As Purple Rose actors prepare to perform before each show, warming up is a critical step in the process! Below are some house-favorite tongue twisters we use at the Purple Rose. Give them a try!
On your own:
The big black bug
Bit the big black bear
And made the big black bear bleed blue blood
Unique New York
Unique New York
You know you need unique New York
*Hickory dickory dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one
The mouse ran down
Hickory dickory dock
*Say this series with your tongue sticking out, as clearly as you can!
Call & Response:
With one person leading, line by line, the group repeats each line back!
The brisk brave brigadiers
Brandished broad bright blades
Blunderbusses and bludgeons
She stood on the balcony
Inexplicably mimicking him hiccupping
While amicably welcoming him in
One-liners:
Repeat with increasing speed!
Rubber baby buggy bumpers
The sixth sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick