A very fun drama game that I have not shared before ...

This drama game is called "Why are you Late?"  There are a group of "workers" who create a reason why the other worker is late.  The worker and the boss leave the room while the group decides what that reason is.  It can be obvious, or outlandish and creative and magical realistic.  When the worker and the boss return to the room, the worker faces the boss, and the boss stands with his/her back to the workers.  The worker has to guess by watching the motions and pantomime of the other workers what the reason is that he or she is late.  If the boss catches the workers doing anything other than "typing" then that worker is out.  The game ends when the worker figures out why he or she was late, or when the boss gets all the workers out.

I love this game because it takes focus for the boss to go back and forth and catch the workers at their movements.  It takes creativity to figure out what the worker's reason will be for being late.  It takes an ability to act out what happened for the workers, and it takes being able to think on the spot for the worker to figure it all out!  It has become one of the favorites of the drama class, and I think it could be one of my favorites to play with my students, because they enjoy it so much and they use their creative juices so readily.

One of the reasons a worker was late was that he was gored by a unicorn and had to go to the hospital.  Another was that the pet bird came into the room in the middle of the night and chewed through the cord of the alarm clock so it didn't go off.  You have to make it realistic enough, but also it can be completely imaginary, and it still works well.  Hope you try this and enjoy the game!