Lines From a Pocket

Lines From a Pocket is a short-form game that requires a lot of audience participation. Before playing Lines From a Pocket, you must have people write "lines" on pieces of paper, around ten to twenty, depending on how many times you want to play it. These lines can be anything, but the game is best when they are wacky. In the game, each improviser (usually two) gets a handful of these lines and puts them in their pocket without reading them. They then do an improv scene as normal, however every so often one of the improvisers must take one of the lines out of their pocket (hence the name) and read what it says. Whatever is on the paper is what their character just said in the scene, and the improviser must then justify why they said some random thing in the middle of the conversation. This goes on until each person runs out of lines or the scene runs long enough.

Tips

 * Lines From a Pocket is best when the lines are coming directly from the characters, not from an outside source. The improviser saying something wacky is more interesting than some random person not in the scene saying something wacky.
 * As with all games that involve audience participation, people are going to take it too far. Some of the lines are going to be memey or offensive. Before doing the scene, have someone look at the lines and discard any that would be a detriment to the show.