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Tag Archives: Exercises

Game Library: “Neighbors”

“Do you like your neighbors?” “Yes, but I don’t like people who haven’t read this latest addition to the ImprovDr Game Library yet…” (Actually, I do.)

Posted byimprovdrMarch 24, 2023October 5, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Ensemble, Exercises, Icebreakers, Neighbors, Playfulness, Sharing, Team, Trust, Vulnerability, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Neighbors”

Game Library: “Relay Entrances and Exits”

Learn how to sell your exits (and entrances) with this energetic improv drill.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 2, 2022March 15, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Entrances, Exercises, Exits, Give and Take, Justification, Relay Entrances and Exits, Sharing Focus, Stage Picture, Staging, Sticky FeetLeave a comment on Game Library: “Relay Entrances and Exits”

Game Library: “High Card”

“High Card” provides a revealing all-play experience that unpacks the nuances of status

Posted byimprovdrNovember 25, 2022May 20, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:All Play, Character, Exercises, Long-Form, Relationship, Short-Form, Status, SubtextLeave a comment on Game Library: “High Card”

Game Library: “Simultaneous Clap”

I love the connection this warm-up encourages.

Posted byimprovdrJuly 1, 2022June 14, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Ensemble, Exercises, Eye Contact, Focus, Groupmind, Presence, Rehearsal Etiquette, Simultaneous Clap, Team, Trust, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Simultaneous Clap”

Game Library: “Stop and Go”

A warm-up to stretch your give and take muscles…

Posted byimprovdrApril 8, 2022August 17, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Abandon, Active Listening, Exercises, Give, Give and Take, Offer, Presence, Sharing Focus, Stop and Go, Take, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Stop and Go”

Game Library: “Get Them To…”

This exercise ably demonstrates the importance of clear objectives and tactics in our scripted and non-scripted scene work. And it’s my 200th post to boot!

Posted byimprovdrMarch 25, 2022April 5, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:CROW, Exercises, Get Them To..., Motivation, Objective, Secrets, Tactics, What, WWWLeave a comment on Game Library: “Get Them To…”

Game Library: “Heightening Circle”

Here’s an exercise to help pace heightening moves when exploring the game of a scene.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 26, 2021April 30, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Exercises, Extending, Heighten, Heightening Circle, Looking Backwards, Looking Good, One-Downing, One-Upping, Small Steps, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Heightening Circle”

Game Library: “Endowment Circle”

It’s worthwhile exploring “Endowment Circle” if you routinely find yourself assuming one-dimensional or simplistic characters and relationships on stage.

Posted byimprovdrJuly 30, 2021December 20, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:All Play, Character, Consistency, Endowing, Endowment Circle, Exercises, RelationshipLeave a comment on Game Library: “Endowment Circle”

Game Library: “Theme Scenes”

“Theme Scenes” encourages a more emotionally grounded and nuanced style of improvisational play well-suited to both short- and long-form expeditions.

Posted byimprovdrJuly 23, 2021September 24, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Emotional Truth, Exercises, Honesty, Long-Form, Material, Short-Form, Theme, Theme Scenes, VulnerabilityLeave a comment on Game Library: “Theme Scenes”

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”

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