Theatre Education: A Resource of Practical and Project-Based Warm-ups/Theatre Games for K-12

Liar’s Contest

Where we learned it: Creative Drama at NU
Ages: 4th grade and up
Materials: None

Process:

• Divide the class into groups of 3-4
• Give each group a topic such as “A time you were scared,” or “Your favorite birthday ever.”
• Each person in the group tells a story of her own that fits the topic.
• The group then picks one story that they all are going to tell.
• They all learn the story and try to make it their own.
• Each person in the group tells the story to the class and the class tries to tell to whom the story really belongs.