Long Forms

Organic Long Form

This format is without any real structure.
A suggestion can be gotten at the top or the set can begin completely organically.
If a suggestion is gotten at the top, that will inspire the initiation for the first scene.
Each scene will be initiated based off something organically pulled from the improvisers mind, or from an element from the scene the preceeded it.
Improvisers can use any support moves or edits available to them to play the scenes before moving on to the next.
The scenes do not have to have any through line or connections.

Doing organic sets is a great way to practice finding and playing game organically.

Try to add variety to your scenes by varying them in length, number of performers per scene and energy level.

One player is the narrator of the story and sits or stands on stage miming like they are writing a story on a typewriter.
The narrator speaks aloud what he is "writing".
Improvisers will enter the scene to play the characters the narrator mentions and begin playing the scene normally.
The narrator can give and take focus at any time.

Narrator: The mystery of the missing moose. Chapter one, the forest sleeps. A cool chill hung in the early morning air as Park Ranger Mitchel and his young apprentice Carl began their morning forest inspection hike.
Two improvisers step out miming preparing for their walk.
Carl: It's freezing out here Mr. Mitchel. Maybe we go back and sit around the fire until it warms up a bit.
Ranger Mitchel: I'm sure everything's fine Carl. But it's our responsibility to make sure all the forest creatures are safe from anyone who would do them harm.
Narrator: But everything wasn't fine in the forest that day, and it wouldn't be long before the ranger noticed something out of the ordinary.
Ranger Mitchel: Oh my god. Freeze boy.
Carl: Why? What is it Mr. Mitchel?
Ranger Mitchel: You see that? It's a moose egg. Not usualy for them to be left alone like that. Momma's gotta be nearby.
Narrator: A large, brown, and furry egg lay nestled in a bed of pine needles surrounded by trees in every direction. A trail of crimson staining the forest floor lay before them leading into the thickest brush of the woods.
Carl: Wait... Mr. Mitchel. Is that blood?

Be sure improvisers are using give and take to share the spotlight. The bulk of the responsibility shouldn't fall on the narrator or the actors.
The narrator can take advantage of the format by establishing tone and using scene painting.
Yes and the narrators decisions including the physical reality of the space.
The narrator can always jump forward in time, to a new location or rip up a page and start over. They don't have to write the story in sequential order.
Focus on telling a good story rather than doing bits. Bits can have their place though.