Improv
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Players will discover just how much creativity and humor the group has in this acting game.
For: For kids over 7 years, youths and adults.
Intensity level: Medium
Preparations: None or not specified.
Equipment: index cards, pens or pencils, two hats, a timer or clock
Plays pair up, then all players submit two index cards. On one of the cards, they have written a situation or location. For example, blind date, first day of school, moving into a new house, at the office, summer camp, space shuttle, etc. On the other card, they have written characters to be portrayed. For example, police detectives, Olympic swimmers, nurse and doctor, cowboy and Indian, members of a rock band, etc. The two types of cards are kept separate and placed in two hats, respectively. Play begins when one couple selects a card from each hat and then improvises a two-minute comedy skit based upon the characters and situation/location they have chosen, such as “police detectives on a blind date” or “members of a rock band in a space shuttle” etc. The rest of the players are the audience; the host can keep time with a clock or timer. After two minutes, the next pair draws cards and acts out their skit. The game goes on until all pairs have had an opportunity to perform.
Tags for this article: acting , active , comedy , creativity , improv , no winner , skits , spontaneous , teams
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