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Improvise If You Please

Improvisation is a fun way to “act out” a feeling, situation or event. It really tests your imagination and spontaneous creativity more than it does your skill for acting.

You can while away a pleasant afternoon by taking turns improvising zany situations thought up by members of a group. The thing to remember is to “act fast” ... doing the first thing that comes to mind without thinking about it too much.

One way to get started is for each person to write an idea on a slip of paper and place it in a hat. Group members can then take turns drawing from the hat and improvising the idea on the paper for the others to guess. A still simpler way is for members of the group to take turns throwing out a topic and calling on someone else to improvise. Try improvising some of these topics to get started.

Improvisations

Show how you can be ...

By Imogene Forte ,
From Magic & Make-Believ