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Exploring Emotions Through Improvisation

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Exploring Emotions Through Improvisation

Actors tell stories without a script by making choices in the moment. Use your face, body, and voice to show a feeling. You may pass on performing; you can also plan or write your ideas.

Read the scene

Hannah is helping set up a table for a neighborhood puppet show. Just before the audience arrives, a gust of wind scatters the paper tickets. Her friend Eli spots a ticket caught under a chair. The show has not started yet, and they still have time to fix the problem.

1.Choose two different feelings Hannah might have when the tickets scatter. Explain why each feeling could make sense in this moment.

2.Which action would most clearly show that Hannah feels worried, without using any words?

She smiles widely and skips in a circle.
She looks around quickly and twists her hands.
She stands tall with hands on her hips.
She yawns and slowly stretches.

3.If Hannah feels relieved when Eli finds the ticket, name one change she could make to her voice and one change to her body.

Build a small improv

Work alone or with a partner. No props are needed: mime anything you need. Keep movements safe and make sure your audience can understand the feeling you chose.

4.Pick a feeling for Hannah at the moment the tickets blow away. Write one facial expression, one body action, and one voice choice that could show it.

5.Create a two-moment improv: first, show the tickets scattering; next, show Hannah reacting after Eli finds one. Write a short stage direction for each moment and name the feeling in each.

6.True or false: Two actors can show the same feeling in different ways and both performances can make sense.

7.A character says, “It’s fine,” but speaks very softly, looks down, and steps away. What might the audience guess the character is feeling? Give one clue that supports your guess.

8.Choose a new feeling for Eli after he finds the ticket. Write one line he could say and add a stage direction in parentheses to show the feeling. Make sure the words and actions fit together.

9.Why can an actor’s pause, posture, or facial expression help tell a story even when the actor says nothing?

10.Imagine the puppet show is about to begin, but the tickets are still scattered. Write one safe action Hannah could take and one feeling that action might communicate to the audience.