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Tag Archives: Subtext

Game Library: “Inner Monosong”

A game ripe with musical potential, “Inner Monosong” probably ranks amongst my top ten favorite short-form games. Is it in your current repertory?

Posted byimprovdrApril 16, 2021June 17, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, That Sounds Like a SongTags:CAD, Caller, Confession, Inner Monologue, Inner Monosong, Music, SubtextLeave a comment on Game Library: “Inner Monosong”

Game Library: “Gibberish Scene”

Here’s a format that’s well-suited to upending a reliance on the spoken word: “Gibberish Scene.”

Posted byimprovdrMarch 26, 2021April 15, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Audience, Commentary, Gibberish, Gibberish Scene, Physicality, SubtextLeave a comment on Game Library: “Gibberish Scene”

Game Library: “Stop! Think!”

If your text and subtext are often one and the same, perhaps you could benefit from taking a moment to “Stop! Think!”

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 12, 2021August 17, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Cartooning, Exercises, Short-Form, Showing, Stop! Think!, Subtext2 Comments on Game Library: “Stop! Think!”

Game Library: “Conscience”

The newest addition to the imrpoivdr.com Game Library, “Conscience,” encourages richer dialogue and helpful ambiguity.

Posted byimprovdrOctober 23, 2020October 13, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Ambiguity, Angel and Devil, Conscience, Relationship, SubtextLeave a comment on Game Library: “Conscience”

Game Library: “Beneath the Line”

“Beneath the Line” sharpens our scene starts and encourages us to closely pay attention to our scene partner.

Posted byimprovdrOctober 9, 2020August 4, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Performance StrategiesTags:Active Listening, Beneath the Line, Exercises, Starting, SubtextLeave a comment on Game Library: “Beneath the Line”

Game Library: “Three Sentence Scenes”

Here’s an exercise designed to help us all remember not to hold onto our failures and stumbles as improvisers.

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 4, 2020September 30, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Abandon, CROW, Exercises, Improv, Improvisation, Initiation, Physicality, Subtext, Three-Sentence Scenes, Top Reads, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Three Sentence Scenes”

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