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Tag Archives: Accepting

“T” is for “Technicians”

A love letter to the technical improvisers in our midst.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 9, 2023January 13, 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: “Escalating Scene”

Escalating Scene offers an improv embodiment of the butterfly effect where one small inconsequential action ultimately causes havoc.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Accepting, Curve of Absurdity, Escalating Scene, Justification, Stakes, Story, To Make Matters Worse, UrgencyLeave a comment on Game Library: “Escalating Scene”

“R” is for “Reincorporation”

Time to look at the craft of “Reincorporation.”

Posted byimprovdrJuly 4, 2022September 28, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Accepting, Callback, Connections, Looking Backwards, R is for, Recycling, Reincorporation, Repetition, ShelvingLeave a comment on “R” is for “Reincorporation”

Game Library: “Death in a Minute”

This short-form standard packs a punch and requires players to work closely together towards a common goal.

Posted byimprovdrApril 1, 2022March 30, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Accepting, Button, Death in a Minute, Heighten, Obvious, Short-Form, TheatresportsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Death in a Minute”

“M” is for “Music”

A little well-executed music can go a long way on the improv stage.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 28, 2022February 1, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance Strategies, That Sounds Like a SongTags:Accepting, Ensemble, Long-Form, M is for, Music, Musical Long-Form, Musician, Rhyme, Short-Form, SongLeave a comment on “M” is for “Music”

Game Library: “Word at a Time Story”

This ImprovDr blog entry includes two approaches to this classic storytelling improv exercise.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 28, 2022March 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Accepting, Looking Backwards, Obvious, Reincorporation, Storytelling, Warm-up, Word at a Time, Word at a Time StoryLeave a comment on Game Library: “Word at a Time Story”

“J” is for “Justification”

As Del Close aptly noted, “The actor’s business is to justify…”

Posted byimprovdrDecember 27, 2021August 23, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Accepting, Commenting, Curve Ball, J is for, Justification, Offer, WeavingLeave a comment on “J” is for “Justification”

“H” is for “Heighten”

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

Posted byimprovdrNovember 22, 2021February 25, 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”

Game Library: “Bus Stop”

“Bus Stop” requires players to mine the simplest of choices in their collective pursuit to find and build the game of the scene.

Posted byimprovdrOctober 22, 2021March 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Accepting, Bus Stop, Game of the Scene, Looking Backwards, Looking Good, Obvious, Parallel Action, PhysicalityLeave a comment on Game Library: “Bus Stop”

“E” is for “Ensemble”

What are some of the marks of a healthy and aspirational “Ensemble” that is firing effectively on all cylinders?

Posted byimprovdrAugust 2, 2021February 4, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Accepting, Company, E is for, Ensemble, Team, Troupe, TrustLeave a comment on “E” is for “Ensemble”

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