Intermediate4-10 players~8 min

Conducted Story

A conductor shapes a group narrative one voice at a time.

StorytellingListeningGroup DynamicsFocusShort-Form

About

One player acts as the 'conductor.' The other players stand in a line. The conductor points at players, who must instantly begin narrating a story from wherever the previous person left off - even mid-sentence.

How to Play

1
Players stand in a line. One becomes the conductor.
2
The conductor points to a player, who begins telling a story.
3
When the conductor points to someone else, the first player stops mid-word if necessary.
4
The new player continues the story without missing a beat.
5
The conductor can also make the group speed up, slow down, or repeat phrases.

Variations

-Add an emotion the conductor can assign to specific players
-Conducted Story with genre: the conductor can call out genres mid-story

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