How to Play the New Choice Improv Game

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"JAYNE ENTWISTLE: Hi. I'm Jayne Entwistle with expertvillage.com. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: And I'm Andrew Stubblefield. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: So this game is one of my favorite games--it's called new choice. How this works? Two people are on stage. Usually, there's somebody out in the audience being the caller of new choice. For this example, we're just going to do it amongst the two of us. Now, when Andrew says something, I'm going to call "new choice". He has to keep repeating his offer until I've decided that I'm satisfied, and then he can move on. Here is an example of new choice. And, Andrew, for the sake of this scene, how about we are in the dentist's office? I'm just going to call out new choice for you. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: Okay. I'm here for my appointment. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: New choice. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: Oh, my car broke down. I was wondering if I can borrow your phone. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: New choice. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: Do you have any Tylenol? I have a major headache. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: That was an example of new choice. Now, another way that you can play new choice is Andrew could have been doing physical activities and I could call new choice on that. Let's give an example of that. How about you are a welder? ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: Okay. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: New choice. New choice. So that's an example of new choice. It's a really fun and lively game that two people can play on stage, and the thing that's fun about that is you just have to keep going--you can't think about it. It's a lot of fun. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: By the way, I was opening the door to my welding shop. That's how welding a doorway..."