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Category Archives: Improv Games

Game Library: “Stop and Go”

A warm-up to stretch your give and take muscles…

Posted byimprovdrApril 8, 2022August 17, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Abandon, Active Listening, Exercises, Give, Give and Take, Offer, Presence, Sharing Focus, Stop and Go, Take, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Stop and Go”

Game Library: “Death in a Minute”

This short-form standard packs a punch and requires players to work closely together towards a common goal.

Posted byimprovdrApril 1, 2022November 13, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Accepting, Button, Death in a Minute, Heighten, Obvious, Short-Form, TheatresportsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Death in a Minute”

Game Library: “Get Them To…”

This exercise ably demonstrates the importance of clear objectives and tactics in our scripted and non-scripted scene work. And it’s my 200th post to boot!

Posted byimprovdrMarch 25, 2022April 5, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:CROW, Exercises, Get Them To..., Motivation, Objective, Secrets, Tactics, What, WWWLeave a comment on Game Library: “Get Them To…”

Game Library: “Pop-Up Story Book”

This game requires a little rolling around on the floor but, if you’re physically up for it, “Pop-Up Story Book” can unlock delightfully whimsical stories.

Posted byimprovdrMarch 18, 2022February 8, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Freeze Frame, Justification, Narrative, Narrator, Physicality, Pop-Up Story Book, Slide Show, StorytellingLeave a comment on Game Library: “Pop-Up Story Book”

Game Library: “Name Circle”

Here’s a super-sized ImprovDr Game Library entry with eight different name games!

Posted byimprovdrMarch 11, 2022January 1, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Abandon, Acronyms, Adjectives, Commitment, Connections, Energy, Ensemble, Icebreakers, Name Circle, Names, Physicality, Rhythm, Snake, Warm-up, YouLeave a comment on Game Library: “Name Circle”

Game Library: “Tag-Team Song”

Some thoughts on a short-form improv mainstay, “Tag-Team Song.”

Posted byimprovdrMarch 4, 2022September 9, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, That Sounds Like a SongTags:Looking Good, Music, Narrative, Point of View, Rhyme, Short-Form, Structure, Tag-Team Song, Target RhymeLeave a comment on Game Library: “Tag-Team Song”

Game Library: “Asides”

Considering the versatile dramatic conceit that is “Asides…”

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 25, 2022June 28, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Asides, Conscience, Long-Form, Mugging, Shakespeare, Short-Form, Staging, Style, Subtext, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Asides”

Game Library: “Word Association”

Here are four well-worn variations of the classic “Word Association” warmup that can help launch you fearlessly into the here and now.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 18, 2022November 15, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Active Listening, Material, Obvious, Presence, Sound Ball, Spontaneity, Third Thought, Verbal Skills, Word Association, Word BallLeave a comment on Game Library: “Word Association”

Game Library: “Mantras”

If you’re looking for a way to amp up the emotional voracity of your characters, look no further… I give you “Mantras.”

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 11, 2022August 21, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Acting, Drama, Emotion, Emotional Truth, Love, Mantras, SubtextLeave a comment on Game Library: “Mantras”

Game Library: “One-Downing”

“One-Downing” provides a playful tool for elevating your scene partners while adding dynamism and energy.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 4, 2022November 10, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Game of the Scene, Looking Good, One-Downing, One-Upping, Relationship, StatusLeave a comment on Game Library: “One-Downing”

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