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  • 1.  Show with flexibility for Improv

    Posted 03-25-2015 12:46
    I am looking for a good show for high schoolers that has room for improv. My students have started an improv troupe and aren't quite show ready so we are looking for a scripted performance that also allows for improv. Any suggestions?

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    Lyndsey Bassett
    Teacher
    Henderson County High School
    Spottsville KY
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  • 2.  RE: Show with flexibility for Improv

    Posted 03-25-2015 14:15
    A version of Scapino or Servant of Two Masters?

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    John Perry
    Drama Instructor
    Atherton High School
    Louisville KY
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  • 3.  RE: Show with flexibility for Improv

    Posted 03-25-2015 15:15
    How about Awesome 80's Prom?

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    Shira Schwartz
    Chandler Unified School District
    Chandler AZ
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  • 4.  RE: Show with flexibility for Improv

    Posted 03-26-2015 06:36
    "Murder in the House of Horrors" was a great fit for us.  It is scripted, but has an entire section of improv where the audience participates and asks questions of the subjects (some of them on stage).  
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    Kristie Bach
    Traverse City MI
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  • 5.  RE: Show with flexibility for Improv

    Posted 03-26-2015 08:01
    Any of Moliere's comedies can work as commedia pieces, allowing room for improvisation. We've done 'Scapin' and 'The Imaginary Invalid'. We also staged Ben Jonson's 'Volpone' in commedia style. You do have to be careful that the play you are choosing is either in the public domain or specifically allows for improvisation. ------------------------------ Michael Bergman Teacher/Director Alexandria VA ------------------------------
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  • 6.  RE: Show with flexibility for Improv

    Posted 03-26-2015 08:28
    Complete Works of Shakespeare abridged. Or any thing by that theatre company. ------------------------------ Scott Hasbrouck Wheat Ridge CO ------------------------------
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  • 7.  RE: Show with flexibility for Improv

    Posted 03-28-2015 13:53
    The Reduced Shakespeare Company scripts, including The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged, are scripted pieces, and while they might feel like much is improvised, you are bound, by the licensing agreement, to use the script as is. 

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    Michael Bergman
    Teacher/Director
    Alexandria VA
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  • 8.  RE: Show with flexibility for Improv

    Posted 03-26-2015 10:24
    Story theatre by Paul sills is great fun The Love of Three Oranges by Hillary DiPiano is an updated comedia script. The Bomb-itty of Errors rap adaptation of Shakespeare is a blast! Break a leg! ------------------------------ Kevin Phelan Mundelein IL ------------------------------
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  • 9.  RE: Show with flexibility for Improv

    Posted 03-27-2015 09:47
    Godspell.

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    Kyona Levine
    Theatre Director/Instructor
    Windermere FL
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  • 10.  RE: Show with flexibility for Improv

    Posted 03-28-2015 13:56
    Many of the recommendations, while seemingly improv-friendly are not, and adding improv will violate the licensing agreement. Make sure that whatever script you choose, there is permission to improvise or sections where improvisation is specifically permitted. 

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    Michael Bergman
    Teacher/Director
    Alexandria VA
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  • 11.  RE: Show with flexibility for Improv

    Posted 03-28-2015 20:39
    If you can or are willing to do a musical, I would HIGHLY suggest "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."  There is a lot of room for improv there.  Even get to pull audience members up on stage.  Also, as was previously mentioned, "Murder in the House of Horrors" offers A LOT of improving.

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    Trevor Yarbrough
    Teacher
    Dyer County High School
    Newbern TN
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