====== List of improv games for teachers and moderators ====== Here you will find games grouped by topic, 3-hours long workshops and games for online improv. ===== Tips for preparing your own routine ===== * For a 3-hours workshop with a long warm-up for beginners you usually need 18 games: * 6 warm-ups * 6 exercises * 6 games for shows * If the workshop is only 2-hours long, you need to look for 4 games of each type * Always add one game to explain the concept of **Yes and...** if you are expecting beginners * Include one cold down exercise like **Memory game** or [[improv_games:improv-games_4_with_focus_on_developing_a_character|Count until 21 as a group]] * Don't talk to much when explaining the games, just show by doing with some veteran players. This is specially true in games with many participants ====== Game Sets for short-form ====== * [[improv_games:spice_your_relationships_with_intimacy_and_emotional_connection_on_stage|Spice your relationships with intimacy, touch and emotional connection on stage]] * [[commit_to_the_moment_with_emotional_response|Commit to the moment and leave your emotional response lead you through your scenes]] * [[group_scenes_and_tempo|You aren't playing alone: Trust other's ideas and be present]] * [[be_confident_without_words_object_work_actions|Be confident without words]] * [[presence_charisma_body_language_voice_awareness|Presence, charisma and awareness of our own body language and voice]] * [[drama_latin_american_telenovelas_architypes_characters|Your improv Latin American Telenovelas start here!]] * [[Journey to the center of the literary and movie genres]] * [[unfold_your_voice_and_build_characters|Unfold your voice, your cornerstone for your characters]] * [[storytelling_with_salt_and_pepper|Storytelling with salt and pepper]] * [[Improv-Games 1 with focus on status games]] * [[Improv-Games 2 with focus on places and actions]] * [[Improv-Games 3 with focus on accepting]] * [[Improv-Games 4 with focus on developing a character]] * [[Improv-Games 5 with Status games II]] * [[Improv-Games 6 with focus on emotions]] * [[Improv-Games 7 with focus on spontaneity]] * [[Improv-Games 8 with focus on building trust]] * [[Improv-Games 9 with focus on accepting II]] * [[Improv-Games 10 - give and take of focus]] * [[Improv-Games 11 with focus on listening]] * [[Improv-Games 12 with focus on listening II]] * [[Improv-Games 13 with focus on storytelling]] * [[Improv-Games 14 with focus on singing]] * [[Improv-Games to try]] * [[Improv-Games for intermediate players]] * [[Boring Improv-Games]] ===== 4-months programme for beginners ===== [[four_months_improv_programme_for_begginers|If you are just started moderating a improv group, this programme for 3 hours of improv per week will give you initial topics, games and exercises for the first months.]] ====== Long-form games ====== Give the group enough time to develope the scene! Usually 30 minutes are required. * **Long form getting to a final scene**: The audience proposes a topic. 4 short scenes are played and one is choosen by the audience. The players have to play many scenes which end in the choosen scene LOL * **Free form with temporal connections:** Sequence of short scenes with 2-3 players. When a players enters, he tags one of the last scenes and says a temporal connection like "one year later", "two weeks before" or "when he was 18 years old". [[https://youtu.be/XJ82ciix58k|Students from Second City playing this game]] LOL * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Armando.html|Armando]]: Initial monologue based on the suggestion of the audience. Then players in groups of three perform scenes related to the monologue. * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Triple_Play.html|Triple Play]]: 3 teams of 3 players tell 3 stories in three scenes * [[https://improwiki.com/en/wiki/improv/harold|Harold]] * [[https://improwiki.com/de/wiki/improtheater/charakter-reigen|Charakter-Reigen]] Chain of characters LOL * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Funeral_Service.html|Funeral service]] FIXME Too structucted. It will be better to use it as inspiration for three of more short stories * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Disaster_Movie.html|Disaster Movie]] LOL * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games/La_Ronde.html|La Ronde]] * [[https://improwiki.com/en/wiki/improv/apartment_building|apartment building]] * [[https://improv.fandom.com/wiki/Oracle|Oracle long-form]] ===== Warm-up for long form ===== * **Character freeze on stage**: LOL One player stands in the front and all other players are standing in a row behind him. The first player starts playing a character without talking and all the other one imitate him as good as possible. After the character is establish another player clashes and he comes to the front. He starts a do a second character and all other players imitate him. It is an excellent warm-up to tighten the connection of the players on stage. ====== For audience warm-up ====== [[Improv-games to warm-up the audience]] ====== List of games for online improv ====== [[games_for_online_improv|List of games for online improv]] ====== Improv games for kids ====== [[https://www.childfun.com/recommendations/best-improv-games-for-kids/|10 improv games for kids]] \\ ====== Websites with Improvisation Games ====== * [[https://improwiki.com/en|Improwiki.com]] * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/categories/index.html|Improv Encyclopedia]] * [[https://improvdoesbest.com|Improv does best]] * [[https://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/improv-games-for-collaboration/|Theatrefolk]] * [[http://www.dramatoolkit.co.uk/drama-games/category/improvisation|Dramatoolkit]] ====== Online tools for improv teachers ======= [[online_tools_for_improv_teachers|Online tools for improv teachers]]