Group Game
Following the third scene, multiple members of the cast return to stage, for a group game based on the opening. A group game is a palate cleanser and should not relate to the established sets of scenes.
In a scenic group game, the focus jumps between all the characters participating. A textbook structure is the Advertising Meeting, where the entire cast must come up with an ad campaign for a new product.
More abstract group games are called presentational, which focus less on individual characters and more on a concept; in "slide show," for example, one improviser presents slides that are recreated by rest of the troupe. Some other examples of Presentational group games are
- Flocking - all the improvisers mirror each others actions
- Simple game - rules are developed of a simple game during the game, like freeze tag.
- Inanimate Objects - improvisers become inanimate objects and do a very short monologue describing their perspective then perform a scene based on the interpersonal relationships of the objects.
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