeave a comment on “C” is for “Chapter Two”

Game Library: “Status Swap”

The latest addition to the imrpoivdr.com Game Library, “Status Swap,” provides a playful mechanism for exploring change in our characters and relationships.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 19, 2021August 8, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Change, Status, Status SwapLeave a comment on Game Library: “Status Swap”

“C” is for “Change”

“C” is for “Change” provides some techniques for changing up our character energies and dynamics within a scene without throwing away the established elements and games that are already working.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 15, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Breaking Routines, C is for, Change, TiltLeave a comment on “C” is for “Change”

Game Library: “Stop! Think!”

If your text and subtext are often one and the same, perhaps you could benefit from taking a moment to “Stop! Think!”

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 12, 2021August 17, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Cartooning, Exercises, Short-Form, Showing, Stop! Think!, Subtext2 Comments on Game Library: “Stop! Think!”

“C” is for “Cartooning”

This may be a less widely used term but “C” is for “Cartooning” examines a common improv trap when it comes to getting details to the stage.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 8, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Acting, C is for, Cartooning, Commenting, Telling, Top Reads, WafflingLeave a comment on “C” is for “Cartooning”

Game Library: “Environmental Freeze Tag”

The ImprovDr Game Library continues to expand with “Environmental Freeze Tag,” a lesser-known warm-up that creates expansive and dynamic locations.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 5, 2021June 26, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:All Play, Caller, Characterization, Environmental Freeze Tag, Exercises, Freeze, Justification, Physicality, Staging, Warm-up, WhereLeave a comment on Game Library: “Environmental Freeze Tag”

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