Commercial Capers
Commercial Capers is a performance game in which players create spontaneous advertisements for fictional products, combining exaggerated sales tactics with improvised scenarios. The game builds confidence in public presentation and rewards creative collaboration under time pressure. It works well as both a workshop exercise and an audience-facing performance piece.
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The Improv Archive. (2026). Commercial Capers. Retrieved March 19, 2026, from https://improvarchive.org/exercises/commercial-capers
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