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Category Archives: Improv Games

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”

Game Library: “Word at a Time Story”

This ImprovDr blog entry includes two approaches to this classic storytelling improv exercise.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 28, 2022December 6, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Accepting, Looking Backwards, Obvious, Reincorporation, Storytelling, Warm-up, Word at a Time, Word at a Time StoryLeave a comment on Game Library: “Word at a Time Story”

Game Library: “La Ronde”

“La Ronde” provides a user-friendly frame for exploring complex characters and relationships.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 21, 2022July 14, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Character, Edits, La Ronde, Long-Form, Relationship, Strangers, Structure, Top ReadsLeave a comment on Game Library: “La Ronde”

Game Library: “Stand, Sit, Kneel, Lie”

Improv can become a stand and talk affair if we’re not careful. Stand, Sit, Kneel, Lie provides the perfect antidote if you need to shake up your staging habits.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 14, 2022July 30, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Justification, Levels, Physicality, Short-Form, Staging, Stand Sit Kneel LieLeave a comment on Game Library: “Stand, Sit, Kneel, Lie”

Game Library: “Nicer Than You”

Bring a little more kindness to your relationships and scene work with “Nicer Than You.”

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 7, 2022October 17, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Consent, Emotional Truth, Kindness, Love, Nicer Than You, One-Downing, One-Upping, RelationshipLeave a comment on Game Library: “Nicer Than You”

Game Library: “Freeze Frame”

Open eyes… and peek into the inner workings of “Freeze Frame.”

Posted byimprovdrDecember 31, 2021March 1, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Freeze Frame, Justification, Narrative, Narrator, Shivving, Slide Show, Volunteers, Wearing Your Character LightlyLeave a comment on Game Library: “Freeze Frame”

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