Encyclopedia search
Topics
Charna Halpern, Del Close, Kim Johnson
A book presenting the structure and techniques for performing “Harolds,” long-form improvisations, in which full-length shows are created around central themes through improvisation.
Exercises
Player A makes an offer. Player B responds with a strange or unexpected offer. Player A responds truthfully to Player B’s offer. Repeat.
Exercises
Players divide into two teams and play tug of war with an invisible rope until one side wins. If the rope stretches, the game is restarted.
Exercises
Treat Twitter tweets as though they were things said to you in a scene. Use the Gimme Getter to call up a random way to respond (e.g., follow, build, amplify, etc.). Keep repeating the process, getting new ways to respond and new tweets.
Exercises
Two speaking players stand on either side of a listening player. The speaking players each tell the listener a different story, one speaking in the right ear, the other to the left ear. After one minute, the listener recalls as much of each story as possible.
Topics
something done without the awareness of doing it
People are making offers all the time, but they’re not always aware of it. Take a moment to think about the position your body is in. Up until the moment that you thought about it, your body posture was an unconscious offer—something you were doing without thinking about it.
Topics
an offer that is open to interpretation
When an offer isn’t fully defined, that’s an undefined offer. Undefined offers are ambiguous.
Topics
a single-scene, scenario-based, interactive story
Vignettes are interactive stories that play out in a single scene, typically lasting between five and fifteen minutes. Many vignettes are focused on a one-on-one encounter between a spect-actor and an inter-actor. They may be played on a stage or in a real-world setting. The simplicity of a vignette keeps the focus on the inter-actor’s ability to engage with a spect.
© 2024 Interactive PlayLab
Subscribe for encyclopedia updates
