List of Improv Games (familiar)

1. Origin Myth
2. Skeeba
3. Dating Game
4. Foreign Film
5. Scare Off the Bench
6. Questions Only
7. Freeze Tag/ Freeze n' go
8. Rap Battle
9. Drill Sergeant
10. What are you Doing?
11. Press Conference
12. Goalie
13. Not My Arms/ Helping Hands
14. Sandwiches
15. Back in My Day
16. Yes, And ...
17.  Pan Left, Pan Right
18. Sentence Builder/ Hot Potato
19. Whisper Challenge
20. Story Story Die
21. World's Worst
22. Charades
23. Internal Monologue/ Alter Ego
24. How it Really Went
25. Telling a Story And Acting it Out
26. One Word, Three Situations
27. Scenes in Three Ways
28. Lead With a Part
29. Tell Me About the Time You ...
30. Exposition Scene
31. Liar Liar
32. Party Quirks
33. SFX

List of of Improv Games (Experimental/Unfamiliar)

1. Reenact a Movie
2. Enlarge to Show Texture
• build character traits
3. Bad Pick-up Lines
• (clean)
4. Jeopardy
5. Limericks/Hodown
6. Commercials (124)
7. Ending Scene (120)
8. Living Newspaper (116)
9. 3-Item Scene (103)
10. Freudian Script
11. Scenes from a Hat
12. Hollywood Director
13. Dating Profile Game
• (make one)
• 2 traits
• 2 activities
• Name
14. Boris
15. Action Color Emotion

Spring Semester Week 11 +Dance Workshop

Wednesday, 3/30 1:00
Meeting #36


Come join us for our dance workshop!
It will be held in the Student Center Courtyard from 1pm till 2pm.
Don't miss it.


Meeting adjourned at 2:00
 
Monday, 3/28 1:30
Meeting #35
Attendance: 6

1. Business 
• Voter Registration Signing
• 6 voting members now
• Movie Night 
• April  TBA
• Improv Show
• TBA
• Club Renewal Form
• Next Year Club Officers
• Preliminary look
2. Games
• Energy Ball
• Freudian Script
3. Note
1. What do you want out of improv club question asked

Meeting adjourned at 2:50

Spring Semester Week 10

Wednesday, 3/23 1:00
Meeting #33
Attendance: 5

1.  Games 
• Hot Potato 
• Liar Liar
2. Note
• Liar Liar was played in a "circle" which allowed roles to be revolved. We found this to be an effective and interesting way to play.

Meeting adjourned at 2:50
 
Monday, 3/21 1:32
Meeting #34
Attendance: 6

1. Games
• Goalie
• Taxi
• Helping Hands
• Foreign Film
• Freeze Tag

Meeting adjourned at 2:45

Spring Semester Week 9

Wednesday, 3/16 1:00
Meeting #33
Attendance: 5

1. Business
• Form Practice (practice filling out activity request forms)
• Movie Night 
• April 13
2.  Games 
• Freudian Script
• Freeze Tag
3.  Upcoming
• Signing of the Voter Registration Forms
• Event Planning
• Paperwork (renewal of club, activity requests,ect...)

Meeting adjourned at 2:52
 
Monday, 3/14 12:00

Poetry Out Loud

Meeting adjourned at 2:00

Spring Semester Week 8

Wednesday, 3/9 1:07
Meeting #32
Attendance: 6

1. Events

• Lip-sync Battles
• Austin Powers Movie Night TBA
• Poetry Out Loud Tribute 
• March 14

• Dance workshop
• Wed March 30

      2. Potential dances

• Why Can't I Dance On Your Bar
• Monkey
• Soccer Mom
• Staying Alive
• Lawnmower/Shopping Cart
• Sprinkler
• Penut Butter and Jelly
• Soja Boy
• Rich Assly
• 1800s Dances

      3. Lymric Training

Meeting adjourned at 2:31
 
Monday, 3/7 1:46
Meeting #31
Attendance: 5

1. Games
• The Game of Things (with cards)
2. Upcoming Events
• Poetry Out Loud
• March 14

• Lip-sync battles
• wed march 9

• Ihop free pancakes 3-8-16 tue
• Educate Conference March 18
• Movie Night
• TBA April

Meeting adjourned at 2:53

Voter Registration Forms

Hello All!

