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Warmups, games, formats — pick one and run it.
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4
Game
3
Format
46
Improv
15
Acting
20
Hosting
Exercise
Breath + listen
Three breaths. Name one thing you hear, then go.
1:30 · 1
Exercise
Soft focus
Soften the gaze. Then make an offer.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Yes-and self
Say yes to your last line, add one fact.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Name the room
Point and name five real things first.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Still start
Hold still. First move is the offer.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Clock association
Free-associate from a number, then start.
3 min · 1
Exercise
One sense
Narrate one sense, then start a scene.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Drop the plan
Speak the plan, throw it away, start here.
3 min · 1
Game
Offer drill
Make three gifts in a row — no questions.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Specific gift
Offer an object with weight, color, history.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Gift cascade
Heighten your last gift, then give one back.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Name it twice
Give a gift, then name it more specifically.
3 min · 1
Exercise
No questions
Talk for a minute without asking anything.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Playable problem
Invent one small problem you can act.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Endow the chair
Give the chair a job, a mood, a secret.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Three yeses
Accept three invented facts. Build on the last.
3 min · 1
Game
Point of view
Pick a strong POV. Defend it kindly.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Body first
Lead with a physical choice before words.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Want one thing
Chase one concrete want for the block.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Status shift
Start high, drop low, then pick one.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Occupation walk
Pick a job. Walk and talk as that person.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Opposite want
Want the opposite of what you just said.
3 min · 1
Exercise
One adjective
Pick one word. Play only that.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Chair relationship
The chair is someone. How do you treat them?
3 min · 1
Exercise
Object work
Build one object in space. Use it. Put it down.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Where are we?
Establish the room before the first line.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Door + window
Find the door. Find the light. Play from there.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Weight and heat
Change an object's weight, then its temperature.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Activity first
Start a physical activity. Talk after it's real.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Shelf of three
Place three objects. Use each once.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Broken thing
Find something broken. Try to use it anyway.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Put it back
Use an object, then return it exactly.
3 min · 1
Game
Heighten scene
Same game, bigger — return and raise it.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Two-person hold
Stay with the relationship. Don't plot-escape.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Button + button
Find the game. Hit it twice. Stop clean.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Five-line unusual
Five lines. The fifth names what's unusual.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Return and raise
Play a beat, leave it, come back bigger.
3 min · 1
Exercise
No new plot
Stay in the first situation. Deepen it.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Edit on the laugh
Play to a button. Stop. Start from silence.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Who / where / want
Say who, where, and what you want. Then play.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Yes-and circle
Say yes, add one concrete detail, pass it on.
2 min · 3+
Exercise
Soft focus
Look past your partner. Soften. Then offer.
2 min · 2
Game
Gift cascade
Receive a gift, heighten it, gift something back.
4 min · 2+
Format
Two-person hold
Stay with the relationship. Don't invent a plot escape.
6 min · 2
Format
Three-beat return
Open, leave, come back bigger.
10 min · 4–8
Format
Button + button
Find the game. Hit it twice. Stop clean.
4 min · 2+
Exercise
One-breath count
Fill the count without pushing the last numbers.
2 min · 1
Exercise
Back-row read
The last row has to hear every word.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Volume ladder
Same line: whisper, talk, stage, absurd.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Vowel siren
Slide one vowel from low to high and back.
2 min · 1
Exercise
Color the line
Change the voice, not the words.
3 min · 1
Exercise
High-low walk
Fill the space. Status lives in the body.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Body before words
The body starts. Words follow.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Record the mirror
Watch yourself. Repeat one honest gesture.
3 min · 1
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Still, then go
Hold stillness, then walk with a destination.
3 min · 1
Exercise
One-foot weight
Speak from an uneven stance.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Twister ladder
Slow, then show speed. Keep the consonants.
2 min · 1
Exercise
Crisp paragraph
Over-shape the words, then speak them naturally.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Mumble, then fix
Sloppy first pass. Crisp second pass.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Consonant hits
Make every T and D land.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Half-speed crisp
Slow the pace. Keep the consonants.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Show welcome
Sixty seconds: name, troupe, one laugh.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Dead-air fillers
Three fillers ready when the room goes quiet.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Energy match
Speak the room warmer, then cooler.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Clap contract
Teach when to clap without lecturing.
2 min · 1
Exercise
Mishap reset
Name the mishap. Reset the room. Move on.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Five specific prompts
Write prompts that already point somewhere.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Redirect three bad
Thank, redirect, keep the room kind.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Prime, then ask
Give an example before you open the floor.
2 min · 1
Exercise
Thank without using
Park a suggestion you will not use.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Narrow the ask
Turn a vague ask into a sharp one.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Two team transitions
Script the handoff between teams.
5 min · 1
Exercise
Rules in forty-five
Game, rules, first suggestion — under forty-five seconds.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Blackout cue
Call the end. Leave silence for the lights.
2 min · 1
Exercise
Setlist pace card
Name five slots with target minutes.
4 min · 1
Exercise
Intro timebox
Introduce the next team in ten seconds.
2 min · 1
Exercise
Explain New Choice
Rules to an empty chair in under thirty seconds.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Explain Freeze Tag
Clear rules. No jargon dump.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Mock setlist of five
Announce five games with timers. Stay crisp.
5 min · 1
Exercise
Referee edit call
Call the edit. Reset the room. Restart clean.
3 min · 1
Exercise
Format narration
Tell the audience what just happened in one breath.
3 min · 1
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