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Tag Archives: CROW

Game Library: “Bell’s Kitchen”

This ImprovDr Game Library addition provides a way to workshop first steps and how to find new ways to approach launching ask-fors that might have become a little stale or predictable.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 24, 2021July 30, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Ask-for, Bell's Kitchen, Caller, CROW, Given Circumstances, Initiation, Starting ScenesLeave a comment on Game Library: “Bell’s Kitchen”

“I” is for “Initiation”

Getting an improv scene off to a promising start can prove quite challenging. “Initiation” examines some best practices to help in this endeavor.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 20, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:CROW, I is for, I'll Start, Initiation, Launches, Offer, Starting ScenesLeave a comment on “I” is for “Initiation”

“E” is for “Environment”

Are you fully exploiting all the gifts your performance environments can offer?

Posted byimprovdrAugust 16, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:CROW, E is for, Environment, Location, Technicians, Where, WWWLeave a comment on “E” is for “Environment”

Game Library: “Prologue”

This game provides an effective way of launching into strong and definitive scene work in either long- or short-form modalities. If you’re looking to add some more variety or style into your play, “Prologue” could be just the ticket.

Posted byimprovdrJune 18, 2021February 17, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:CROW, Deviser, Given Circumstances, Narrative, Narrator, PrologueLeave a comment on Game Library: “Prologue”

Game Library: “Conducted Freeze Tag”

This “Freeze Tag” variation has the benefit of an outside caller’s eye shaping and pacing the action.

Posted byimprovdrMay 21, 2021October 9, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:All Play, Blind Freeze Tag, Caller, Conducted Freeze Tag, CROW, Exercises, Freeze, Freeze Tag, Justification, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Conducted Freeze Tag”

“C” is for “CROW”

Are you priming your scene work with strong specifics and CROW elements? If you’ve studied Spolin-derived approaches, you might know this as the WWW.

Posted byimprovdrMay 17, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:C is for, Character, CROW, Given Circumstances, Improv Strategies, Improvisation, Initiation, Objective, Relationship, Starting Scenes, Theatresports, Where, WWWLeave a comment on “C” is for “CROW”

“C” is for “Character”

“C” is for “Character” offers some strategies for shaking yourself out of unhelpful patterns that might be restricting your work and play.

Posted byimprovdrMarch 1, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:C is for, Character, Characterization, CROW, Improvisation, Long-Form, Physicality, Short-Form, WhoLeave a comment on “C” is for “Character”

“B” is for “Balance”

“B” is for “Balance” examines four different definitions of this important improv concept.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 7, 2020October 21, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:B is for, Balance, CROW, Ensemble, Given Circumstances, Inclusiveness, Platform, Routine, ShiningLeave a comment on “B” is for “Balance”

Game Library: “Three Sentence Scenes”

Here’s an exercise designed to help us all remember not to hold onto our failures and stumbles as improvisers.

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 4, 2020September 30, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Abandon, CROW, Exercises, Improv, Improvisation, Initiation, Physicality, Subtext, Three-Sentence Scenes, Top Reads, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Three Sentence Scenes”

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