CLEAR Robot Scenes - 30-35 minutes

• Instructions
  • Note that in musical improv, our scenes can be super basic!
    • Keith Estrella says “Musical Improv scenes are just doing fundamentals”
  • What we were doing in “I am a tree” is very similar to starting a basic scene for musical improv.
  • You don’t have to be clever, just think of what would “Yes and” what we know
  • Point out any aspects of CLEAR they did already!
  • Facilitator introduces CLEAR scenes. CLEAR stands for:
    • C - Character - Who is in the scene
    • L - Location - Where the scene takes place
    • E - Emotion - How characters feel
    • A - Activity - What are they physically doing?
    • R - Relationship - How are they emotionally connected?
      • How do they feel about each other
  • Scenes are 2-3 minutes
  • Facilitators will do an example CLEAR scene:
    • Player 1: Character
    • Player 2: Character
    • Player 1: Location
    • Player 2: Activity
    • Player 1: Relationship
    • Example:
      • Player 1: Doctor
      • Player 2: Doctor’s Receptionist
      • Player 1: Front desk of the Doctor’s Office
      • Player 2: Sorting paperwork
      • Player 1: They’re a strong team united in their goal
  • Afterward we’ll ask “What was our character, location, etc?”
  • Round 1: Pairs
    • Have them do robot scenes in PAIRS. Encourage each pair to take turns
  • Round 2: Heroes/Villains
    • Add in that in this round characters are either both heroes or are both villains
  • Round 3: On Stage
    • Ask for a suggestion. Remind them to A to C
    • They’ll perform 2-minute more-natural scenes, talking to each other
  • Challenge: Ask the audience to raise their hands when they think the people in the scene have hit all 5 CLEAR
  • Challenge: Get to CLEAR in as little time as possible. Make big choices.
  • More about CLEAR scenes:
    • CLEAR scenes 1-pager