Comedy Cube

Comedy Cube is a short form game that by definition requires four people. To start, there must be two rows of two people standing in front of each other, forming a square. Before the game begins, the two people in the front facing the audience are given a suggestion to base a scene on. Then the square shifts, moving everyone around, one person going to the back and one person moving to the front. The new pair are then also given a suggestion. This happens for all four sides of the square. When the game begins, the side in the front begin a scene based on their suggestion. At some point, the moderator can call out a direction for the square to move. For example, they can call out "one to the right," and every person has to shift the square one person to the right. The front pair must then perform their own suggestion, until the moderator calls the next pair. Eventually, the square will shift back to a pair that has already gone, and then they must perform a scene with the same "game" as their first one, but with a different location, time, or character. This is very similar to long form improv.

Tips

 * The time in which other pairs of improvisers are going can be used to think about what scene an improviser want to do or what situation they want to take their scene to. It's good to have some idea of what the second or third beats of a game are going to be.
 * By the end, the moderator can give directions besides moving one place to confuse the improvisers. Instead of saying "one to the left," they can say "three to the right," which is significantly more difficult for the people on stage.