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10/04/2018
Foreign Dubbing - a warm-up for playing with expectations

Repetition of relationship mechanics (“This” then “That”) establishes expectations for the audience.  These expectations can be played to and against for fun effect. Looking for a warm-up to practice playing with expectations? Try Foreign Dubbing! [wpvideo O7SmvMk9] Performers are: David Adams, Guy Chapman, Patrice Deveaux, Micah Head, Alan Hopkinson, Nick Lawton, Megan Lemay, Jillian MacDougall, […]

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10/04/2018
New Choice - a pattern pacing warm-up

The rhythm with which a game’s mechanic is played helps pace the scene and build it toward an edit. The relationship between “When this happens” “this happens” is useful not only to focus improvisers’ choices but it also connects with the audience. In Short Form, where the mechanics of the “game” are told to the […]

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10/04/2018
Carpool - an emotional matching warm-up exercise

Looking for an emotional matching warm-up?  Try Carpool! If we agree, we can just be; we don’t have to explain or defend.  Have fun just being emotional together, trusting that your commitment to the same emotion is all the context for your relationship that’s needed. [wpvideo XGLFUBhm] Performers are: David Adams, Guy Chapman, Patrice Deveaux, […]

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07/08/2018
Warm-ups I just learned

Tonight pre-show The Coalition taught me three new warm-up games. I loved them. I don't know who came up with them but thank you whoever you are. Here's The Deal. Yes, And. I Know, Right?! I Need Three Things Chain. Hype People Here's the evolving list of Warm-up exercises.

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07/07/2018
Here’s The Deal. Yes, And. I Know, Right? warm-up

We want to avoid conflict, debate and negotiation in our improv scenes. The audience knows we're making it up - building something from nothing - they don't want to see us arguing over imagined reality; they want to see us react to an accepted reality. What's the best way to avoid arguing? Acceptance! Agreeing to […]

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07/06/2018
I Need Three Things Chain warm-up

Like the 5 Things warm-up? You'll love this one. Or so you will if you're like I was when exposed to this warm-up tonight by Matt Newman. Looking for a nice in-your-head out-of-your-head patterns-on-patterns warm-up?

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07/05/2018
Hype People warm-up

Whatever we have to say on an improv stage can be spun into gold with enthusiastic agreement. So we shouldn't feel like we have to deliver some killer creative line to start a scene. We should remember, in fact, that what we bring authenticity - what we care about - however mundane - is rich […]

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05/25/2018
Mirror, Action, Object's Scenic add-on

Personal Games are the focus of the base Mirror, Action, Object warm-up exercise.  Engaged in either how they feel about themselves, how they feel about what they're doing, or how they feel about a mimed object, players build progressions of emotional reaction triggered by active endowments. As examples: A player loves his outfit, and as […]

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05/22/2018
Silent Games

Aaron Grant once took the stage across from me, making eye contact but planting his feet firmly just beyond the stage right wing. I mirrored him on stage left. He mimed the classic flirtatious fishing move. I played his fish but broke his line bashfully, the stage's distance remaining between us. I danced as someone […]

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04/24/2018
"Tonight..." a warm up

Getting synced with your teammates is why we warm up. Give this activity a try! Everyone in a circle.  One by one, in no particular order, we enter the circle. "Tonight I'm..." First we share our current mindset with the group. For example, "Tonight I'm feeling tired. I stayed up too late and woke up […]

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