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Category Archives: Improv Terms and Vocabulary

Game Library: “Incomplete Sentences”

In this game, other characters have to finish your…

Posted byimprovdrJune 14, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Characterization, Incomplete Sentences, Justification, Language Skills, Over-Originality, Short-Form, Third Thought, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Incomplete Sentences”

A Peek Inside: The Lost Comedies

“The Lost Comedies of William Shakespeare” seeks to honor the heightened poetic language of the Bard. Image Building is a helpful exercise to flex your language muscles.

Posted byimprovdrJune 3, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:A Peek Inside, Exercises, Heighten, Image Building, Language Skills, Metaphor, Poetry, Shakespeare, Style, The Lost Comedies, Warm-upLeave a comment on A Peek Inside: The Lost Comedies

Game Library: “Humanless Scene”

Rid your improv stage of all those pesky humans…

Posted byimprovdrMay 27, 2024May 24, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Characterization, Creativity, Humanless Scene, Physicality, Point of View, Spontaneity, Style, Third Thought, VarietyLeave a comment on Game Library: “Humanless Scene”

Game Library: “Headline”

“Extra, extra, read all about this fun news-inspired short-form game!”

Posted byimprovdrMay 3, 2024April 28, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Creativity, Headline, Justification, Language Skills, Short-FormLeave a comment on Game Library: “Headline”

Game Library: “Half Life”

Sometimes a scene can really benefit from being cut in half… and then half again…

Posted byimprovdrApril 29, 2024April 28, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Half Life, Physicality, Replay, Short-Form, Stakes, UrgencyLeave a comment on Game Library: “Half Life”

Game Library: “Gibberish Switch”

Grab a bell and torture your teammates a little with Gibberish Switch!

Posted byimprovdrApril 19, 2024April 19, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Gibberish, Gibberish Switch, Justification, Language Skills, Physicality, Short-Form, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Gibberish Switch”

Game Library: “Gibberish Commercial”

This takes the challenging short-form game, Commerical, up a level by stripping away your local language and replacing it with Gibberish,

Posted byimprovdrApril 8, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Comedy, Commercial, Four Sentence Story, Games, Gibberish, Gibberish Commercial, Improv, Physicality, Problem, Short-FormLeave a comment on Game Library: “Gibberish Commercial”

Game Library: “Full Deck”

A lot of status fun is in the cards…

Posted byimprovdrMarch 22, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Bulletproof, Change, Characterization, Endowing, Full Deck, gamelibrary, impro, Improv, ImprovDr, Improvisation, Justification, Relationship, Short-Form, StatusLeave a comment on Game Library: “Full Deck”

Game Library: “Forward/Reverse”

Here’s another short-form audience pleaser. Pleaser audience short-form another here’s.

Posted byimprovdrMarch 16, 2024March 18, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Backwards Scene, Caller, Forward/Reverse, gamelibrary, impro, Improv, ImprovDr, Improvisation, Physicality, Short-Form, Small StepsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Forward/Reverse”

Game Library: “Foreign Poet”

Bring a little literary flair to your short-form set with Foreign Poet.

Posted byimprovdrMarch 15, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Dance, Experts, Foreign Poet, Gibberish, Justification, Language Skills, Narrative, Physicality, Poetry, Short-Form, Verbal Skills, VerseLeave a comment on Game Library: “Foreign Poet”

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