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Premise keepers

Premise Keepers is an opening technique where players pitch ideas linked to a suggestion and immediately start scenes upon finding a premise.

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How to Play Premise keepers

Premise Keepers is an opening similar to a the living room opening and a modified pattern game. From the suggestion, the players immediately pitch their thoughts and ideas either linked to the suggestion or through an A to C connection.

This continues until players find a possible premise or unusual thing theythink could be funny. Players immediately initiate a scene.

The opening was developed for Matt Besser's show "Premise Keepers" which returns to the opening for new ideas throughout the set.

Based on "Premise keepers" from improvresourcecenter, licensed under GNU Free Documentation License 1.3.
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  • the living room opening — An opening style where players casually converse and find a premise.

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