Reminders for a successful improvisation
The Motivated Sequence
Questions to ask about your character
Do's and Don'ts of Improv
Improv Vocabulary
100
Speak _____________ enough to be heard throughout the theatre.
What is loudly
100
The first step in the motivated sequence
What is experience the stimulus?
100
Who am _________
What is I?
100
Do quickly ____________________ your character
What is establish?
100
Acting without a script
What is improvisation?
200
Stay in this at all times
What is character?
200
The second step in the motivated sequence
What is primary response?
200
What kind of ___________ am I?
What is person?
200
Don't ____________ anything that is said about your character.
What is deny?
200
Making the audience feel that each performance is the first
What is the illusion of the first time?
300
Do not ____________ behind pieces of furniture or other actors.
What is hide?
300
The third step in the motivated sequence
What is idea connection?
300
How am I ____________________ from the other characters?
What is different?
300
Don't explain _______________ & _________________
What is situations and feelings?
300
Approach to telling a story that focuses on a character or group of characters who experience different situations one after another.
What is the character-centered approach?
400
Take plenty of time to __________ & ________________.
What is speak and move
400
The fourth step in the motivated sequence
What is secondary response?
400
What the fewest things I can do to convey the most _________________ about my character?
What is information?
400
Approach to story telling that typically takes a single situation and places a number of characters in that same situation to demonstrate how different characters will respond.
What is the situation-centered approach?
500
Move about ________________.
What is freely.
500
The fifth step in the motivated sequence
What is main response?
500
What does my character _____________
What is want?
500
Do see things through the _________ of your __________.
What is eyes of your character?
500
Calling attention to yourself, diverting attention away from other actors when you shouldn't.
What is scene-stealing?