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Category Archives: Improv Games

Game Library: “Soundtrack”

Big emotions, strong characterizations, and heightened physicality (and an adept technician) are the key ingredients of a strong “Soundtrack” scene.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 20, 2023January 18, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It Up, That Sounds Like a SongTags:Emotional Truth, Justification, Movement, Music, Physicality, Soundtrack, Stakes, TellingLeave a comment on Game Library: “Soundtrack”

Game Library: “Booth Torture”

This dynamic provides a whole new way to level up your justification skills!

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 13, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Abandon, Booth Torture, Justification, Mischief, Shivving, Short-Form, TechniciansLeave a comment on Game Library: “Booth Torture”

Game Library: “Expert Double Figures”

If two heads are better than one, are four arms better than two…?

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 6, 2023January 4, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Arms Expert, Characterization, Expert Double Figures, Experts, Justification, Physicality, Short-Form, Teaching Scene, VolunteersLeave a comment on Game Library: “Expert Double Figures”

Game Library: “Contact”

Few games demand such an “outside the box” approach to onstage physicality as “Contact” or “Touch to Talk.”

Posted byimprovdrDecember 30, 2022December 31, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Contact, Justification, Physicality, Stage Picture, Staging, Talking Heads, Touch to TalkLeave a comment on Game Library: “Contact”

Game Library: “Tag-Team Monologue”

A popular narrative short-form game for your collection.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 23, 2022December 23, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Characterization, Ensemble, Narrative, Storytelling, Tag-Team Monologue, Take, Trust, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Tag-Team Monologue”

Game Library: “Text/Subtext”

Unlock the fun (and challenge) of shifting quickly between your text and subtext.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 16, 2022December 14, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Cartooning, Emotional Truth, Motivation, Objective, Subtext, Text/Subtext, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Text/Subtext”

Game Library: “Pan Left, Pan Right”

“Pan Left” to the latest Game Library entry…

Posted byimprovdrDecember 9, 2022December 7, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Edits, Justification, Pan Left Pan Right, Relationship, Short-Form, Strangers, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Pan Left, Pan Right”

Game Library: “Relay Entrances and Exits”

Learn how to sell your exits (and entrances) with this energetic improv drill.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 2, 2022November 30, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Entrances, Exercises, Exits, Give and Take, Justification, Relay Entrances and Exits, Sharing Focus, Stage Picture, Staging, Sticky FeetLeave a comment on Game Library: “Relay Entrances and Exits”

Game Library: “High Card”

“High Card” provides a revealing all-play experience that unpacks the nuances of status

Posted byimprovdrNovember 25, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:All Play, Character, Exercises, Long-Form, Relationship, Short-Form, Status, SubtextLeave a comment on Game Library: “High Card”

Game Library: “Escalating Scene”

Escalating Scene offers an improv embodiment of the butterfly effect where one small inconsequential action ultimately causes havoc.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Accepting, Curve of Absurdity, Escalating Scene, Justification, Stakes, Story, To Make Matters Worse, UrgencyLeave a comment on Game Library: “Escalating Scene”

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