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Alliteration Introduction
Depth · what it can open●○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★any
Disclosure · what is sharednone
Each person introduces themselves with an alliterating adjective and a gesture — 'I'm Wonderful Wendy' — and each new player repeats everyone before them before adding their own. The first player ends up having to perform the entire group.
Hold with care
- Choosing a flattering adjective for yourself in front of a new group is a small ask that lands differently across cultures and confidence levels
Practical
- Time
- — min
- Group
- ?–∞ · large-group
- Settings
- in-person
- Mechanisms
- attention-training, behavioral-rehearsal
- Change scope
- state · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- improvencyclopedia.org/games/Alliteration_Introduction.html — Improv Encyclopedia, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable
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Origin
Unattributed; compiled by Improv Encyclopedia — Improvisational theatre
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status: checked · added 2026-08-31