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Tag Archives: Heighten

“A” is for “Again”

Explore the elegant power of one simple word: “Again.”

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 19, 2026January 18, 2026Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Accepting, Again, Backstory, Breaking Routines, Consequences, Emotion, Energy, Freshness, Heighten, Obvious, Routine, StakesLeave a comment on “A” is for “Again”

Game Library: “Opera Minutiae”

Making a big deal out of a little event…

Posted byimprovdrNovember 29, 2024November 28, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It Up, That Sounds Like a SongTags:Extending, Heighten, Music, Musicality, Opera, Opera Minutiae, Physicality, Short-Form, Small Steps, StoryLeave a comment on Game Library: “Opera Minutiae”

A Peek Inside: The Lost Comedies

“The Lost Comedies of William Shakespeare” seeks to honor the heightened poetic language of the Bard. Image Building is a helpful exercise to flex your language muscles.

Posted byimprovdrJune 3, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:A Peek Inside, Exercises, Heighten, Image Building, Language Skills, Metaphor, Poetry, Shakespeare, Style, The Lost Comedies, Warm-upLeave a comment on A Peek Inside: The Lost Comedies

Game Library: “Contagious Hitchhiker”

This is a very catchy game.

Posted byimprovdrOctober 19, 2023October 20, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Active Listening, Behavior, Character, Contagious Hitchhiker, Curve of Absurdity, Game of the Scene, Heighten, Parallel Action, QuirksLeave a comment on Game Library: “Contagious Hitchhiker”

Game Library: “Adjective Family”

Here’s an enjoyable short-form handle for exploring characterizations and energy..

Posted byimprovdrJune 5, 2023June 4, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Adjective Family, Characterization, Emotion, Energy, Heighten, Point of View, Relationship, VarietyLeave a comment on Game Library: “Adjective Family”

Game Library: “Famous Last Words”

Few scenes guarantee a more epic ending than “Famous Last Words.”

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 16, 2022January 29, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Famous Last Words, Heighten, Justification, Short-Form, Stakes, Storytelling, To Make Matters Worse, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Famous Last Words”

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”

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, 2022November 13, 2023Posted 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”

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”

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