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Tag Archives: Staging

Game Library: “Two Chairs”

Ingredients for improv excitement: take two improvisers, add two ubiquitous cabaret chairs, and then stir in an audience volunteer…

Posted byimprovdrOctober 20, 2025October 19, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Active Listening, Justification, Long-Form, Patience, Relationship, Short-Form, Small Steps, Staging, Two Chairs, VolunteersLeave a comment on Game Library: “Two Chairs”

Game Library: “Two by Four”

There’s double the fun in this challenging character intensive.

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Posted byimprovdrOctober 17, 2025October 14, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Characterization, Ghost Characters, Long-Form, Physicality, Relationship, Short-Form, Staging, Two by Four, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Two by Four”

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: “Reverse Scene in the Dark”

One simple rule offers untold complications and opportunities with Reverse Scene in the Dark!

Posted byimprovdrMarch 28, 2025March 28, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Freeze Tag, Justification, Lights, Physicality, Reverse Scene in the Dark, Short-Form, Staging, TechniciansLeave a comment on Game Library: “Reverse Scene in the Dark”

Game Library: “Pass-Off Scene”

A novel approach to housing a wide variety of characters and focus shifts in one greater location.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 6, 2025January 6, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Character, Ensemble, Environment, Exits, Follow the Leaver, Location, Long-Form, Pass-Off Scene, Relationship, Staging, Transitions1 Comment on Game Library: “Pass-Off Scene”

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, 2023July 16, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Emotion, Emotional Zones, Justification, Physicality, Stage Picture, Staging, Where, ZonesLeave a comment on Game Library: “Zones”

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”

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: “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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