The Troupe! BATHROOM


Games, Schmames!


FOLLOW THE FOLLOWER ("Easy Laugh"):
In this game, three performers will start a scene based on an audience suggestion of a "where," but, there's a catch. Each performer will have a motion and phrase (suggested by the audience) that they must act out whenever their "target" performer does a simple everyday action. Each performer must know only his/her action and phrase, but not those of any other performers (otherwise, they would know how to "trigger: the other performer's motions and phrases). This can be achieved by having the performers leave the theatre or by covering their eyes and ears.

It's kind of tough to understand (and explain), but here's an example that may help:

What usually happens is that one performer's special trait will trigger that of another performer, which triggers the other performer, and so on. We sometimes call this game "Easy-laugh" because it's easy to lose the sense of "where" in the scene and play to the audience because all they really want to do is laugh at the performer's motions and dialogue.


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