How Do You Play The Improv Game “Action Replay”?
“Action Replay” is a fast-paced, high-energy improve game in which one pair of players tries to recreate a one-minute scene that was performed by another pair of players. The catch: they don’t know what the scene was about. Bring two players (“A-Team”) on stage. Isolate two other players (“B-Team”) so that they can see the action on stage but cannot hear what is said. (If your theater is not equipped with a soundproof booth, you can use a couple of mp3 players with earbuds to accomplish the same thing.) Ask the audience to suggest a setting or topic for a scene. The A-Team acts out a highly physical one- to two-minute scene based on the audience suggestion while the B-Team observes carefully. The B-Team leaves the soundproof area (or removes their sound-blocking devices) and replaces the A-Team on stage. The B-Team reenacts the scene, reproducing the A-Team’s movements as closely as possible and coming up with a new setting and dialogue to justify them.
