Build collaboratively.
React boldly. Have fun.

Do Improv as
Improv Does Best.

Build collaboratively.
React boldly. Have fun.
Do Improv as
Improv Does Best.

An ensemble of players gets on stage without previously rehearsed lines or blocking and acts out, making up the show as they go along. The audience understands that this show is constructed from nothing before their eyes. In these aspects, improvisational performance differentiates itself from any other performance medium.
Improvisation is at its best when it leverages its monopoly on spontaneous collaboration before a live audience.
When a group of individuals creates something out of nothing together on stage, the audience sees magic. Magic. "How'd you all do that?" they ask, blown away by the ideas, characters, scenes and show built piecemeal from their simple suggestion.

We want to cultivate that “you had to be there” magic.

When we are Specific with our Details in-the-moment - surprise! Improv as improv does best. When we Emotionally React to imagined Active Endowments - crazy! Improv as improv does best. And when we Collaboratively Establish and Heighten Patterns that gel an ensemble and connect an audience - we get it! Improv as improv does best.

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02/19/2020
Fun Times

Remember this Simpsons bit with Krusty about hemorrhoids and riding bikes? That "I can ride a bike again!" idea jumps into my head a lot (more often than a person should really think about hemorrhoids...probably). I think about it in conjunction with that "It's just like riding a bike" expression used to refer to an […]

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01/07/2020
New Year, New Curriculum

It's 2020, my friends. And my curriculum needed to get with the times. Goodbye, Dukes Of Hazzard. Goodbye, s/he, his/her, him/her, etc. 2020 brings new exercises, new insights, and new clarifications for teaching. Links have been updated on the Class Materials page, but they're also here. Enjoy!

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11/23/2019
A Terrific Tag-Out video example

"Who do you tag out?" I've asked improvisers. "Keep the Crazy," some reply. Have more fun with a fun character. It's a fine thought. "Change the catalyst," I say. The audience loves watching improvisers affected by imagined reality. When we heighten the reality we force the affected character into a heightened reaction. So when choosing […]

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An ensemble of players gets on stage without previously rehearsed lines or blocking and acts out, making up the show as they go along. The audience understands that this show is constructed from nothing before their eyes. In these aspects, improvisational performance differentiates itself from any other performance medium.
Improvisation is at its best when it leverages its monopoly on spontaneous collaboration before a live audience. When a group of individuals creates something out of nothing together on stage, the audience sees magic. Magic. "How'd you all do that?" they ask, blown away by the ideas, characters, scenes and show built piecemeal from their simple suggestion.

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