Directed Inner Song-a-logue

Quick Description

Players are directed to sing their inner thoughts.  Instead of an inner monologue it’s an inner Song-a-logue.

How to Play

The players begin to improvise a scene and from time to time a caller freezes the action and asks one of the players to sing their inner thoughts AND indicates the subject of the inner thoughts.

When the song is over, the player takes his/her place when the song began and the action of the scene continues.

The other players act as if they have not heard the song.

Example

A player is sitting on a park bench and the caller (MC/Host or other player) calls, “Freeze. You’re thinking about asking your girlfriend to marry you”.

Notes

The caller may also call more than one player to sing their inner thoughts.  There could be an Inner Duo.  The players sing a duet together, but their characters are not aware of what the other is singing.   This is similar to a POV song.  Where different players sing about the same subject from different Points of View.

This is a variation of “Inner Song-a-logue” which is already in The Playbook: Improv Games for Performers.

Origin

It comes to us from Kat Koppett of the Mop And Bucket improv theatre in Albany, NY. She cites their musical director, Alex DiCicco for this variation that has revitalized “Inner-song-a-logue” for the group.