Mother's Day Improv
Need an awesome last minute gift idea for mom that doesn't cost anything, but she'll
love it? Give the gift of Acting this mother's day. Do an improv theatre game show
for your mom on Mother's Day.
Documentary or Slide Show: A leader pretends to be a
narrator of a documentary and the actors must act out
the documentary the leader describes. They story is the
story of your mom. They story
can be over the top telling all the amazing things your mother has done for her
children (try to base it on real things she has done for her kids but make it as
dramatic and amazing as possible). Or you can do the history of mothers and go back
in time to describe how mother's started or even how mother's day started. Perform
it as a
slideshow/powerpoint with still picture poses or
actually act out what is being narrated.
Stunt Doubles: 2 Actors play two people from the other
team. They can't do anything right or they are scared
to do simple tasks such as throw a ball so they call in
members of your team to help and show they how to do it.
When it comes time to do a "dangerous" step (such as
tying their shoes) they call in their stunt doubles. The
easier the "dangerous" task is, the funnier it can be
(such as picking up a gum wrapper). Fun scenarios for Mother's Day could be
cooking, cleaning or taking care of a baby (changing diapers definitely needs a
stunt double).
Helping Hands: Have three actors. One person plays the mother. The other
person plays the child. Another person plays the arms of the mother. The mother
must make a meal for the child. If you want to do it again, reverse the roles and
have the mother try to teach the child manners (the child has another person play
their arms).
Lines from our Pockets: The audience will write lines
for the actors to say. Someone will collect the lines
and not show them to the actors. The actors will act out
a Mother's Day scene and then they must work the
lines into the scene. You can have two actors play
children who are trying to figure out what to do for their mom on Mother's Day.
Here Comes Jack and Jill: Two actors play Jack and Jill
who are off stage. Jack and Jill are two really badly behaved kids. Two mothers
describe the
terrible things Jack and Jill do while he/she is off
stage. Jack and Jill enter and they have to act like
described.
Stand Sit Slump: Three players are preparing a Mother's Day breakfast. One
must be standing, one must be sitting and one
must slump down on the ground. After each actor says one
thing, the last actor to speak must pick a new position
(stand) and the others must adjust and pick the two
remaining positions (sit and slump). This can continue
until a high moment of humor or until one actor messes
up.
Three actors play The Good Mother, the Bad Mother, and
the Ugly Mother: The audience provides
questions or problems for which they need advice from Mom. Actor
#1 always provide good advice, actors #2 always gives
bad advice , and actors #3 gives really bad advice. Good
advice should be good, bad should be opposite of the
good and ugly should be an even worse version of bad.
Mom's Day in a Minute: The actors act out a day in the life of mom and then
act out the story in
one minute. Then they must act out the same thing in 30
seconds. THEN they must act it out in 10 seconds.
Find more improv games and ideas at
http://www.freedrama.net/improv.html