3.5: Lines from a Play

Ingredients

• Players
• 2 –3 Scripts
• Suggested ‘Ask For’: “Give us something you do on vacation.”

Instructions

• Scripts are selected at random from a stack of plays
• Plays are opened to a random page determined by the audience.
• The starting line of each page is determined by the audience
• This is repeated for however many players will be reading lines from the scripts
• Players reading from scripts may only read lines from that play
• Players can read any lines in the script
• At least one player must not have a script.

Notes

This game starts with two or three players and all but one of them receiving a random script from a wide selection of plays. Each script has its starting page and starting line decided by the audience who will shout out ‘stop!’, as the player randomly flips through the script. Players reading from the script may only read lines from the play but can read any lines in any order and are not restricted to lines from any other character. The remaining player(s) must react to the dialogue, the other players, and create a scene based on the context given by the audience.