How to use the techniques of improvisational theatre to boost your creativity.

2. Improv is short for “Improvisation”:
a type of performance art where every
line or scene is made up on the spot.

3. Inspired
Quick
Spontaneous
Free-flowing Collaborative

5. Here are some improv tips and tricks to help

6. Say YES to their idea.
Say yes AND add to their idea.
Stretch it. Upsize it. Frankenstein it.
Evolve that idea together.
The quickest way to a dead-end is
when you say, act, or think: “NO!”

7. Be in the moment.
Listen with intent.
Don’t just wait for your turn to talk.
After listening, react.

8. Throw your ego out.
Forget about yourself.
Focus on your partner.
Be the best wingman ever.
When you’re needed, jump in.

9. Statements, not questions.
A question is a burden
you impose on others.
If you must ask, make sure
it’s to offer something.

10. There are no mistakes.
Wrong turns can lead
to exciting paths.
Take that idea.
Some of it. Or all of it.
But whatever you do,
keep going.

11. A
comedy
adage goes:
“It’s funny
because it’s true.”
More than funny,
it’s INTERESTING
because it’s true.
But the truth
is also dramatic,
shocking, frightening,
relatable, affecting.

12. If you’re a guy, or a girl,
or a mom, or a single mom,
or a single mom who’s about
to come out as a transgender man…
What would you say or do?

13. That word, name, place,
image, object, gesture,
sound, facial expression…
Does it remind you
of something?

14. If this
thing
is happening,
then
what
else
could
happen?

15. Nobody wants to sit down
and watch you play it safe.
Take risks. Be fearless.

16. What makes
you laugh?
What makes
you cry?
What grabs
your attention?
If it means
something
to you,
it can mean
something
to the people
you are
talking to.