Options
Options is a handle where performers incorporate audience offers throughout a scene to keep the narrative nimble.
label
Handle, Audience
Element
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description
Wie spielt man Options?
Synonyms
More than can be listed.
Introduction
At random times during this scene we will turn to the audience for offers about where to take the scene.
Description
Options is a handle where the performers are kept nimble by having to incorporate offers from the audience throughout the scene. The goal of the performers is to continue the narrative arc of the scene. Most offers will be helpful to the narrative, others will be zany and destructive.
The performers start out creating an open scene that includes a narrative arc and lovely characters. The host will turn to the audience and ask for new directions to the scene. It is up to the host to maintain some level of composure with the offers.
Options has no particular mechanism for inserting the offers from the audience. When the host senses an opening they turn to the audience an get a snap offer. These ask fors should be simple and should minimally disrupt the flow of the scene. Ask fors like “what does Leslie find in the fridge?” or “the walnut has an unusual effect on Leslie” would work well. Complicated ask fors like “tell me about your day” are discouraged. The performers seemlessly accept the offer without clarification and continue on with the scene.
There are an infinite number of ways to insert the offers into the scene. The most famous ones are listed below. Options is a handle that helps get the audience on board with a flurry of suggestions and removes any illusion that the show is audiene directed.
Gimmicks
- Pretty gimmicky already.
Variations
- Shopping List – Performers are shopping for a list of zany stuff.
- Roller Coaster – Performers are subject a variety of themes.
- Pillars – On stage audience vollies are tapped for offers. Literally.
- Um Err – Performers signal audience directly for offers.
- Endowment Freeze – Host freezes the scene and inserts anything.
- Paper Chase – Offers are written on paper and strewn about the stage
- Hat– Offers are stored in a hat.
- Bucket – Offers are stored in a bucket.
- Pocket – Offers are stored in a pocket.
Credits
- None
account_treeVarianten (9)
- Bucket — Offers are stored in a bucket.
- Endowment Freeze — Host freezes the scene and inserts anything.
- Hat — Offers are stored in a hat.
- Options-Paper Chase — Performers occasionally pick up slips of paper containing audience suggestions, read them aloud, and integrate them into the scene. The handle adds spontaneity and audience involvement but can disrupt narrative. Offers are typically collected pre-show and scattered for performers to discover.
- Options-Pillars — Performers randomly tap audience volunteers (the Pillars) on the shoulder to receive offers that must be incorporated into the scene, while maintaining a narrative arc.
- Options-Roller Coaster — Roller Coaster is a handle where the performers are kept nimble by having to incorporate offers from the audience throughout the scene. The goal of the performers is to continue the narrative arc of the scene. Most offers will be helpful to the narrative, others will be zany and destructive.
- Options-Shopping List — Roller Coaster is a handle where performers must immediately incorporate offers from the audience injected by the host at random times, while maintaining the narrative arc of the scene. The host controls the offers based on a pre-established theme.
- Options-Um Err — Performers ask the audience for random offers by turning to them and saying 'um err' with a quizzical look. They incorporate the offers into the scene while striving to maintain a narrative arc.
- Pocket — Offers are stored in a pocket.