The Voter Registration Form is finally complete! I have some printed copies that I'll be bringing to meetings so y'all can complete them and hand them in. Once they're in, we can officialize the edits to our Constitution, and then finally hold elections for next year!

I have also finally printed out the Club Renewal Application so that we can continue to be a club next year.

That's all for now, Folks!

Spring Semester Week 7

Wednesday, 2/24 12:00

Enjoy Read Across America

Meeting adjourned at 2:00

Monday, 2/29 1:30
Meeting #30
Attendance: 5

1. Warm up
• Sentence hot potato
2. Upcoming Events
• Read Across America
• March 2, 12-2pm student courtyard
• Poster making

Meeting adjourned at 2:56

Spring Semester Week 6

Wednesday, 2/24 1:07
Meeting #29
Attendance: 6

1. Events
• Read Across America
• March 2, 12-2pm
• Lip-sync Battles Moved
• Wed. March 9
• Austin Powers Movie Night TBA
• Poetry Out Loud Tribute 
• March 14
2. Games to Try
• Enlarge to Show Texture
• character trait development 
• overemphasize trait
• Dating profile Game
• Two traits
• Scene
• Two activities
• Clean Bad Pick-up Lines

Meeting adjourned at 2:12

Monday, 2/22 1:40
Meeting #28
Attendance: 6

1. Games
• Helping Hands
• Foreign Film
2. Upcoming Events
• Read Across America
• March 2, 12-2pm student courtyard
• Poetry Out Loud
• TBA 

Meeting adjourned at 2:09

Spring Semester Week 5

Wednesday, 2/17 1:03
Meeting #27
Attendance: 7
Goal: Build voter registration form.

1. Voter Registration Form
• In progress
2. Upcoming Events
• Poetry out Loud TBA
3. Games
• Dating Game

*Note: Try to bring Sunday funnies to Wednesday meetings.

Meeting adjourned at 2:43

Monday, 2/15
No Meeting
Presidents day

Books

Hello all!

I thought I'd acknowledge the two books we've used, having borrowed some games and exercises from them. The books are:

Comedy Improvisation: Exercises & Techniques for Young Actors
by Delton T. Horn

and, the one I've pulled the most material from:

Theatre Games for Young Performers: Improvisations & Exercises for Developing Acting Skills
by Maria C. Novelly

If you'd like more information on them, please leave a comment or email us (improv.cuesta@gmail.com).

That's all for now, folks!

Spring Semester Week 4

Wednesday, 2/10 1:04
Meeting #26
Attendance: 6

1. Scenes
• car trip
• couples therapy
• language pamphleteer
2. Upcoming Events
• Lip-Sync Battles
• In room 5305
• Wednesday, February 25th
• Bring your music/stuff on a usb drive
• Austin Powers movie night through ASCC 
• TBD 

Meeting adjourned at 2:46

Monday, 2/8 1:37
Meeting #25
Attendance: 10

• Warm-ups
• Questions Only
• Press Conference

Meeting adjourned at 2:45

Spring semester Week 3

Wednesday, 2/3 1:08
Meeting #24
Attendance: 8

1. Constitution Updates
• In progress: Various amendments
• Motion to change voting ratio to 3/5: passed 5/0/0
• Voting Registration Form: Pending
2. Freudian Script
• work in the subject of both lines
• have a list of line to combine with original
• anyone can direct the scene
3. To Do
• have a game to work on acting without dialogue
• develop characters
• organize a flash mob
• print basic scripts for presentation development
• plan lit-sync battles  

Meeting adjourned at 2:52

Monday, 2/1 1:30
Meeting #23
Attendance: 7

• Games
• Goalie
• Story, Story, Die

Meeting adjourned at 2:38

Spring Semester Week 2

Wednesday, 1/27 1:00
Meeting #22
Attendance: 6

1. Constitution Updates
• In progress: Various amendments
• Motion to allow Emma and Jay to vote: passed 3/0/0
• Voting Form: Pending
2. Review of Improv Videos Taken Monday 1/25
• Liar Liar
• know your role
• talk to the audience but balance your attention with your partner
• be decisive
• hand placement and body movement matter
• don't overding--use discretion
• when dinged take a new direction
• establish the audience's location
• keep track of the scene
• ding retracts entire action/line
• be able to identify the end of the scene
• have a point
• And do not admit you don't know
• Goalie
• explain the game--establishing the main points
• warm-up better (this is for everyone)
• just respond
• and continue the momentum

Meeting adjourned at 2:53

Monday, 1/25 1:30
Meeting #21
Attendance: 9

• Icebreakers
• Name/Major
• Games
• Liar Liar
• Goalie
• Scenes From a Hat
• Freeze Tag
• Press Conference
• bold statements are good

Meeting adjourned at 2:55

Spring Semester Week 1

Welcome Back Cuesta Improv!


