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Mime is critical to improv as improv does best.  We have a blank stage to fill with objects and environment.  We have actions to commit our bodies and attentions to.  We have space between and around us that has weight, volume and density.   We have all this...if we have mime.

A pattern is established. It pops. What if it then gets put away out of play for a while? Tension, that's what. The ability to Cap a pattern takes restraint and can help increase the impact of the pattern once it returns to play. A teenage boy confronts his mother with his sinful proclivities. Mom […]

Mime: Weight, volume and tension are the key characteristics of a mimed object that help players and the audience “see” the object. If nothing else, be deliberate - your commitment to engaging the environment will enable the audience to accept any weird ass thing you do. Suggested Exercises: INVISIBLE TUG OF WAR - Everybody has […]