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Clap-In

The clap-in form is a signature improv format where players at the back wall clap to freeze a scene and then join or leave.

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How to Play Clap-In

The "clap in" form is one of the signature forms of Empty Stage Comedy:

  1. A group of players stands on the back wall of the stage while a scene is playing
  2. At an appropriate point a player will clap their hands loudly
  3. The plays already on stage will freeze
  4. The player that clapped will join the stage, doing the following:
    1. Bring in others they want to join scene
    2. Tagout those that they want to leave the stage
Based on "Clap-In" from improvresourcecenter, licensed under GNU Free Documentation License 1.3.

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