Agreement
The shared commitment between improvisers to build a consistent reality together by accepting each other's offers.
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- Precedes Yes, And as terminology; Spolin used 'agreement' and 'no denial' rather than Yes, And.
- The UCB Manual frames Agreement as the pre-scene mindset that makes Yes, And possible.
- Distinct from literal verbal assent — agreement can be non-verbal, emotional, or postural.
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