Looking for an emotional matching warm-up? Try Carpool! If we agree, we can just be; we don’t have to explain or defend. Have fun just being emotional together, trusting that your commitment to the same emotion is all the context for your relationship that’s needed. [wpvideo XGLFUBhm] Performers are: David Adams, Guy Chapman, Patrice Deveaux, […]
The clip embedded below shows the 1A, 2A and 3A scenes from a Harold in succession. It shows how, instead of just following plot through the beats, one character's emotional behavior - in this case, Matt Newman's reaction to learning that people close to him are sleeping together - can be heightened through scenarios beyond […]
We play with the three core elements of improvisation - The Details, Emotional Reactions and Patterns - in balance. We don't over-rely on being clever, which works as long as we are clever and fails us the moment we aren't. We don't over-play our emotional range with erratic characters that, at best, the audience just can't follow and, at […]