How to Play
Players get a few suggestions of items that would be found at a garage sale.
One player (Player A) leaves that stage. The other players group together (as a pile of items at a garage sale) and put themselves in a body position that approximates one of the suggestions (or anything that might be found at a garage sale).
Player A enters and begins looking at other players as if they were items in a garage sale. Player A choose one of them (Player B) and pulls them down stage. Player A identifies what it is.
Player B comes to life and gives a short monologue about their experience (as that item) in the world. This monologue can be very short (30 seconds to a minute) and can be directed to the shopper (Player A) or given to the audience.
Player A puts the item back in the ‘pile’ and chooses another item, and the pattern repeats.
The scene ends when Player A decides what items he will buy, and takes them with him/her off stage.
Notes
This has similar qualities to an improv game called Spoon River Anthology. Set in a small town grave yard, members of the community stand up and create a short monology about thier life.
Origin
This game comes to us from the group Abandoned Minds, from Sedona, Arizona. Thank you!