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03/01/2019
Detective Opening video

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 […]

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12/09/2016
Split Screen Duologues Opening

Looking for a fun character-based Opening for your long-form improv format? Try a Duologue or, like The Johnsons do, try several.  Here are two examples - [wpvideo gLsIn4rT]

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01/19/2016
Best Friends opening & format

Mikael Johnson, Jason Saenz and I are Best Friends. And our Best Friends format is one of my favorite. This show was the only show we taped. And while it isn't our best, it'll suffice to document our Slideshow Opening and our Three Character Format. Enjoy "Drunk Camping."

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11/14/2015
An Organic Opening video example

The embedded clip is an Organic Opening from a Harold. In it, the group establishes a progression through three vignettes: Frat Boys, Freshman and Senior Sorority Girls They engage the environment and make interesting stage pictures. They leverage verbal patterns of call and response. And they follow each other. Enjoy! [wpvideo kXymzgzB] Want to learn […]

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10/02/2014
Johnsons Full Show 9.21.14 video

A fun show from The Johnsons, highlighting their focus on emotionally engaging active endowments and their ability to support the group with patterns and games. [wpvideo cz2zuSqv] The Johnsons are Scott Beckett, Garret Collins, Shawn Hambright,  Townsend Hart, Jon Hilowitz, Johnathan Nelson and Lauren Serpa

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02/13/2014
The Johnsons' 1/11/14

A solid show from The Johnsons.  They do a To The Ether Opening followed by 4 first beat scenes (though the 4th tends to have a group game quality about it) and then a run of scenes leveraging old material and focused on patterns and games. [wpvideo 5csEl2f5]

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02/13/2014
To The Ether Example - Johnsons' Giraffe

In this clip, The Johnsons of The Coalition Theater in Richmond, VA use a To The Ether game as their Opening.  This one's short and sweet.  Following his fellow players after the suggestion of "Giraffe," the third player references "toes" in his Cement move, following the giraffe down its body.  The fourth move doesn't follow […]

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02/13/2014
To The Ether Video Example - As An Opening

In this clip, The Johnsons of The Coalition Theater in Richmond, VA use a To The Ether game as their Opening.  Notice that the progression of the language pattern is not consistent, but the progression of esoteric technologies through heightened engagement into mime is pretty consistent and that pattern earns them a strong laugh. [wpvideo […]

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12/23/2013
Openings: What, Why and Examples

An Opening is the first piece of a long-form performance presented to the audience. Every show has one. Not every show uses one.

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