Warm-Ups

Fun Warm-Ups for Your Mouth

I collected these warm ups when I was in college. I have noticed that actors who warm up together seem to be more comfortable as a group. Most professional actors have their own routines, but these are great suggestions for non-professionals and students.

Articulation

• Which witch whined when the wine was spilled on the wailing whale?
• He thrusts his fist against the post and still insists he sees the ghosts.
• A big black bug bit a big black bear and the big black bear bled blood.
• Choose cool school shoes
• Our power is the power of the hour

Rhythm

What to do to die today at a minute or two to two? A thing distinctly hard to say, but harder still to do. So we’ll beat a tattoo at twenty to two with a rat-ta-ta tah-ta-ta tah-ta-ta too and the dragon will come, when he hears the drum, at a minute or two to two today, at a minute or two to two.

Enunciation

• …try saying these 3 times fast…
• Unique New York, Unique New York,
• You know you need unique New York
• Red Leather, Yellow Leather
• Motorboat, motorboat
• Toy Boat, Toy Boat
• Crispy, crunchy, crinkly, crackling