112 Acting Games: A Comprehensive Workbook of Theatre Games for Developing Acting Skills Book

	Introduction	1
Chapter 1	Relaxation	3
1	On the Beach	3
2	Breathing	7
3	Breathing for Concentration and Focus	8
4	Sound Sensations	10
5	Touch the Sky!	13
Chapter 2	Body Awareness	17
6	Energy Breathing	17
7	Acting Natural	18
8	The Machine	20
9	The Thing	21
10	Tug of War	22
11	Sink to the Floor	24
12	Friendly Hands	26
13	Roller Coaster	28
14	Siamese Twins	30
Chapter 3	Observation	33
15	Group Stare	33
16	Three Changes	34
17	Action Whisper	36
18	Murderer	39
19	Stand Up/Sit Down	41
Chapter 4	Memorization	45
20	This Is Jane	45
21	The Name Game	46
22	Name Spring	48
23	Baffling Ball	50
24	Camera Game	51
25	Describe Me if You Can	53
26	Twenty Objects	55
27	Same Time Story	56
28	Mix and Match	58
Chapter 5	Sensory Awareness	61
29	What's the Object?	61
30	Where's the Object?	62
31	Alphabet Soup	64
32	My Vacation	66
33	Now You See Me...	67
34	Mafia	70
35	Everybody Touch Someone Who...	71
36	Detective	73
Chapter 6	Concentration and Focus	75
37	Leave Me Alone	75
38	Count Off	76
39	Bing, Bang, Bong	78
40	Can You Hear Me Now?	80
41	Eye to Eye	82
42	Clap Focus	84
43	Don't Think of the Color Black!	85
44	Crazy Talk	87
45	Rapid Numbers	89
Chapter 7	Ensemble	93
46	Activity Starter	93
47	Chinese Whispers	94
48	Time Bomb	95
49	Rug Flip	97
50	Shipwrecked	98
51	Heartbeat	100
Chapter 8	Characterization	103
52	Animal Farm	103
53	Center of Gravity	105
54	Story Time	107
55	Gibberish	109
56	As You Will	111
57	Bear, Fish, Mosquito	113
58	Box Full of Hats	115
Chapter 9	Imagination	119
59	One-Minute Wanders	119
60	Expert	120
61	Twenty Questions	121
62	Brain Drain	123
63	Descriptive Story	126
64	Let Me Have It	128
65	If This Person Were a Shoe	129
66	Ball Toss	132
Chapter 10	Improvisation	135
67	Improvisation Dance Circle	135
68	Who Am I?	136
69	Automatic Writing	138
70	Freeze Tag	139
71	Touch and Go	147
Chapter 11	Action and Reaction	149
72	Dog, Dog, Dog	149
73	Hot Potato	150
74	Simon Says	152
75	One-Word Story	153
76	Fruitcake	156
Chapter 12	Trust	159
77	Airport	159
78	Trust Exercise	160
79	Tour Guide	162
80	Blind Run	164
Chapter 13	Knowing Your Objective	167
81	Fistorama	167
82	It's My Party	168
83	Strike a Pose	170
Chapter 14	Life Experience	173
84	King and Queen	173
85	Arm Levitation	175
86	Arm Zapper	177
87	I Like You Because/I Love You Because	179
88	Surprising Surface	180
Chapter 15	Spatial Awareness	183
89	Arm Link	183
90	Arm Tangle	184
91	Sock 'Em	186
Chapter 16	Motor Skills	189
92	Mirroring	189
93	Ventriloquist	191
94	Clap Out	193
95	Popcorn	195
Chapter 17	Nonverbal Communication	197
96	Tell the Truth	197
97	Freeze Frame	199
98	Commercial Capers	201
99	Social Status	203
100	Action Charades	205
101	Return of the Pink Panther	206
102	Yes, Let's	208
103	What Are You Doing?	210
Chapter 18	Making Choices	213
104	British Bulldog	213
105	Board Races	214
106	Run Around	217
Chapter 19	Performance	219
107	Glamour Story	219
108	Vampire	220
109	Clap Olympics	222
110	Wacky Word Wizard	225
Chapter 20	Thinking Outside the Box	229
111	Charring Cross	229
112	Black Magic	231
	Resources	235
	About the Author	237