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Clips from 4/18/09 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Joe Saam   
Sunday, 24 January 2010 22:21

 

Rhyme Tyme & Actor's Nightmare

Rhyme Tyme - A game where the performers may speak only in rhyme - Inspiration: A wedding at a nudist colony. Actor's Nightmare - A game where one performer reads from a script, and another must work everything said into a scene - Inspiration: At the bus stop

 

 

Number of Words & Press Conference

Number of Words - A game where the performers must say a given number of words per sentence - Inspiration: In a hospital. Press Conference - One performer is giving a press conference, but doesn't know who they are, or what they're announcing - Inspiration: An octopus changing into a truck.

 

Sound Effects & 90 Second Alphabet

Sound Effects - A game where audience volunteers provide the sound effects for the performers. - Inspiration: Wedding night on the Titanic. 90 Second Alphabet - A game where the performers have 90 seconds to go through the alphabet by starting each line with the next letter of the alphabet. - Inspiration: Desperate soldiers trapped behind enemy lines.

 

Scenes From A Hat

Scenes From A Hat - The performers enact a series of scenes, suggested by the audience.

 

Bong, Bong, Bong & Whose Line

Bong Bong Bong - A game, similar to "telephone," but the performers cannot speak in English - Inspiration: "Brush Your Teeth!" Whose Line - A scene is performed, the director can yell "line" at any time. When this occurs, the performer speaking will pull an audience provided line out of their pocket, and must then immediately fit it into the scene. - Inspiration: Two business professional at the gym.

 

Two Line Vocabulary & Quick Change

Two Line Vocabulary - One performer can say anything they want, the other two are restricted to just two lines of audience provided dialogue. Inspiration: Three campers in the woods preparing for bed on a night with a full moon. Quick Change - A game where a scene is performed, but the director can yell "change," causing the performers to change the last thing they said. - Inspiration: Farmers who are worries about their prize cow.

 

Director's Cut

Director's Cut - A scene is played. One player will perform the roll of director, telling the other performers new ways to perform the scene they are in. - Inspiration: Survivor: Paris.

 

 

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