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Category Archives: Improv Games

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”

Game Library: “Bell’s Kitchen”

This ImprovDr Game Library addition provides a way to workshop first steps and how to find new ways to approach launching ask-fors that might have become a little stale or predictable.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 24, 2021July 30, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Ask-for, Bell's Kitchen, Caller, CROW, Given Circumstances, Initiation, Starting ScenesLeave a comment on Game Library: “Bell’s Kitchen”

Game Library: “Identity Circle”

“Identity Circle” provides a platform to truly see and listen to the truths of your ensemble.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 17, 2021May 31, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Connections, Ensemble, Icebreakers, Identity Circle, Inclusiveness, Speaking Your Truth, Trust, Truth, VulnerabilityLeave a comment on Game Library: “Identity Circle”

Game Library: “New Choice”

“New Choice” keeps you on your toes as a player while also modeling the immediacy and disposability of improvisational play.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 10, 2021October 5, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Ding, Improvisation, New Choice, Short-Form, Should've Said, Spontaneity, WimpingLeave a comment on Game Library: “New Choice”

Game Library: “Good, Bad, Worst Advice”

This entry includes some good, bad and worst advice for how to get the most out of a short-form game of the same name.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 3, 2021September 23, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Characterization, Comedy, Curve of Absurdity, Experts, Good Bad Worst Advice, Hosting, Interview, Short-FormLeave a comment on Game Library: “Good, Bad, Worst Advice”

Game Library: “Heightening Circle”

Here’s an exercise to help pace heightening moves when exploring the game of a scene.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 26, 2021April 30, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Exercises, Extending, Heighten, Heightening Circle, Looking Backwards, Looking Good, One-Downing, One-Upping, Small Steps, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Heightening Circle”

Game Library: “Oscar-Winning Moments”

There’s a lot of room for playful discovery in the short-form game “Oscar-Winning Moments.”

Posted byimprovdrNovember 19, 2021December 11, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Handle, Oscar-Winning Moments, Short-Form, StyleLeave a comment on Game Library: “Oscar-Winning Moments”

Game Library: “Counting Circle”

A simple matter of counting to a set target can surprisingly bring an ensemble together…

Posted byimprovdrNovember 12, 2021October 26, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Active Listening, Counting Circle, Ensemble, GroupmindLeave a comment on Game Library: “Counting Circle”

Game Library: “Focus Ball”

“Focus Ball,” the latest addition to the ImprovDr “Game Library,” allows improvisers to playfully explore the skills of giving and taking focus.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 5, 2021February 11, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Focus, Focus Ball, Give, Give and Take, Sharing FocusLeave a comment on Game Library: “Focus Ball”

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