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An [[Acting Improv]] game in which actors may speak only in questions. This game is taken from Tom Stoppard's play, "Rozencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead", in which the two main characters play the game to pass the time.
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Questions, sometimes referred to as "Questions Only," is an [[Acting Improv]] game. This game is taken from Tom Stoppard's play, "Rozencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead", in which the two main characters play the game to pass the time.
  
 
==Participants==
 
==Participants==
Two actors at a time; replaced rather often.
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2 actors, who are repeatedly replaced by audience members.
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==How to Play==
 
==How to Play==
Two actors begin a conversation/scene using only questions. If an actor does not speak in a question, or uses an illegal question (e.g repeating what the person asked, asking "what do you mean" multiple times) they are out. Another actor steps in to take their place.
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Two actors stand in the middle of the circle and have a conversation purely through asking questions. This usually nullifies whatever acting ability they have due to the intense concentration required.  Hesitations, using the same question (or nearly the same question) twice in a row, or replying to a question such as, "Is that Frank Wang behind you?" with "Is it?" gets a player "out," and s/he sits back down. Then, another person takes his/her place.
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[[Category:Acting Improv]]
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[[Category:Lancaster Games]]

Revision as of 17:20, 28 August 2006

Questions, sometimes referred to as "Questions Only," is an Acting Improv game. This game is taken from Tom Stoppard's play, "Rozencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead", in which the two main characters play the game to pass the time.

Participants

2 actors, who are repeatedly replaced by audience members.

How to Play

Two actors stand in the middle of the circle and have a conversation purely through asking questions. This usually nullifies whatever acting ability they have due to the intense concentration required. Hesitations, using the same question (or nearly the same question) twice in a row, or replying to a question such as, "Is that Frank Wang behind you?" with "Is it?" gets a player "out," and s/he sits back down. Then, another person takes his/her place.