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Game Library: “Most Scenes in a Minute”

“Most Scenes in a Minute” can help you practice that elusive skill of pitching strong scenic buttons. And it’s a whirlwind of fun as well!

“B” is for “Button”

How appropriate to end our series of B’s with “B” is for “Button.” For something so common in our work I find this element of improv isn’t particularly widely addressed.

Game Library: “Emotions”

“Emotions” provides a dynamic rollercoaster variant that also supports strong character and scene work.

“B” is for “Bulletproof”

If the choices of others onstage tend to bounce off you and leave you unchanged, then do I have the blog entry for you: “B” is for “Bulletproof”.

“B” is for “Bulldozing”

If your excitement can tend to get the better of you on stage, “B” is for “Bulldozing” offers some strategies to help you prioritize your teammates.

Game Library: “Fortunately/Unfortunately”

Fortunately this exercise can help your storytelling skills. Unfortunately this exercise can thwart your characters’ lives…

“B” is for “Breaking Routines”

I’m breaking up the routine a little with my latest entry, “B” is for “Breaking Routines.”

“I” is for In-Progress “Index”

A hopefully helpful in-progress index to my current “A to Z” of improv terms and techniques series. New entries posted most Mondays!

Game Library: “Rule Breaker”

Here’s a joyously chaotic exercise called “Rule Breaker” that reveals the import of foundational improv strategies.