The Johnsons' performances account for the majority of this site's videos. Why? I'm their coach. That means A) I love them, B) their work often reflects Improv As Improv Does Best characteristics and C) theirs are the recordings that are the easiest for me to get. But I have been a bad coach lately and […]
Check out this fun, loose Hey Everybody game from The Coalition's Detective. [wpvideo SreYQCIv] The team isn't behold to the sequence of contributions - they allow their characters to react in-the-moment as inspired - but you can see the sequence is loosely maintained and it helps the overall flow. Improvisers clearly stick their character's silos […]
Detective, a house team at The Coalition Theater, created an Opening inspired by this scene from Black Dynamite where wild associative leaps serve to solve a crime. [wpvideo 2f2vbo0R] The Opening generates a lot of Details for them to inspire future scenes. The big jumps showcase individual's humor and building on one another showcases their […]
In learning Tertiary Moves an improv student is taught that "the first move is trump" (a reference to card games not our shitty president). In practice this means that if the first tertiary move is a Walk-on then the next tertiary move should also be a Walk-on to heighten the game at play. While there […]
Yes, when approaching Tag-Outs it can be helpful for the sake of focused heightening to only tag-out one side of the scene - keeping one character consistent and heightening his/her Personal Game. And yes, when choosing between two players to tag-out it is often advantageous if you replace the catalyst and keep the character reacting […]
Check out this great heightening of a character with a series of Tag-outs. [wpvideo KtSpiLmj ] It's a simple game played the "right" way. The set-up is clear: Nicole establishes that they're at the Grand Canyon and Lauren hates it. She hates that there are no video games and that there are "donkey smells."