Improvisation Worksheet

What is improvisational theatre?

• Sketch comedy
• Stand-up comedy
• Unscripted theatre
• Scripted theatre

One rule of improvisation is to avoid disagreeing. What does this mean?

• If you are asked a question in a scene, you have to say, "Yes."
• You have to agree with everything your acting partner says.
• You have to accept whatever initiation and platform your partner establishes.
• You have to get along with your partner.

What is a platform in improv?

• It's another name for the stage.
• The relationship, the location, and the activity in a scene.
• The who, the where, and the how of a scene.
• An audience suggestion.

What does "yes and" mean in improvisation?

• It's just a game some teams play.
• It means you have to accept what your partner says and does.
• It describes a philosophy of validating what your partner says and then adding to it.
• It is the name of the first ever improv troupe in Chicago.

What is an initiation in improvisation?

• An audience suggestion.
• A new improviser.
• A rule in improvisation.
• The first move an improviser makes in a scene.

Player A: Hi Mom! Happy birthday!
Player B: I'm not your mom. It's not my birthday.
This is an example of...

• Yes And
• Platform
• Disagreeing/Denial
• Comedy

Player A: Who are you?
Player B: I'm your mom.
What improv sin has Player A committed?

• Denial
• Initiation
• Questioning
• Platform

Player A: Hi, Mom! Happy birthday!
Player B: Thanks. I see you brought me a gift. At least YOU remembered.
This scene is a good example of what?

• Denial
• Yes And
• Disagreeing
• Establishing platform

Player A: OK, Captain. The seas look calmer! Let's set sail!
This player has done a good job of....

• establishing platform.
• denying.
• being really funny.
• agreeing.

Player A: Let's go to the moon!
Player B: But we don't have a spaceship.
This is an example of...

• Yes And

• Platform

• Disagreeing/Denial

• Comedy