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Tag Archives: Commitment

Game Library: “Vroom”

Be a car.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 10, 2025November 9, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Accepting, Commitment, Energy, Ensemble, Exercises, Vroom, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Vroom”

Game Library: “Tennis”

More tennis puns included in this racket of a warm-up…

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 15, 2025September 11, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Active Listening, Commitment, Losing, Physicality, Playfulness, Spontaneity, Tennis, Verbal Skills, WinningLeave a comment on Game Library: “Tennis”

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: “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”

“S” is for “Stakes”

Raising the “stakes” in your work typically raises the energy, attack, and momentum as well.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 14, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Acting, Comedy, Commitment, Drama, Long-Form, Objective, Passion, Raise the Stakes, S is for, Short-Form, Stakes, To Make Matters Worse, UrgencyLeave a comment on “S” is for “Stakes”

Game Library: “Ritual Scene”

“Ritual Scene” affords the opportunity to explore a commonplace activity in a not-so-common style and rhythm.

Posted byimprovdrJune 10, 2022April 7, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Commitment, Dance, Extending, Heighten, Movement, Music, Parallel Action, Physicality, Presence, Ritual SceneLeave a comment on Game Library: “Ritual Scene”

“P” is for “Presence”

Most of us know “Presence” when we see it. Here are some thoughts about how to nurture this elusive quality.

Posted byimprovdrJune 6, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Acting, Active Listening, Commitment, Energy, Fear, Heighten, It, P is for, PresenceLeave a comment on “P” is for “Presence”

“P” is for “Postponing”

Do your scenes tend to finish before they’ve even begun? This might indicate the improv blight of postponing.

Posted byimprovdrMay 30, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Action, Advancing, Advice, Commitment, P is for, Postponing, Starting Scenes, Telling, Waffling, WimpingLeave a comment on “P” is for “Postponing”

Game Library: “Name Circle”

Here’s a super-sized ImprovDr Game Library entry with eight different name games!

Posted byimprovdrMarch 11, 2022September 29, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Abandon, Acronyms, Adjectives, Commitment, Connections, Energy, Ensemble, Icebreakers, Name Circle, Names, Physicality, Rhythm, Snake, Warm-up, YouLeave a comment on Game Library: “Name Circle”

“L” is for “Love”

Is there enough “Love” in your improv?

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 7, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Commitment, Conflict, Emotional Truth, Empathy, Freshness, L is for, Looking Good, Love, Relationship, Wearing Your Character LightlyLeave a comment on “L” is for “Love”

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