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Category Archives: Improv Terms and Vocabulary

Game Library: “Booth Torture”

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

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 13, 2023August 21, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Abandon, Booth Torture, Justification, Mischief, Shivving, Short-Form, TechniciansLeave a comment on Game Library: “Booth Torture”

“T” is for “Technicians”

A love letter to the technical improvisers in our midst.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 9, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Accepting, Ensemble, Lights, Music, Musician, Sound, T is for, TechniciansLeave a comment on “T” is for “Technicians”

Game Library: “Expert Double Figures”

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

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 6, 2023January 11, 2024Posted 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”

“T” is for “Teaching Scene”

A few choice lessons concerning “Teaching Scenes.”

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 2, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:CAD, CROW, Game of the Scene, Long-Form, Mapping, Relationship, Short-Form, T is for, Talking Heads, Teaching Scene, Transaction SceneLeave a comment on “T” is for “Teaching Scene”

Game Library: “Contact”

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

Posted byimprovdrDecember 30, 2022October 15, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Contact, Justification, Physicality, Stage Picture, Staging, Talking Heads, Touch to TalkLeave a comment on Game Library: “Contact”

“T” is for “Talking Heads”

Four possible “adds” to elevate your scene beyond a strictly “talking heads” affair.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 26, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Physicality, Stage Picture, T is for, Talking Heads, WafflingLeave a comment on “T” is for “Talking Heads”

Game Library: “Tag-Team Monologue”

A popular narrative short-form game for your collection.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 23, 2022September 7, 2025Posted 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”

“T” is for “Take”

Some hot takes about the art of focus takes.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 19, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Focus, Give, Give and Take, Sharing Focus, Split Focus, T is for, TakeLeave a comment on “T” is for “Take”

Game Library: “Text/Subtext”

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

Posted byimprovdrDecember 16, 2022September 14, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Cartooning, Emotional Truth, Motivation, Objective, Subtext, Text/Subtext, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Text/Subtext”

“S” is for “Subtext”

I like your shoes.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 12, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Ambiguity, Emotional Truth, S is for, Specific Ambiguity, Specificity, Subtext, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on “S” is for “Subtext”

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