Wednesday, 1/20 1:00 Meeting # 20
Attendance: 4

• Thought Diagrams
• association
• stay in the same scene
• have a central topic
• you may go "back" to an earlier place\idea however you may not restart from that place

• In a Scene
• pantomiming is good
• continuity is essential

• Upcoming events
• club carnival 2\2 11am-1:30pm

Meeting adjourned at 2:50

Improv Spring Semester

Hello everyone!

Improv will be held in the following places and times this Spring Semester.

Mondays
1:30pm-2:30pm
Student Center Courtyard

Wednesdays
1pm-2:30pm
Room 5305

Week 11

Tuesday, 12/8 12:30
Meeting # 19
Attendance: 8

• Warm-ups
• stretches
• tongue twisters
• Games
• Liar, Liar
• Questions Only
• Singing
• PLPR

Meeting adjourned at 2:00

Thursday, 12/10 3:45
Meeting # 20

Attendance: 6

Meeting Objective: sound effects/vocal expression

• Warm-ups 
• Sound effects
• rain
• bus
• "ptk"

• Games
• Channel Surfing

• Upcoming Events
• Pasta Party Dec. 17

Meeting adjourned at 4:45

Week 10

Tuesday, 12/1 12:30
Meeting # 17
Attendance: 6

Meeting Objective: objective-obstacle

• Warm-ups
• stretches
• Color Your Words
• Pokémon Tennis (don't ask) 
• directed poetry reading
• Games
• Scenes/lines (fortunes)
• Scenes in 3 Ways

Meeting adjourned at 2:00

Thursday, 12/3 3:30
Meeting # 18
Attendance: 5

Meeting Objective: scene building

• Planning Events
• Radio: say something nice
• Tips & Tricks (pg. 90)
• Energy
• Body Language/"Body Character"
• lead with a part
• Vocal Choices
• Keep Talking (solo)
• TMATTY (pg. 99)
• Listen to Each Other
• Elements of a Scene/Games
• Initial Situation
• freeze'n'go (pg. 94)
• Complications and Suspense
• If I Had it My Way (pg. 107)
• Conclusion
• Exposition Scene (pg. 110) 
• Review of Games
• Cooperation vs. Combat

Meeting adjourned at 4:30

Week 9

Tuesday, 11/17 12:30
Meeting # 15
Attendance: 5

Meeting Objective: (stage) confidence/presence

• Upcoming Events/Planning
• 11/23 Home Away from Home Event
• Lip Sync Battles
• Austin Powers Movie Night
• Poetry Slam in the CPAC Courtyard
• Games
• Internal Monologue
• How it Really Went
• Questions Only
• Review of Games
• Internal Monologue: 
• shorter monologues
•  line action (get line from audience when stuck)
• Group Trust
• share an interesting fact or story about yourself

Meeting adjourned at 2:14

Thursday, 11/19 3:30
Meeting # 16
Attendance: 6

Meeting Objective: energy & suspense

• Short Lesson Time
• vocab/terms
• visiblity
• Warm-ups
• tongue twisters (pg.65/66)
• color your nursery rhyme
• greeting by numbers
• Games
• Telling a Story and Acting it Out

Meeting adjourned at 4:54

Week 8, Part 2

Thursday, 11/12 3:30
Meeting # 14
Attendance: 6

Meeting Objective: body language, competition

• Upcoming Events
• ASCC Barn Dance 11/18
• ASCC Bowling Night 12/2
• Games
• Pan Left, Pan Right
• World's Worst
• Charades
• Review of Games
• PLPR: 
• better starting points
• don't say no so much

Meeting adjourned at 4:31