to ad-lib, or invent dialogue and actions without a script or rehearsal
What is improvise?
100
the problem or obstacles a literary character must overcome, often a struggle between opposing forces.
What is conflict?
100
losing concentration or getting out of character. Using dialogue or behavior inconsistent with the part you are creating.
What is breaking character?
100
The first rule of improvisation
What is say yes?
100
trying on the role of others, or assuming the part of another person in society
What is role-playing?
200
a spontaneous style of theatre using unrehearsed and unscripted acting scenes.
What is improvisation?
200
The beginning, middle and end.
What are the three parts of an improvisation?
200
No, okay, so, and well are examples of these and can often stop the dialogue
What are dead-end phrases?
200
The second rule of improvisation.
What is say yes, and?
200
the way we think, feel, or act
What is point of view?
300
A short situation to be acted out, as in improvisation, with a beginning, middle, and end.
What is a scene?
300
The part that sets up the conflict.
What is the beginning?
300
what you do before you begin a scene.
What is decide who you are, what you want, and what your relationship is to the other characters.
300
the third rule of improvisation.
What is make statements?
300
THIS is determined by who we are and also by where we are in our lives
What is our personal point of view?
400
a verbal command starting or ending a scene
What is "curtain"?
400
the part when the problem is solved
What is the ending?
400
Fourth rule of improvisation
What is There are no mistakes?
400
These will often be different from your own.
What are the views and opinions?
500
a verbal command given by the director to stop the dialogue and movement in a scene.
What is "freeze" or "scene"?
500
the part where the characters reveal their wants and needs
What is the middle?
500
You must do this before you can respond appropriately during an improvisation.
What is listen?
500
Tina Fey was the first female head writer for this live television show.
What is Saturday Night Live?
500
a form of improvisational theatre that began during the Renaissance, in the early 16th century where troupes of actors toured the Italian countryside performing anywhere they could find an audience.