Actor's Nightmare
Players 2
Show Rating 5
Description
In this scene one actor will read all her lines from a script, while the other actor must justify those lines and a scene will arise from this chaos.
One actor reads from a script, preferably a mundane high school like text, and takes all her lines from the script. She may read from one character, or several characters, whichever allows her responses to be quicker. The reader can help the justifier by offering emotion and activity to the words. Trying hard to maintain a reality in the scene makes it the most fun, simply hacking on the reader as being crazy is a lazy wimpy way out.
Variations
Multiple scripts with or without an actor justifying
Category
[Games, Exercises]
Skill
Basics = 3
Conflict = 0
Relationship = 0
Raise Stakes = 0
Mime/Setting = 2
Status = 0
Character = 0
Idea Gen = 0
Group Mind = 0
Created by the Improv Database by Joshua Hailpern 2006
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