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Category Archives: Improv Terms and Vocabulary

Game Library: “Speak, Grunt, Shut Up”

Challenge yourself and your scene partners with this unique (and uniquely inspiring) verbal handle.

Posted byimprovdrJuly 25, 2025July 16, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Justification, Motivation, Physicality, Speak Grunt Shut Up, Stage Picture, Staging, Subtext, Verbal Skills, Where, ZonesLeave a comment on Game Library: “Speak, Grunt, Shut Up”

Game Library: “Spacejump”

A classic Freeze Tag variation that provides a little more room for some developed scene work and characters,

Posted byimprovdrJuly 21, 2025July 23, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:All Play, Caller, Freeze Tag, Growing Shrinking Machine, Justification, Physicality, Short-Form, Spacejump, SpontaneityLeave a comment on Game Library: “Spacejump”

Game Library: “Sound Mirror”

Get the proverbial improv party started with this musical jamming session.

Posted byimprovdrJuly 14, 2025July 14, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, That Sounds Like a SongTags:Active Listening, Confidence, Ensemble, Mirroring, Music, Musical Word, Musicality, Parallel Action, Sound Mirror, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Sound Mirror”

Game Library: “Sound Ball”

Embrace the moment and the give and take of improv with this high-energy warm-up.

Posted byimprovdrJuly 11, 2025July 7, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Commitment, Energy, Ensemble, Exercises, Presence, Sound Ball, Spontaneity, Verbal Skills, Warm-up, Word BallLeave a comment on Game Library: “Sound Ball”

Game Library: “Song Scene”

“Song Scene” gives the onstage players a little more autonomy in terms of when improvised songs appear in the action.

Posted byimprovdrJuly 7, 2025July 6, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It Up, That Sounds Like a SongTags:Justification, Long-Form, Music, Musicality, Short-Form, Song, Song Cue, Song Scene, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Song Scene”

Game Library: “Soap Opera”

There’s nothing subtle about the characters and choices in Soap Opera!

Posted byimprovdrJune 30, 2025June 28, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Caller, Character, Conscience, Emotion, Soap Opera, Stakes, Style, SubtextLeave a comment on Game Library: “Soap Opera”

Game Library: “Smelly, Sexy, Funny”

Three qualities will add some pizzaz to your improv party scenes.

Posted byimprovdrJune 27, 2025June 22, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Characterization, Emotions, Endowing, Endowment, Relationship, Smelly Sexy FunnyLeave a comment on Game Library: “Smelly, Sexy, Funny”

Game Library: “Show Stopping Musical”

And here’s a suitably silly musical improv romp.

Posted byimprovdrJune 16, 2025June 14, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It Up, That Sounds Like a SongTags:Commitment, Dance, Music, Musicality, Physicality, Rhyme, Show Stopping Musical, Song, Style, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Show Stopping Musical”

Game Library: “Shake GPT”

Modern meets classic in this letter writing variation.

Posted byimprovdrJune 6, 2025June 5, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Experts, Justification, Language Skills, Point of View, Shake GPT, Shakespeare, Short-Form, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Shake GPT”

Game Library: “Shadows”

Split up the duties of dialogue and action in this short-form game.

Posted byimprovdrJune 2, 2025June 1, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Audience, Characterization, Dialogue, Justification, Relationship, Shadows, Silence, Subtext, Verbal Skills, VolunteersLeave a comment on Game Library: “Shadows”

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