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Tag Archives: Secrets

Game Library: “Secret Cross Endowments”

There are secrets aplenty in this challenging endowment game.

Posted byimprovdrMay 19, 2025May 12, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Character, Endowing, Endowment, Relationship, Secret Cross Endowments, Secrets, Short-FormLeave a comment on Game Library: “Secret Cross Endowments”

Game Library: “Can I Talk to You for a Second?”

Can I talk to you for a second… about this fun asides variation?

Posted byimprovdrAugust 27, 2023August 28, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Asides, Can I Talk To You For A Second?, Characterization, Curve of Absurdity, Endowing, Language Skills, Secrets, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Can I Talk to You for a Second?”

“T” is for “Transaction Scene”

Exchange your run-of-the-mill “Transaction Scene” for something with a little more oomph and potential.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 30, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:CROW, Objective, Secrets, Status, Strangers, T is for, Teaching Scene, Transaction SceneLeave a comment on “T” is for “Transaction Scene”

“S” is for “Strangers”

Here are five answers to the improvisational riddle “when is a stranger not a stranger…?”

Posted byimprovdrDecember 5, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Character, CROW, Curve Ball, Relationship, S is for, Secrets, Specificity, Strangers1 Comment on “S” is for “Strangers”

Game Library: “On the Back Word Endowments”

I like that this games requires players to both give and receive clues as the scene unfolds.

Posted byimprovdrAugust 5, 2022November 20, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Endowing, On the Back Word Endowments, SecretsLeave a comment on Game Library: “On the Back Word Endowments”

“S” is for “Secrets”

Psssst… here are some thoughts on “Secrets” and improv.

Posted byimprovdrAugust 1, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inDramaturgical Improv, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Performance Strategies, Style It UpTags:Characterization, Comedy, Drama, Dramaturgical Improv, Endowment, Lies, Long-Form, Motivation, Objective, Relationship, S is for, Secrets, Stakes, Subtext, TruthLeave a comment on “S” is for “Secrets”

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…”
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