Growing and Shrinking Machine is an improv performance game where a solo scene grows into a full group scene, then shrinks back down to one player. Each new player freezes the action and starts a completely new scene based on the frozen stage picture. It’s a great game for practicing physicality, scene transitions, recall, and ensemble awareness.
Knife and Fork
This is an easy game when teaching the fundamentals of improvisation to actors or business…
Last Letter First Letter
In pairs or small groups have the players have a conversation where the last word…
Last Word First Word & Last Line First Line
In pairs or small groups have the players have a conversation where the last word…
Let Me Think!
How to play Let me think Sometimes you need to think about what to say…
Liars Auction
Quick Description Players take a random object and improvise how it relates to an occupation…
Limited Genre Improv Game
Quick Description Limited Genre asks the question, when does a genre become a cliché? Must…
Marshmallow Mania
Quick Description When a player gets a laugh they put a marshmallow in their mouth…
Monkey in the Middle
Quick Description Three players. The player in the middle (the monkey) switches between two different…
More Awesome
How to Play Two or more players start a scene. At any point, an audience…
Musical Move On
The Short Description Players improvise a musical and whenever the bell rings the players need…
No You Did’int or “No You Didn’t”
Quick Description An improvised monologue is interrupted by someone saying “No you didn’t”. The player…
One Two Three Four
A playful group game where teams of three try to randomly display a total of…
Paired Drawing Game for Video Meetings
This activity from the world of Applied Improvisation is useful as an icebreaker to build…
Pants – No Pants Revealing Improv
How to Play The players perform a scene as one player stands to the side…
Pardon?
How to Play While the players improvise a scene any player can say “pardon” to…










