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Support

The practice of prioritizing the success of scene partners and the ensemble over individual performance. Support means making choices that serve the scene and the other performers, stepping forward when needed and stepping back when the scene calls for it.

Mentioned In

The Routledge Companion to Improvisation in Organizations124 mentionsThe Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improvisation Manual105 mentionsBusiness Improv100 mentionsGetting to Yes And84 mentionsBrain Disruption63 mentionsLong Form Improvisation and American Comedy60 mentionsThe Applied Improvisation Mindset58 mentionsApplied Improvisation57 mentionsWhose Improv Is It Anyway?55 mentionsWhen I Say This, Do You Mean That?40 mentionsActing Through Improv39 mentionsYes, And38 mentionsEmbodied Playwriting32 mentionsImprov Yourself27 mentionsThe Improvisation Edge26 mentionsImprovisation for the Theater24 mentionsImprovise24 mentionsActing Up!22 mentionsGreat Group Skits20 mentionsMask Improvisation for Actor Training and Performance20 mentions

Further Reading

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Cover of Yes, And

Yes, And

How Improvisation Reverses No, But Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration

Kelly Leonard; Tom Yorton

Cover of Business Improv

Business Improv

Experiential Learning Exercises to Train Employees

Val Gee

Cover of Improvise

Improvise

Scene from the Inside Out

Mick Napier

Cover of The Routledge Companion to Improvisation in Organizations

The Routledge Companion to Improvisation in Organizations

Miguel Pina e Cunha; Dusya Vera; António Cunha Meneses

Cover of Improv Yourself

Improv Yourself

Business Spontaneity at the Speed of Thought

Joseph A. Keefe

Cover of Brain Disruption

Brain Disruption

Radical Innovation in Business Through Improv

Bruce Montgomery; Gail Montgomery

How to Reference This Page

APA

The Improv Archive. (2026). Support. Retrieved March 17, 2026, from https://improvarchive.org/learn-improv/concepts/support

Chicago

The Improv Archive. "Support." The Improv Archive, 2026. https://improvarchive.org/learn-improv/concepts/support.

MLA

The Improv Archive. "Support." The Improv Archive, 2026, https://improvarchive.org/learn-improv/concepts/support. Accessed March 17, 2026.

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