Park Bench Theatre Game
Pass the squeeze.
Park bench theatre game. This continues until all in the workshop have done one or more characters. Pass emotions around the circle and see everyones smiley face. They can pretend to read the newspaper watch the birds etc but they must remain seated on the bench at all times. Select a second person to be the pedestrian.
Drama game park bench this drama warm up is part of a collection of 40 classic drama games found on drama notebook. This leaves the second player on the bench alone for a while. Park bench is a say yes improvisation game in which one actor knows the identities of both his and his scene partner s characters but the scene partner does not. Create a personal.
The set up is very simple. Encourage students to let the scene run a little before jumping in with their own characters. Park bench or the chair game there is an improv game that young actors like to play that is called park bench. Their job is to embody a character and try to get the park bench occupant to laugh or leave the bench.
Pick one person to sit on the park bench aka the row of chairs. The next player creates a character and joins the player that is on the bench. Two actors and a chair. Explain that there is a park bench and that the students are to take on a character who comes into the scene and interacts with others.
A classic improvisation game based around the characters you might meet on a park bench. One actor tries to get the other actor to let them sit in the chair or on the park bench. Start the scene with one person adding the others at suitable intervals. The two characters interact for about thirty seconds and the player that was on the bench first finds a reason to leave.
The next player will create a character and approach the park bench sitting beside the first character. Work as a team to pass a squeeze from person to person around the circle. She will approach the park bench and sit quietly maintaining character. How many different meanings can a word have based on how it is said.
Create a bench onstage using an actual bench or three chairs.