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Category Archives: Improv Terms and Vocabulary

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”

“I” is for “Initiation”

Getting an improv scene off to a promising start can prove quite challenging. “Initiation” examines some best practices to help in this endeavor.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 20, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:CROW, I is for, I'll Start, Initiation, Launches, Offer, Starting ScenesLeave a comment on “I” is for “Initiation”

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”

“I” is for “Inclusiveness”

Some questions to consider on the path to “Inclusiveness” in our improv spaces.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 13, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Active Listening, Company, Ensemble, Groupmind, I is for, Inclusiveness, Long-Form, Postmortem, Short-Form, Speaking Your Truth, TrainingLeave a comment on “I” is for “Inclusiveness”

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”

“I” is for “Improvisation”

Alphabetization aside, this should probably serve as the first entry in my “A” to “Z” series. Enjoy “I” is for “Improvisation.”

Posted byimprovdrDecember 6, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Bakhtin, David Charles, I is for, Improv, Improvisation, Long-Form, Short-FormLeave a comment on “I” is for “Improvisation”

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”

“H” is for “Hosting”

The last improv “H” is for “Hosting” – that critical fellow improviser that can make or break a short- or long-form experience.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 29, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Caller, Director, Emcee, H is for, Hosting, Long-Form, Shape of Show, Short-Form, Sidecoaching, Structure, Top ReadsLeave a comment on “H” is for “Hosting”

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”

“H” is for “Heighten”

While offers provide the raw material of improv, “Heightening” adds the steam and momentum…

Posted byimprovdrNovember 22, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Accepting, Energy, Extending, Game of the Scene, H is for, Heighten, Raise the Stakes, StakesLeave a comment on “H” is for “Heighten”

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