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Category Archives: Improv Terms and Vocabulary

Game Library: “World’s Worst”

A popular line game, “World’s Worst” allows you to flex your comedic muscles.

Posted byimprovdrOctober 15, 2021December 13, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Characterization, Gagging, Jokes, Line Game, Punchlines', World's WorstLeave a comment on Game Library: “World’s Worst”

“G” is for “Gagging”

To gag or not to gag…?

Posted byimprovdrOctober 11, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:G is for, Gagging, Pimping, ShivvingLeave a comment on “G” is for “Gagging”

Game Library: “Game Lab”

“Game Lab” offers a way to keep your short-form muscles suitably challenged and your scene work fresh.

Posted byimprovdrOctober 8, 2021March 26, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Freshness, Game Lab, Handle, New Games, Rules, Short-Form, SpontaneityLeave a comment on Game Library: “Game Lab”

“F” is for “Freshness”

I’m wrapping up the “Fs” with “Freshness” and some thoughts on how to keep old improv games and frames alive and enticing.

Posted byimprovdrOctober 4, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Excitement, Fatigue, Freshness, Joy, Moving Bodies, Puppets, StalenessLeave a comment on “F” is for “Freshness”

Game Library: “Two Scenes”

Entry number 150 at http://www.improvdr.com examines the performance potentials of “Two Rooms” – a game that demands generous and clear focus exchanges.

Posted byimprovdrOctober 1, 2021October 19, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Focus, Give and Take, Split Focus, Two ScenesLeave a comment on Game Library: “Two Scenes”

“F” is for “Focus”

It’s time to put the spotlight on “Focus” and some simple ways to enable elegant “games of catch” in the words of the incomparable Gilda Radner.

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 27, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:F is for, Focus, Give, Give and Take, Sharing Focus, Stage Picture, TakeLeave a comment on “F” is for “Focus”

Game Library: “Ballet”

Get your dance shoes on…

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 24, 2021July 19, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Ballet, Dance, Fear, Music, Narrator, PhysicalityLeave a comment on Game Library: “Ballet”

“F” is for “Fear”

A consideration of when to run towards fear on the improv stage and when to apply the breaks…

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 20, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Abandon, Blocking, Bravery, F is for, FearLeave a comment on “F” is for “Fear”

Game Library: “Advance/Extend Stories”

This narrative exercise deploys the foundational storytelling techniques of advancing and extending.

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 17, 2021May 28, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Advance/Extend Stories, Advancing, Extending, Narrative, StorytellingLeave a comment on Game Library: “Advance/Extend Stories”

“E” is for “Extending”

The last improv “E” is for “Extending,” the critical practice of imbuing our stories with specificity and, subsequently, interest.

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 13, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Advancing, Details, E is for, Expanding, Extending, Narrative, Specificity, StorytellingLeave a comment on “E” is for “Extending”

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