Though in fact not invented by Lai, but borrowed from Shireen Strooker of the Amsterdam Werkteater, collective improvisation has been taken by Lai to extraordinary heights, constituting the approach central to all of his works.
其實，「集體即興創作」並非賴聲川首創，而是他將習自荷蘭「阿姆斯特丹工作劇團」導演雪雲・史卓克的「集體即興」創作方式運用在他的戲劇創作上，並發揮得淋漓盡致，成為自己戲劇創作上的一貫模式。