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Tag Archives: Connections

Game Library: “Zip, Zap, Zop”

A true improv warm-up classic (along with two slightly less common variations).

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 5, 2026January 4, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Active Listening, Connections, Double Zip Zap Zop, Ensemble, Patterns, Presence, Routine, Teamwork, Verbal Skills, Warm-up, Zip Zap Zop, Zip Zap Zop TrinitiesLeave a comment on Game Library: “Zip, Zap, Zop”

Game Library: “What Happens Next?”

What Happens Next in the ImprovDr Game Library…?

Posted byimprovdrNovember 17, 2025December 6, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Action, Connections, Exercises, Narrative, Obvious, Options, Over-Originality, Small Steps, Specificity, Story, What Happens NextLeave a comment on Game Library: “What Happens Next?”

Game Library: “Scene Collage”

Three improv scenes for the price of one!

Posted byimprovdrApril 25, 2025April 23, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Bravery, Characterization, Connections, CROW, Justification, Physicality, Scene Collage, StoryLeave a comment on Game Library: “Scene Collage”

Game Library: “Radio Dial”

Styles abound in this nod to the tradition of scanning up and down the radio dial looking for something worthy of your time.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 28, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:All Play, Connections, Exercises, Experts, Musicality, Narrative, Radio Dial, Style, Verbal Skills, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Radio Dial”

Game Library: “You Look…”

“You look” like you might really enjoy this exercise for forging stronger connections with our scene partners.

Posted byimprovdrMay 12, 2023December 30, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Connections, Emotional Truth, Honesty, Presence, Relationship, Vulnerability, You, You Look...Leave a comment on Game Library: “You Look…”

Game Library: “Lotus Monologues”

A monologue exercise that poetically blends truthful fact and fiction.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 17, 2023August 5, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Connections, Lotus Monologues, Narrative, Storytelling, Theme, Truth, WeavingLeave a comment on Game Library: “Lotus Monologues”

“S” is for “Shelving”

“S” is for “Shelving” considers some different approaches for storing and reusing the variety of offers that make up the creative grist of improv.

Posted byimprovdrAugust 22, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Callback, Connections, Content, Details, Looking Backwards, Material, Names, Offer, Reincorporation, S is for, Shelving, SpecificityLeave a comment on “S” is for “Shelving”

“R” is for “Reincorporation”

Time to look at the craft of “Reincorporation.”

Posted byimprovdrJuly 4, 2022October 22, 2023Posted 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”

“N” is for “Narrative”

This entry articulates some helpful qualities for a strong improvised narrative or story.

Posted byimprovdrMarch 14, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Advancing, Audience, Confidence, Connections, Consistency, Consistent Inconsistency, Content, Details, Extending, Material, N is for, Narrative, Perspective, Point of View, Specificity, Storytelling, StructureLeave a comment on “N” is for “Narrative”

Game Library: “Name Circle”

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

Posted byimprovdrMarch 11, 2022January 1, 2026Posted 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”

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