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Step 1
Play a game called "Hello." This is a game for everyone. Begin by having the players walk around the room.
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Step 2
Tell everyone to meet each other at random and shake hands. They are to shake hands with one person and then move on to the next person. This continues for a little while.
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Step 3
Give each greeting a twist. Now, tell the players to greet each other in different ways. For example, first have them greet each other like they are ex-best friends. Then have them greet each other like they are secretly in love.
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Step 4
Be creative as you continue to think of many different interesting ways to have the players greet each other. The greetings should be fun and short.
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Step 1
Play a game called "Ding Character." This game is for two people at a time and will play out like a scene.
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Step 2
Have the rest of the players be an "audience." Have the audience call out a suggested location in which the scene takes place. Choose the best idea.
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Step 3
Ask the audience to call out a situation that would happen at that location. Again, choose the best idea.
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Step 4
Tell the players to begin improvising a scene. Then at random intervals you or someone who is not in scene needs to ring a bell.
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Step 5
Explain that when the bell rings the actors must instantly become completely different characters in the same scene.
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Step 1
Play a game called "Standing, Sitting, Lying Down." This game is for three players at a time and will play out like a scene.
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Step 2
Have the rest of the players be an "audience." Have the audience call out a suggested location in which the scene takes place. Choose the best idea.
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Step 3
Ask the audience to call out a situation that would happen at that location. Again, choose the best idea.
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Step 4
Tell the players to begin improvising the scene. There must always be one actor standing, one actor sitting and one actor lying down. As soon as a sitter stands up, the stander needs to sit down.
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Step 5
Encourage the players to justify the moves with dialog in the scene.
