Description: Player A starts a scene that specifically involves a repeating activity, one which does not require any speaking - folding laundry, building something, cleaning the stove, etc. Player B enters the scene and says something to make A react. A cannot react with dialogue, however, but must react by changing how they are engaged in their action.

A: {sawing a piece of lumber}

B: Hey, do you remember when we played that game Freeze Tag as kids?

A: {sawing becomes slower, more nostalgic}

B: Well, I used to cheat all the time at that game.

A: {sawing becomes agitated}

B: Yeah, I used to pretend to be frozen so you wouldn't catch me.

A: {sawing more furiously}

Variants: Player A's actions can be related to a larger action - in the example above, he could switch from sawing to hammering to sanding as he is building a table.

Player A could also change the action to incorporate objects that also reflect their reaction - for example, blowing bubbles when happy or chopping vegetables with a large knife when angry.

Description: Player A serves as the host or moderator for the game; Player B is an interviewer, interviewing Player C for a job. (An ask-for could be the company name, type of job, etc.) As the interview progresses, Player A will call out (or get from the audience) various emotions; Player C then continues his/her interview with those emotions, while Player B plays the scene straight. Players B and C should justify the presence of the emotions as they occur in the scene.

Tips: Player B (the interviewer) should have some ideas about where to direct the interview - generic questions thought of ahead of time, or stereotypical job interview behaviors (for example, commenting on a resume).

Gimmicks: The "emotions" called for don't need to be strictly emotions - acceptable suggestions could be hungry, French, schizophrenic, etc.

Description: Players A, B, and C will perform an improv scene incorporating three specific props. By audience suggestions, each prop is endowed with a particular emotion. As the scene progresses, each player will hold/use one of the props; the player will perform with the emotion endowed to the prop. When the props change hands, so do the emotions.

Tips: The props should be easily integrated into the scene. (This could be done by guiding the audience toward a particular suggestion.)

Gimmicks: Holding two (or three) props at once.

Description: Players A, B and C will start an open improv scene. Throughout the scene, the host will freeze the action and call out particular emotions (taken previously as audience suggestions). At that point, the players must continue the scene in that emotion. The host continues to call out emotions and the players adjust accordingly until the end of the scene.

Variants: Only players B and C change emotions; player A plays the "straight man" and reacts to B and C's changes.

Gimmicks: The host calling out an emotion that is clearly contrary to the established direction of the scene.

Description: The stage is physically divided into three or four sections (even though Quadrants implies a two-by-two formation, in practice having the divisions run from up- to downstage works much better). Each division is assigned a particular emotion, as suggested by the audience. The players (from two to four) then play an open improv scene, but must always behave with the emotion appropriate for where they are on stage.

Gimmicks: Moving quickly across stage through the divisions. Straddling the line between two sections to play both emotions simultaneously.

Variants: Having one player immune from the emotions (the "straight man"); this could be represented by a object, a hat, or some other telltale marker.