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Assertion Marathon

Two players must pack as many assertions as possible into a scene. Every assertion must drive the scene forward. This trains bold offers...

Best Side Story

Two teams face each other. Team 1 begins a story. Each player steps forward and advances the narrative. When the other team notices hesit...

Boom Boom Chicago

This exercise trains quickly establishing scene information. Player 1 starts with a physical activity Player 2 enters and establishes t...

Cross Examination

Groups of three: one criminal, two police officers conducting an interrogation. The criminal must always say 'yes' or agree to everything...

Different Reaction

An exercise to practice strong reactions and clear characters. A two-person scene is played. Player A initiates with a verbal offer. Pla...

Disrupting

Two players perform a scene. Two others deliberately disrupt it with seemingly inappropriate offers — entering with absurd characters, ma...

Fortunately, Unfortunately

This exercise can be played in a circle with several players, or as a pair exercise with two. A story is told sentence by sentence, with...

Gentle Manipulation

A listening exercise for tuning in to your scene partner. Player A leaves the room. The others decide on an action (e.g. washing a car, ...

I Have a Better Idea

Three players stand in a semicircle. The middle one tells a story. The other two enthusiastically agree with 'Yes yes yes!' to every acti...

Jeopardy

Like the TV show: one player gives an answer first, and the other must come up with the matching question. Player A: 'Forty-two.' Player...

King

King 1 One player is the King. He sits on a chair (throne) and says which emotion he wants to see represented by the others. They step f...

Mismatched Assertion

Two players establish a normal scene. A third player, who has been facing away with ears covered, enters and says a completely random sen...

Opera Ball

An extension of the one-word story. Players form pairs in waltz position. The pairs begin a dialogue — but word by word, alternating betw...

Paperclip Game

A great exercise for recognizing patterns and heightening offers. Players stand in a line. One steps forward and describes a mundane obje...

Problem Injection

Two players establish a positive routine. After a while, a third player enters from offstage and introduces a problem. Then they leave (w...

Scene mix 10x20

The aim of this exercise is to make it very clear in a very short time what a scene is all about. It trains the making of strong offers. ...

Spit-Fire

One player receives a topic and tells a story. On either side, two other players constantly shout random words. The storyteller must inco...

Tell a Story Together

Two players tell a story together. The first begins: 'Let us go on vacation.' The second starts their sentence with YES: 'Yes, let us go ...

Yes But

Players form pairs and have a dialogue. A makes a suggestion, B finds a reason not to do it, starting with 'Yes, but...' Then switch: re...

Yes Exactly And Because

Two players sit shoulder to shoulder on chairs, playing one person — an expert or inventor. They are being interviewed about their specia...

Yes Exactly And Then

An exercise for two players. Both experienced something together and tell the story while acting it out. They stand shoulder to shoulder,...

Your Excellency

Played by two people: the Excellency and their advisor who acts as teacher. The advisor asks the Excellency questions. The Excellency alw...