It sounds a little morbid, but Story, Story, Die is a fun improvisational exercise that strengthens creativity and hones listening and reacting skills. One person is the director and up to ten people are storytellers. A name and an object are chosen at random, these will be the topic of the story. Storytellers must watch the director closely, when the director claps and points at a new storyteller that person must seamlessly pick up where the story left off and continue on. When continuing with the story the storyteller must not pause, repeat the words that have just been spoken or say something that does not make sense. If they violate any of these rules spectators yell, “Die!”
At this point the storyteller must step forward and declare the kind of death they will now perform. For instance they might say….”Death by Pantyhose!” or “Death by Sour Milk.” or even “Death by Papercut!” Then the storyteller must act out the death to the last gasping breath at which point they are considered eliminated from the game and the remaining storytellers continue on, at the directors lead. The last storyteller remaining must tell the moral of the story, if the audience rejects the moral they too must perform a death.
This improv game forces storytellers to listen carefully, never knowing when it will be their turn to continue the story. It also developes team work, as the storytellers are forced to work together in order to further the story
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