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Category Archives: Improv Terms and Vocabulary

Game Library: “Age Replay”

A larger cast warm-up that I enjoyed developing for the R&D Show at Sak Comedy Lab.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 30, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Actor Switch, Age, Age Replay, Baby Talk, Characterization, Freeze Tag, Justification, Physicality, Replay, Replay SceneLeave a comment on Game Library: “Age Replay”

“A” is for “Appropriate”

A consideration of how me can pursue appropriate choices in our work (and what that might even mean)!

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 26, 2026Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:A is for, Agenda, Appropriate, Audience, Boundaries, Content, Groupmind, Inclusiveness, Punching Up, X-Rated, YouLeave a comment on “A” is for “Appropriate”

“A” is for “Again”

Explore the elegant power of one simple word: “Again.”

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 19, 2026January 18, 2026Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Accepting, Again, Backstory, Breaking Routines, Consequences, Emotion, Energy, Freshness, Heighten, Obvious, Routine, StakesLeave a comment on “A” is for “Again”

Game Library: “Audience Café”

This scene rarely goes where you’re expecting…

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 16, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Audience, Audience Café, Audience Cafe, Dubbing, Justification, R&D Experiments, Short-Form, Verbal Skills, VolunteersLeave a comment on Game Library: “Audience Café”

“A” is for “Advice”

I’m expanding my A to Z Dictionary of improv terms. Here’s the first addition: A is for Advice.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 12, 2026January 25, 2026Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:A is for, Action, Advice, Postponing, Talking Heads, Teaching Scene, Telling, Transaction SceneLeave a comment on “A” is for “Advice”

Game Library: “Zip, Zap, Zop”

A true improv warm-up classic (along with two slightly less common variations).

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 5, 2026January 4, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Active Listening, Connections, Double Zip Zap Zop, Ensemble, Patterns, Presence, Routine, Teamwork, Verbal Skills, Warm-up, Zip Zap Zop, Zip Zap Zop TrinitiesLeave a comment on Game Library: “Zip, Zap, Zop”

Game Library: “Yearbook Photo”

Hear the story behind the picture in Yearbook Photo…

Posted byimprovdrDecember 26, 2025December 25, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Characterization, Justification, Narrative, Perspectives, Physicality, Point of View, Reincorporation, Verbal Skills, Yearbook PhotoLeave a comment on Game Library: “Yearbook Photo”

Game Library: “Xmas Carol”

Enjoy some holiday cheer with an improvised Xmas Carol!

Posted byimprovdrDecember 22, 2025December 22, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It Up, That Sounds Like a SongTags:Christmas Carol, Music, Musicality, Musician, Rhyme, Song, Target Rhyme, Teamwork, Verbal Skills, Xmas CarolLeave a comment on Game Library: “Xmas Carol”

Game Library: “Word Ball”

This game has your number… of words.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 12, 2025January 17, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Abandon, Caller, Dialogue, Justification, Sentences, Short-Form, Subtext, Verbal Skills, Word BallLeave a comment on Game Library: “Word Ball”

Game Library: “Word at a Time Express”

Warm up your team and your audience with this fast-paced storytelling improv game.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 5, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Active Listening, All Play, Decider, Narrative, Storytelling, Verbal Skills, Warm-up, Word at a Time, Word at a Time ExpressLeave a comment on Game Library: “Word at a Time Express”

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