How to Play the Improv Game Actor's Nightmare

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    The Host's Job

    • 1). Solicit suggestions of non-geographical locations from the audience. Choose one.

    • 2). Solicit an idea for an object unrelated to the non-geographical location from the audience.

    • 3). Explain the game to the audience.

    • 4). Randomly choose a script from the variety of scripts.

    • 5). Give the script to one player who will only recite lines from the script.

    The Job of the Two Improv Players

    • 1). Together with the player using the script, develop a rough plot for your scene (beginning, middle and end) using the non-geographical location and unrelated object as a starting point. For time-efficiency, do this while the host is explaining the premise of the game to the audience.

    • 2). Start the scene, establishing the non-geographical location and the unrelated object.

    • 3). Ask leading questions to the actor with the script, forcing her to recite from the script. Do not act as though the actor's questions do not belong in the scene. Just run with them and make them fit the scene. If necessary, you'll have to twist the scene to fit the lines.

    • 4). End the scene by asking the actor with the script a final question.

    • 5). Exit the staging area.

    The Job for the Player with the Script

    • 1). Develop the skeleton of your scene (beginning, middle and end) using the non-geographical location and unrelated object with the two improv actors while the host explains the game to the audience.

    • 2). Get your script from the host.

    • 3). Randomly choose a line from the script to say each time you speak during the scene.

    • 4). End the scene by answering the final question from one of the improv actors using a randomly selected line from the script.

    • 5). Exit the staging area.

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