6 New Warm-Up Exercises

Warm-up challenges are meant to get your team jump started. They are quick 5 minute improv exercises. The team has 3 minute to plan and 2 minutes to perform. Props may be imaginary. Scoring is based on the creativity of their solution and character development. Up to 25 points for creativity of the solution and up to 25 points for character development – for 50 points possible.

• Your main character is a talking mouse, the place is a fancy restaurant, the goal is to write a love poem, the obstacle is there is an angry swarm of bees, and your prop is a shovel.
• Your main character is a dirty dog, the place is inside a refrigerator, the goal is to find the monkey, the obstacle is the electricity keeps shutting off and your prop is an telephone.
• Your main character is a hippy, the place is a shopping center, the goal is to bake cookies, the obstacle is you keep losing your way, and your prop is a light bulb.
• Your main character is a really old man, the place is on top of a mountain, your obstacle is that you need to cut down a tree, and your prop is a spoon.
• Your main character is a marathon runner, the place is Hawaii, your obstacle is that you can’t read the paper and your prop is a kitten.
• Your main character is a crying vampire, the place is a campground, your obstacle is there is so much traffic, and your prop is an overdue library book.