🎹Chimichanga

Setup and Launch

You need a pianist.

Flow

1. Take a suggestion from the audience. A scene begins, and the pianist underscores it.
2. Play the scene for a short but satisfying amount of time. Then sweep edit it. A second scene begins: completely different improvisers playing completely different characters, still underscored.
3. Play the second scene for the same short but satisfying amount of time. Sweep edit it the same way. A third scene begins: again completely different improvisers and completely different characters, still underscored.
4. Play the third scene for the same amount of time. Sweep edit it the same way. Character A, from one of the first two scenes, starts a verse-and-chorus song. A sings one verse and one chorus.
5. Character B joins Character A on stage. B comes from a different scene than A. Both stand in a split screen: each in their own part of the stage and in their own scene. B sings the second verse, then both sing the chorus together.
6. Character C, from any previous scene, joins the others, again in a split screen. C sings a bridge — a part of the song that sounds unlike the verse and the chorus.
7. Character D, from any previous scene, joins the others, again in a split screen. D sings the fourth verse.
8. All other characters join their respective scene partners, if any have yet to enter. The entire company sings the final chorus. Each stays in their own part of the stage.
9. Character A repeats the last line of the chorus. The entire company joins in on the last word. It may also be the last group of words.