Improv Game Workshop Activities

Partners improvise scene in 1 minute. Then repeat same scene in 30 sec. 15 sec. 5 sec. 1 sec.

Group game that plays with the tension between following your desires vs. running away from your fears. 

high energy partner activity

One person moves and the rest of the group freezes. Then another person 'takes' focus. 

words are passed like gifts in the group

Both people talk at the same time, saying the same thing.

Group counts to 21 with their eyes closed

One person turns to the person next to them & makes a sound & motion,
person 2 responds with complementary sound & motion.
play is passed around the circle (2 to 3, etc.)

In pairs or small groups players silently become non-human objects together

One person is the photographer and the other the camera. The Camera has their eyes closed and is guided by the Photographer who takes photos by cueing the camera to open and close their eyes to snap a photo.

justification game to expand context