Rules
Agreeing to everything and adding on.
What is Yes, and ...?
Agreeing to an offer.
What is Accepting?
An action or dialogue to start a scene.
What is an offer?
Two participants stand facing each other and copy each other's actions.
What is mirror?
Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist.
Who was Augusto Boal?
Telling someone no, disagreeing with them on stage, or disrupt their imagination.
What is Don't Deny?
Accepting an offer or idea, but doing nothing to advance a scene.
What is wimping?
The process of moving a scene forward.
What is advancing?
Two partners stand next to each other and one person says one word to start a story, going back and forth for each word in order to create a cohesive story.
What is one word at a time?
The oldest improvisational theater troupe to be continuously based in Chicago, which is one of the most influential comedy improv troupes in the world.
What is the Second City Chicago Improv Troupe?
Once a word, phase, comment, or similar idea has been said three times, it is time to move on.
What is the rule of three?
Saying no or denying an offer.
What is blocking?
Giving up control and being flexible with others' ideas.
What is chivalry?
What is actor switch?
The goal of the actor that they make to live truthfully through the character.
What is objective?
Listen to others onstage and react to what they say, don't talk over them.
What is supporting your team members or partner?
Giving character traits to another actor's charcter.
The reasons why characters say and do things.
What is Motivation?
Someone in the audience reminds actors on stage about a fictional memory between each other, then the actors go around adding details to the memory.
What is remember the time?
What is a tactic?
Instead of looking out for yourself, always look to support others. Give suggestions and ideas when someone looks stuck. Everyone is on the same team.
What is always try to make your partner look good?
A focus and use of physical movement that suggests the characters physical traits.
What is physicality?
Some is the host at a party and actors walk in with specific characteristics, then the host tries to guess what they are. If they are correct, then the actor leaves the party.
What is house party or party quirks?
Unplanned acting without a script.
What is improv?