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

Musical Chairs Reinvented

Where we learned it: Creative Drama at NU
Ages: 4th grade and up
Materials: CD and CD player, chairs

Process:

1. Arrange the chairs in a circle with the seats facing outward.
2. Review the rules of traditional Musical Chairs: Move around the circle as the music plays.  When the music stops, everyone must find a chair to sit on.  Those without a chair are out.  Take away a chair before starting the music each time.
3. In this version, a chair will be taken away each time the music stops, but all the players still need to find a seat.  This requires that they work together to get multiple people on a smaller number of chairs each round.
4. Play until there are 2-3 chairs left.

Variations:

1. Call out specific ways of moving around the circle as the music is playing.