#groupscene

In this group scene two players will step out into the scene after being given a suggestion, during the scene one at a time every other player will enter to support and add on to whatever is going on. When we turn a 2-person scene into a 3 or more person scene, the dynamic of what is happening should not be changed it should be solidified.  Walk on’s should add to what is happening, so don’t redirect focus. If the scene is about funky socks, a walk on should support funky socks, not redirect it. In these scenes the first player to walk on should not feel the need to rush, we want to wait until we know what the game or dynamic of the scene is first. With two people on stage we will either have 1 perspective, similar to peas in a pod or 2 perspectives similar to when we have one player being the voice of reason and the other being the more unusual. If the scene has one perspective, such as “We love funky socks” any walk on should support and heighten that idea. If the scene has 2 perspectives such as “Player 1 loves funky socks” & “Player 2 hates funky socks” a walk on should support either one side or the other rather than creating a 3rd perspective. Yes a 3rd ,4th,5th, perspective can work and can even be a game in itself, but this can tend to overload the scene where as soon as we have too many points of view we need to do more work and appease more desires which can easily confuse or put too much weight on the scene. Simple is still funny, so try to overload your scenes.

1 Sentence At A Time (Word Efficiency & Team Work) – Played one of two ways where each player only get to say one sentence the entire scene, or each player only gets to say one sentence at a time with each player adding just a single sentence to move the scene forward. This can also be done as one word at a time or one word per player. When playing sometimes players will try to say more than 1 sentence by talking for an extended period of time, in this exercise a sentence should be over once the first part of what they are saying is over. For example if a player said “I don’t know what we should do, maybe we should go to the beach, or I know what about if we play basketball, it’s my favorite sport and….” In this example the sentence should be stopped prior to the comma at “I don’t know what we should do.”