What is improvisation in theater?

Making up the performance as you go.

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  1. Reading every line from a script
  2. Copying another actor exactly
  3. Making up the performance as you go ✔

Why: In improvisation, performers create the drama spontaneously in front of the audience.

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Answer: Making up the performance as you go. In improvisation, performers create the drama spontaneously in front of the audience.

  1. Theatre en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre
    performers devise a dramatic script spontaneously before an audience
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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