Games
Quick Fire Games
Alphabet
Audience chooses a letter (ex. G) In teams, Team A Person 1 says a sentence that starts with the...
Freeze Game
2 players start a scene A 3rd player interrupts by saying “freeze” after which the first 2 playe...
Last Word
The game is played in a similar manner than the alphabet game. In this case player A makes a sta...
Props to You
Host arranges a prop that none of the players have seen. All players join trying to find as many...
Questions Only
Team A and Team B have 2 persons each. The host rings out people who hesitate or do not ask ques...
Quick Response
This can be played as a quick fire game. All players stay in a line, the host reads a statement o...
Rhyming
Two teams, two persons and go through a quickfire rhyming of words
Scenes from a Hat
Audience writes suggestions for quick scenes Put them in a hat Pull scenes from the hat Players ...
They Said
Quick fire game 2 players at a time (A and B) A makes a statement and B replies the phrase “they...
Scene Games
Addition and Subtraction
This is a game about fast switching activity, a bit like “Channel Surfing”. Players A starts th...
Channel Surfin'
Ask audience for suggestions of styles of TV/film/theatre Start a scene, randomly change to a di...
Countdown
A scenario is given A scene is played in 60 seconds. It is played again but in 30 seconds this t...
Customer Service
A person (Karen) calls customer service for some predefined reason by the host. The caller is th...
Director's Cut
3 players act out a scene The 4th player is the “director” and yells cut to stop the scene, and ...
Divided States of Improv
Placards with states of emotion are placed on the floor. Each player must take on the state of e...
If You Know What I Mean
A scene is played where all statements are followed by the phrase “if you know what I mean” maki...
It's Family
This is a game about character acting and creatively building up a scene. Player A starts to act...
Lost in Translation
Scene in Norwegian, Chuck “translates” the scene. Notes on play: Needs to be workshopped more
New Choice
2 players are given a scenario 3rd player interjects “New choice” when desired The person who is...
Next Door Neighbor
This is a game about creating a scene and evolving a quirk or certain, annoying habit. The scene...
One for All
2 players act out a scene without speaking 3rd player speaks as both of the voices of the 2 play...
One Up
This game is for two people. They are given an initial situation and slowly try to one up the ot...
Sick
This game is about acting out a little scene, being hampered by a sickness. The game is for two ...
Two Lines
A game for three players. Player A and Player B are each given 2 lines of dialogue. They can onl...
Guessing Games
Doctor's Waiting Room
Everyone in the waiting room is assigned a “condition” ex. Has lice or ex. Has restless feet Pos...
Party Quirks
Quirks are collected from the audience on slips of paper. Three quirks are given to the players;...
Press Conference
This game is about guessing your role. One actor, player A, is the celebrity in a press conferen...
Fool Me Twice
One line is given to the players that has its basis in a real news story. The players will make u...
Music & Sound Games
That Sounds Like a Song
This game is for 3 or 4 players. The host gives a scenario and selects the minstrel. As the skit...
Sound Effects
A scenario is provided 1 player acts out a scene 2nd player makes all the sound effects for the ...
Sound Tableau
This game is, that all players continue with their sound and maybe action, not doing it just onc...
Tableau
The host writes a short story with several blanks in it (like a Mad Lib). The host will read the...
Props Games
I Thought of That
Host arranges a bag of props that none of the players has seen. There are 2 players. A scenario ...
Props to You
Host arranges a prop that none of the players have seen. All players join trying to find as many...
Sentences
The audience is asked for sentences on slips of paper. Player A and Player B are given the slips...