Justification Workshop Activities

Players alternate fortunate/unfortunate events in a single story. 
Fortunate Me variation for coaching
Also called Good News Bad News

One person holds up an object to the camera The rest of the group is given 10 seconds to find a matching object The first person decides what is the best match

As people are picked up by the driver their emotional state 'infects' the rest of the group.

One partner makes a emotional imperative statement and their partner enthusiastically accepts that perspective. Warm up with acceptance of who they are. 

2 people each think of a word that is a combination of 2 previous words, attempting to land on the same word.

2 people yes, and each other's offers and build a scene before our eyes

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

justification game to expand context

One person begins telling a true story and the instructor hands slips of paper with Emotion, Place, or Object for them to incorporate into their story.

Each person responds with dramatic emotion to a neutral line