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Tag Archives: Stage Picture

Game Library: “Speak, Grunt, Shut Up”

Challenge yourself and your scene partners with this unique (and uniquely inspiring) verbal handle.

Posted byimprovdrJuly 25, 2025July 16, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Justification, Motivation, Physicality, Speak Grunt Shut Up, Stage Picture, Staging, Subtext, Verbal Skills, Where, ZonesLeave a comment on Game Library: “Speak, Grunt, Shut Up”

Game Library: “Machines”

Everyone works together to explore the inner workings of an everyday Machine.

Posted byimprovdrAugust 18, 2024August 19, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:All Play, Complementary Action, Exercises, Machines, Physicality, Stage Picture, Staging, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Machines”

Game Library: “Zones”

A physical game that encourages dynamic staging and strong emotional choices.

Posted byimprovdrApril 14, 2023January 4, 2026Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Emotion, Emotional Zones, Justification, Physicality, Speak Grunt Shut Up, Stage Picture, Staging, Where, ZonesLeave a comment on Game Library: “Zones”

“W” is for “Where”

This entry wraps up the scenic pillars contained in the improv concepts of CROW and WWW.

Posted byimprovdrApril 10, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:CROW, Environment, Locale, Location, Space Objects, Stage Picture, W is for, Where, WWWLeave a comment on “W” is for “Where”

“U” is for “Upstaging”

The unhelpful habit of “Upstaging” is by no means unique to the improv stage, but it does tend to disproportionately appear and thwart otherwise powerful choices and actions.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 20, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Acting, Focus, Levels, Sharing Focus, Stage Picture, U is for, UpstagingLeave a comment on “U” is for “Upstaging”

Game Library: “Contact”

Few games demand such an “outside the box” approach to onstage physicality as “Contact” or “Touch to Talk.”

Posted byimprovdrDecember 30, 2022October 15, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Contact, Justification, Physicality, Stage Picture, Staging, Talking Heads, Touch to TalkLeave a comment on Game Library: “Contact”

“T” is for “Talking Heads”

Four possible “adds” to elevate your scene beyond a strictly “talking heads” affair.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 26, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Physicality, Stage Picture, T is for, Talking Heads, WafflingLeave a comment on “T” is for “Talking Heads”

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”

“S” is for “Sticky Feet”

Do you suffer from the improvisational curse of “Sticky Feet?”

Posted byimprovdrNovember 28, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Exits, Give, S is for, Stage Picture, Sticky FeetLeave a comment on “S” is for “Sticky Feet”

Game Library: “They Said, They Said”

Splitting the duties of making verbal or physical offers can result in enriching both elements of your play.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 11, 2022September 30, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Justification, Physicality, Stage Picture, Staging, They Said They SaidLeave a comment on Game Library: “They Said, They Said”

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