Kindness Improvised Scenes

When you can improvise a scene about anything, why not focus on kindness? Incorporating kindness into drama class activities helps students develop the ensemble mindset and creates a more positive, joyful environment.

Here is a selection of 20 two-person improv scene prompts related to kindness. Have students pair up and let them select one of the prompts to perform. Or, have them pick a random number from 1 to 20 to determine what prompt they’ll present. Feel free to expand the prompts with more details or add more students to the scenes. Give students a time limit for the improvised scene, or allow it to unfold until it comes to a natural ending.

You can also use these prompts for playwriting or devising scripted scenes.

1. A person does something kind for someone else without their knowledge.
2. Two friends try to one-up each other with kind acts.
3. A person helps a friend with a difficult task.
4. Someone discovers the consequences of being unkind.
5. Two friends have a disagreement but are able to de-escalate and forgive each other.
6. A person shows kindness to an animal.
7. Two friends complete a volunteer project to help others.
8. How to show kindness at school.
9. How to show kindness to your family.
10. How to show kindness in your community.
11. One friend encourages another friend to pursue a dream.
12. A student is tempted to be unkind, but decides to be kind instead.
13. Two friends perform a random act of kindness.
14. Two friends participate in a “compliment-off.”
15. Superheroes whose power is spreading kindness.
16. A person welcomes and guides another person in a new environment.
17. A person takes care of a friend who is sick.
18. A person surprises a friend with an unexpected gift.
19. A person receives an award for outstanding acts of kindness.
20. A friend encourages another friend to take a risk and it pays off.