Keith Johnstone's Status Games: Playing with the Pecking Order

All social animals form pecking orders, and humans are no exception. Pecking orders regulate group behavior and minimize open conflicts - until something upsets the status quo - then the drama (or comedy) begins!

On stage, as in life, characters establish status through collaboration and competition: From Antigone to Hamilton, plays and musicals have devoted much of their dialogue and action to the status play between characters.

In his landmark book Impro, Keith Johnstone indroduced a body of "status games" that helped reveal the subconscious rules societies (and individuals) use to maintain (or change) their status in any situation. Join Steve Eldredge for a fun, funny and mind-boggling tour of Johnstone’s free-wheeling approach to disrupting the social order!

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