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Four players, A, B, C, and D, each pick one corner of the stage, and player E stands in the center. The host gets a suggestion for a scene from the audience and assigns it to players A, B, and E on the front of the stage. The host then says “pan right” and everyone rotates clockwise on the stage. Then the host gets another suggestion and players B, C, and E have a separate, new scene together. Rotate right again, new suggestion, and players C, D, and E have a separate scene together. Rotate right one more time, new suggestion, and players D, A, and E have a separate scene together. Throughout the game, the host will be rotating between these four scenes by either calling “pan right,” known as clockwise, or “pan left,” known as counterclockwise. Each time the scenes are revisited after rotating, the players can pick up right where they left off or go hours, months, or years into the future. Player E has to remember all of the scenes, in addition to their characters in each scene.

This is a timed guessing game. One actor remains on stage, the other three leave the room.
The first actor is given the three audience prompts - the who, where, and the what.
The second actor is brought into the room. Actor 1 then has one minute to wordlessly pantomime the three items. Once Actor 2 believes they understand what the Actor 1 is pantomiming, they clap to signal Actor 1 to move on to the next item.
When Actor 2 believes they know all three items, or when time runs out, Actor 2 uses the murder weapon to murder Actor 1.
Actor 3 then arrives. The same process occurs, where Actor 2 pantomimes the three items. This time, they only have 30 seconds to do so. Actor 2 then dies at Actor 3’s hands.
Finally, Actor 4 arrives on the scene. Actor 3 pantomimes the three items, with only 15 seconds total. Once Time has expired, all Actors are resurrected. Beginning with Actor 4, the Host asks the actors to tell the audience the three items. Work backward from Actor 4 until the item is correctly identified.

Actors line up at the back of the stage and the host gets the title of a new story from the audience. The host then starts the game by pointing to a player, who starts telling the story. At any point in time the host can switch to another player by pointing at them. The new actor speaking must continue the story flawlessly, even if the switch happened in the middle of a sentence or even in the middle of a word.

Actors in this scene will play out the suggestion they've been given but will listen for the host to call out, "Copy!" When this happens, all players must remember the last line of dialogue spoken. The scene continues. When the host shouts, "Paste!" any of the actors in the scene must say the previously "copied" dialogue.

It's very challenging! Our team recommends short gaps between copy and paste.

One actor plays a fortune teller and leaves the room. The host then gets the suggestions (above) from the audience for the fortune teller to read about one of the actors. When the fortune teller re-enters, they begin a scene with the actor having their fortune told. The other actors act as spirits within a crystal ball and have to act out the audiences’ suggestions without words. As the fortune teller gets closer to guessing, the audience may help with applause or snaps.

Two actors begin the scene by watching the movie chosen by the audience. The other actors do their best to play out the events of the movie. At any time the two actors that began the scene may control the events by rewinding, fast forwarding, adding director’s commentary, skipping to outtakes, deleted scenes, or anything else that might be contained on a special DVD.

Two (or more) actors portray the animal hybrid suggested by the audience. Another actor then acts as a nature documentarian and tells the audience about the behaviors they observe from the creatures. The animal actors then recreate what's described by the documentarian.

One actor plays the bachelor or bachelorette, and leaves the room. Three other actors, playing the contestants, are given their identities by the host. The host gets suggestions for people, places, objects, emotions, etc. and assigns them to the contestants. The bachelor(ette) comes back in the room and asks the contestants questions to figure out who or what they are. The contestants give hints about their identity in their answers to the questions. The game ends when the bachelor(ette) picks their favorite contestant or decides they don’t like any of the contestants.

There are four actors for this guessing game. One actor, the shopkeeper, is guessing and leaves the room. The host gets three unique objects from the audience and assigns them to three customers. These objects could be something like a yodeling teddy bear, an inflatable scratching post, or something else entirely because at the Everything Emporium, there is literally everything. The shopkeeper comes back in and has to guess while the customers give hints about what they’re looking for. When the shopkeeper is close to guessing right, the audience snaps and when the shopkeeper guesses correctly, the audience claps. The game ends when the shopkeeper successfully sells the customers what they’re looking for.

Two actors begin a scene speaking only in the language selected by the audience (or their best attempt.) Each line takes place one at a time. The other two actors stand to the side and translate the actors in the scene’s lines.