Play a game called "Hello." This is a game for everyone. Begin by having the players walk around the room.
Tell everyone to meet each other at random and shake hands. They are to shake hands with one person and then move on to the next person. This continues for a little while.
Give each greeting a twist. Now, tell the players to greet each other in different ways. For example, first have them greet each other like they are ex-best friends. Then have them greet each other like they are secretly in love.
Be creative as you continue to think of many different interesting ways to have the players greet each other. The greetings should be fun and short.
Play a game called "Ding Character." This game is for two people at a time and will play out like a scene.
Have the rest of the players be an "audience." Have the audience call out a suggested location in which the scene takes place. Choose the best idea.
Ask the audience to call out a situation that would happen at that location. Again, choose the best idea.
Tell the players to begin improvising a scene. Then at random intervals you or someone who is not in scene needs to ring a bell.
Explain that when the bell rings the actors must instantly become completely different characters in the same scene.
Play a game called "Standing, Sitting, Lying Down." This game is for three players at a time and will play out like a scene.
Have the rest of the players be an "audience." Have the audience call out a suggested location in which the scene takes place. Choose the best idea.
Ask the audience to call out a situation that would happen at that location. Again, choose the best idea.
Tell the players to begin improvising the scene. There must always be one actor standing, one actor sitting and one actor lying down. As soon as a sitter stands up, the stander needs to sit down.
Encourage the players to justify the moves with dialog in the scene.