Em Workshop Activities

Director calls out a scene location (ie. movie theater) and everyone assumes a non-human item in the scene (ie. wad of bubble gum on the floor)

play tug of war with imaginary rope with partners (or whole team)

Each person responds with dramatic emotion to a neutral line

players build out a character's experience based on a single feeling

Players read lines of dialogue that audience members have written on slips of paper and must incorporate them into the scene.

Simple one phrase takeaways

Partners give gifts to each other. Receiver is delighted to receive the gift.

Players call out the wrong name for objects

Players create a slide with their bodies and someone else explains what it is

One player makes a pose and the other person makes complementary pose

Establish pattern to pass in a circle. Create a category that each person has a contribution (ie. breakfast cereals). Add another category. 

Characters created by questions from other players
Each character created one at a time, then scenes are played