Offers
In Keith Johnstone's framework, any action, line, gesture, or decision that communicates information to a scene partner or audience. Every moment on stage is an offer. The fundamental choice in improvisation is whether to accept, block, or overaccept the offers being made. Johnstone's system categorizes improvisation as a series of offer transactions.
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Creating Improvised Theatre
Tools, Techniques, and Theories
Mark Jane
The Routledge Companion to Improvisation in Organizations
Miguel Pina e Cunha; Dusya Vera; António Cunha Meneses
Devising Theatre
A Practical and Theoretical Handbook
Alison Oddey
The Improv Handbook
The Ultimate Guide to Improvising in Comedy, Theatre, and Beyond
Tom Salinsky; Deborah Frances-White
Impro
Improvisation and the Theatre
Keith Johnstone
Acting Through Improv
Improv Through Theatresports
Lynda Belt; Rebecca Stockley
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The Improv Archive. (2026). Offers. Retrieved March 17, 2026, from https://improvarchive.org/learn-improv/concepts/offers
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