Welcome to Some Assembly Required second annual Christmas show. What you
will see on stage tonight is unscripted improvised comedy, scenes and games.
With the mix of suggestions and information you provided to us when you
arrived, some games we like to play and a few seconds of discussion we hope
to provide you with an evening of laughter.
Members of SAR will each take a turn at explaining games to you and
introducing the improvisers who will play them.

Scripts
Intro by DAN G
Call first two actors on stage
Sometimes called, Half scripted scene, or Actors Nightmare.
In this scene one actor will read all his or her lines from a script, while
the other actor must justify those lines and a scene will arise from this
chaos.
I would like someone to choose a script from this pile.............thank you
(give script to the reader) and now someone please choose a page number.
In our first scene our actors task is to (fill in the blank)
Ask on a Date
1 Chris
2 Dan S
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Ask for donation
1 Julia
2 Dan G
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Interview for a job
1 Sheila
2 Mike
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Cops (silly crime and accomplice)
Intro by SHEILA
Instructions for before the show: You are responsible for the sheet that
says Famous person or Character and Silly Crime. Pre show you need to ask
audience members for these things. Write them in and then cut up the slips
for use in these scenes
Call up those in the scene
In this scene we will ask a player to leave the stage. The player offstage
has committed a crime. However he or she cannot remember what the crime is.
If her interrogators can let her know what the crime is she will confess.
When the criminal is close to getting the crime you or the accomplice -you
the audience, must ooh-aah to let her know. When he or she gets a part of
the crime or close to the accomplice clap. If she confesses or identifies
his or her accomplice to the crime completely go wild.
(Ask criminal to leave)
Earlier we got a list of unusual crimes and famous people or characters for
accomplices, from audience members. Can I please ask you to select on of
these, and one of these (have them choose from the crimes and accomplices
slips) for our criminal. (read them out) Now I would like to call our
criminal back in to deal with the cops.


1 (cop) Dan G
2 (cop) Julia
3 Chris
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1 (cop) Sheila
2 (cop) Dan S
3 Mike
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Hidden Agenda
Intro by JULIA
Instructions for before the show: You are responsible for the sheet that
says An Intention. Pre show you need to ask audience members for these
things. Write them in and then cut up the slips for use in these scenes

In this scene Hidden Agenda, also called Hidden Intentions, two improvisers
each have an intention or agenda unknown to the other improviser. Throughout
the scene they perform each improviser tries to figure out what the other
wants and gives it to them but they cannot come out and ask for it.
Earlier we got some "intentions" from you, each improviser will draw one of
these. So lets have Mike leave while Sheila gets her intention. (have Shelia
it read to audience). Now Shelia you leave and send Mike in so we can give
him his intention. (have Mike read his to audience). Mike please bring
Sheila back.
Can someone please give us a location such as a laundry mat or bowling alley
for this scene? Thank you.

1 Mike
2 Sheila
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Now lets have the Dans. Dan G leave while Dan S gets his intention. (have
him it read to audience). Now Dan you leave and send Dan in so we can give
him his intention. (have Dan read his to audience). Dan please bring Dan
back.
Can someone please give us a location such as a laundry mat or bowling alley
for this scene? Thank you.
1 Dan G
2 Dan S
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Sentences
Intro by DAN S
Instructions for before the show: You are responsible for the sheet that
says Sentences and Famous Characters and Products. Pre show you need to ask
audience members to write them for use in these scenes.
Each of our improvisers will be given three of the sentences you provided
for us earlier. Dan G, Mike and Julia will also make use of a product
suggestion you offered us. Your sentences will be a big part of the next
scene the annual meeting of a company that makes (pull out a product slip)
_____________
Annual meeting
1 Dan G
2 Mike
3 Julia
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Each of our improvisers will be given three of the sentences you provided
for us earlier. Dan S, Chris and Shelia will also make use of a famous
character suggestion you offered us. Your sentences will be a big part of
the next scene a funeral eulogy for (pull out a character slip)
_____________.

Eulogy
1 Dan S
2 Chris
3 Sheila
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Tabloids
Intro by MIKE
Tabloids, also called Headlines or Media Challenge . Our fearless coach, who
abandoned us tonight, reads a lot of trashy papers. So she cut out headlines
from those papers put them in these envelopes and told us to have an
audience member choose one, open it and read it to us and then said Dan G,
Chris and Shelia had to do a scene based on that headline. (have someone
choose and read, then take it from them and read it out again)
1 Dan G
2 Chris
3 Sheila
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She said if it went well do it again only with me, Dan S and Julia so I need
someone to choose another envelop. (have someone choose and read, then take
it from them and read it out again)

1 Dan S
2 Mike
3 Julia

Mundane (Unusual) Sporting Event with Commentary
Intro by CHRIS
Instructions for before the show: You are responsible for the sheet that
says Mundane Activity. Pre show you need to ask audience members for these
things. Write them in and then cut up the slips for use in these scenes

Unusual sporting events are cropping up all over but ours really are
different. We take some of your life's most mundane activities and add the
excitement of sport and competition through, play by play and colour
commentary. So with the selection of one of your suggestions (pull out a
suggestion) made earlier the sport of ______________, will be on the field
with our commentator Dan G, our colour commentator, Dan S and our sports
celebrities Shelia and Mike.
1 (commentator) Dan G
2 (colour commentator) Dan S
3 Mike
4 Sheila
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# of Words
Intro by Mike
Number of Words also called Counting Words or the Numbers game will be
improvised by Julia, Dan G and Chris.
Each of the players in this game will be assigned a number between 1 and 10.
Each sentence that the player speaks must contain that given number of
words.
Can I ask you to please pick one of these Popsicle sticks for _________ and
tell them the number written on it, this will be that improvisers number of
words. (etc repeat for each improviser.)
Can someone please give us a location such as laundry mat or bowling alley
for this scene? Thank you. Please remind the audience of your number of
words and then do a scene for us that takes place __________________.

1 Julia
2 Dan G
3 Chris

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Entrance and Exits
Intro by Julia
Instructions for before the show: You are responsible for the sheet that
says Nouns and Verbs. Pre show you need to ask audience members for these
things. Write them in and then cut up the slips for use in these scenes

Entrances and Exits also known as ,The Word Game or Revolving Door will be
played by Sheila, Dan S and Mike
In this game each player is assigned a word that might come up in casual
conversation. Whenever that word is spoken by another player in the scene
they must enter or exit. If the player's word is spoken and he or she is
offstage, he or she must immediately come on-stage and justify his or her
entrance. If his or her word is spoken while on-stage he or she must
immediately exit and justify his or her exit. Earlier we got nouns and verbs
from you, each improviser will draw one of your words as their Entrance Exit
word. (have each take a word) Improvisers please tell the audience your
word. Can someone please give us a location laundry mat or bowling alley for
this scene? Thank you. Please remind the audience of your word and then do a
scene for us that takes place __________________.


1 Sheila
2 Dan S
3 Mike