The 3 Rules of Improv
Actor's Physical Tools
Actor's Voice Tools
Theater Terms
Name that Improv Game
100

The rule where you agree with what someone says

What is Yes And?

100

A silent, frozen picture

What is a tableau?

100

Speaking loud and proud without screaming

What is projection?

100

The people that sit and watch a performance

What is an audience?

100

Two chairs. One person's a driver. Use the 3 W's to learn more about each other.

What is Hitchhiker?

200

The rule where you make sure your partner gets a turn to talk too.

What is Share the Stage?

200

When actors use their hands

What is a gesture?

200

Speaking with feeling (happy, mad, sad)

What is tone?

200

The theater word for "practice"

What is rehearsal?

200

Two people try to speak together at the same time.

What is Two Headed Monster?

300

The rule where you don't just repeat the same thing over and over again

What is Add New Information?

300

The 3 major body parts actors use when they are performing

What is body, face, and gestures?

300

Speaking clearly, without mumbling

What is diction?

300

This is how we give feedback in theater

What is One Glow, One Grow?


300

Invent some brand new based on a category! The audience can ask you any question about it.

What is Panel of Experts or The Expert Game?

400

True or False: You should stop a scene and correct someone if you don't want to act out what they said.

What is False?

400

Act out an evil villain!

What is an evil villain?

400
This is why we use the 3 actors voice tools

Why so that the audience can hear us?

400

Facing the audience when you're performing on stage

What is cheating out?

400

One statue. One sculptor. The statue cannot move and the sculptor has to ask the statue for permission to move.

What is Moving Bodies or The Statue Game?

500

A group of people that work together

What is an ensemble?

500
One person is in the middle of the circle silently doing something. A new person asks them "_______" and then the new person does something completely different.

What is What Are You Doing?

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