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Improv Games

Here are some of the improv games that we play in our meetings and also during performances. You are more than welcome to try some of these games at home.

Click on the links to see pictures from live shows!


Addicts Anonymous
In this game, there are four players from a team chosen. One of the players must enter a sound proof booth, while the MC gets strange things/ideas from the audience of what each of the other three characters are addicted to.

No S
Actors must complete a scene without saying the letter "s". If a player in the scene says the letter "s", another team member jumps in and takes their place. They may try more than once.

New Choice
In this game, two players are in a given scene that the MC gives them. When the MC rings the bell, they must change the last line they said into something else, making a new choice.

Death in a Minute
Two players begin scene from nowhere. One or both must die within a minute.

Sound Effects
One or two players perform a given scene, while one or two other players offstage provide the sound effects for them.

Stunt Doubles
In this game, two players perform in a dangerous movie of some sort. When they get to something that they don't wish to do, they yell, "Stunt Double!" and two other players replace them until the original ones tag them out again.

Story, Story, Die
Four or five players attempt to tell a story selected from the audience. If they stumble or repeat any words, the audience yells, "Die!" and the player must perform a death.

A Day in the Life of...
A selected audience member gives a recount of his/her day. The players must reinact his/her day.

Human Knot
A game based on concentration and teamwork where many players shake and grasp hands with two different people not standing next to them. The team must untangle themselves back into a circle.

Family Dinner
An audience member is selected from the audience and gives the family members who attend dinner on a typical Sunday or holiday. The players act out the dinner as those characters. Whenever the audience member sees something that does not happen during their dinner, they honk a horn, and the players must change until they get it right. They know they have done it right by a ding of a bell.

Spoon River Anthology
Three players must get from the audience an event that would change a town or small community forever. The three must adopt characters and tell the story from the character's point of view.

Superheroes
The audience must name an obtuse superhero that must save the world from yet another suggestion from the audience. As the scene progresses he calls upon another hero that he names to help. This requires three or four players.

World's Worst
A popular game played by many, players must perform the world's worst_____________ according to suggesstions previously acquired from the audience.

Sit, Stand, Kneel
Players must either sit, stand or kneel. No players may be sitting, standing or kneeling at the same time.

Sex Role Reversal
A scene is given and all the players change genders. Males become females and females become males. In some cases you still can never tell.

Mime with a Letter
Players must mime out a word based on its first letter. Example: If the letter is S, players can mime a snake and it must be guessed by the audience what it is, then another player does Slip. If a player does something that has already been done, they are out of the game.



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