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improvise | semistaged |

As a verb improvise

is .

As an adjective semistaged is

(theater) partially but not entirely staged; thus, partially improvised.

improvise

English

Verb

  • To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, instinct, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
    • He had no speech prepared, so he improvised .
    They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying.
    She improvised a lovely solo.

    Synonyms

    * fly by the seat of one's pants, play by ear, punt, think on one's feet, wing it

    Derived terms

    * improvisation * improvisational

    See also

    * extemporaneous * impromptu * off the cuff ----

    semistaged

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (theater) Partially but not entirely staged; thus, partially improvised
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 17, author=Steve Smith, title=A Young Shepherds Ageless Trek, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The director, Kate Bushmann, made resourceful use of the church in a semistaged production that relied on minimal props