Audience Warmup - Welcome to Club SAW and thanks for coming out tonight; introduce self. - Explanation: all you will see tonight is completely improvised - Need audience input and suggestions for every scene we do; will make this show unique to this audience - please keep your suggestions clean (family show) - While players are warming up back stage, take a few moments to warm up the audience. - Call out your names (Well done!) - What is the name of the person beside you? (Very good!) - What is your favourite colour? - Now, what is the integral of 3 x cubed? - OK, very good, I can see you're ready to participate. The players will also need encouragement and applause - Let's say the players have just finished a scene that was so-so - give them some polite applause - The scene was good; made you chuckle - The scene was fantastic; makes you want to cheer - Scene was spectacular; oscar-worthy - do the wave - I now need a list of emotions. Can I have some emotions please (write down a list of at least 7 emotions) - Very good, let's get the players on stage. Can someone tell me their favourite fruit? Banana? Ok, everyone call out banana to get the players on stage. - INTRODUCE THE PLAYERS - read out emotions and name the next player almost immediately. GAMES 1. Conducted Story (All) - Elimination game; players will tell a continuous story. If they hesitate, stumble, stutter or say "um" too much they are eliminated. You let them know by saying "DIE." Also, if the story gets too outrageous or weird, you can also say "DIE". Remember, it should be a continuous story - so players shouldn't repeat the last words of the previous player. - Practice audience calling out DIE - Ask for the title of a book someone is reading. 2. Two Lines (3 players) - Two of the players can only have two lines of dialogue - ask for two short simple sentences, not a question, for each of the two players - ask for the title of a government job 3. Hidden Agenda (2 players) - send one player out to the cone of silence - explain that second player has to get first player to do something, e.g., tie his shoelace; give him a hug. - Ask for a hidden agenda. 4. Sentences (3 players) - You, the audience wrote sentences before the show; we'll use these in the next scene. - when I call out their names, players must read out a sentence, and must incorporate the sentence into the scene. - Ask for: a place where you might meet unusual people. 5. Say Again (2 players) - Players will act out a scene in which you, the audience, get to be the directors; if you don't like what they say tell them to "SAY AGAIN" - Ask for: A place you have never been 6. Police Station (3 players) - Send a player to the cone of silence - Ask for: a petty crime (e.g., didn't put the cap on the toothpaste) and an accomplice: a famous person (real or fictional) 7. Scripts (1 player) - Who recently had a birthday? Ask that person to come up on stage - Explain that he/she will read from the first line of a script, while the other player has to act out a scene - Ask for: a recent news event; assign two characters from that news event. 8. Fairy Tale in a Minute (3 players) - Ask for a fairy tale - Players will act out the fairy tale in a minute (Let them act it out) - OK, that was good. Now let's see them act out the same fairy tale in 30 seconds. - OK. Now let's see if they can do it in 15 seconds. - Should we shorten it even more? How about 5 seconds????? 9. McGuyver (3 players) - You all remember the hit tv series McGuyver. McGuyver could get himself out of a jam with regular objects. Our players also have super McGuyver powers. - Ask for: 3 household objects and a disaster or catastrophe 10. Mundane Olympics (4 players) - Ask for a mundane household or back yard activity - Now let's see how this activity would be covered in the Olympics 11. Tabloids (3 players) - Ask for a page number - Players will act out a scene - Players can ask the audience for additional character qualities 12. Tabloids (3 players) - Ask for horoscope sign; read that horoscope After the last scene, players will all be sitting. - That's the end of the show. - Thank everyone for coming out to the show. - Thank them for helping us raise money to support the Mission. - Announce we have a sign up list where people can give their e-mail if they want to be notified of upcoming shows. - Have a good Christmas. - Once again, let's hear it for Some Assembly Required. (Players will get up and bow, and wait for cheers, standing ovation, and flowers, underwear, etc.)