To commit to silence is to COMMIT. Here The Johnsons boldly go and boldly follow. [wpvideo 4HRmKBYN] From The Johnsons Full Show 9.21.14, featuring (in order of appearance) Shawn Hambright, Johnathan Nelson, Jon Hilowitz, Lauren Serpa and Townsend Hart.
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
One trios heightens a One Person perspective. The other trio heightens the established pattern with the other side's response. [wpvideo GcrgnSgN] From my 2014 District Improv Festival "Boldly Go, Boldly Follow" workshop featuring Coonoor Behal, Pete Bergen, Jamie Bingner, Christine Crocker, John Heiser, Scott Holden, Jeff Hughes, J.J. Jackson, Patricia Kostiuk, Scott Kostiuk, Colleen McKenna, […]
An improv stage can be anywhere. On it we can do anything. You could be in a submarine on Mars raising talking chickens. Often improvisers are good at labeling the moment. But you need more than words; you have to be in the world. This exercise focuses on attaching emotions to the scene's active elements […]
Your scene partner initiates, telling you, "You're terrible." Does that make you sad? Does that make you angry? What if your scene partner is just "some stupid kid"? Maybe he says, "You're terrible" and you just laugh; "Yeah, okay, I'm terrible." Making a choice about a relationship and relative status can help inform reactions and […]
Looking for an exercise/warm-up that will engage your group in tapping emotions between characters and leveraging those emotions in heightened subsequent beats?
Looking for an exercise/warm-up that will engage your group in tapping personal emotions and leveraging those emotions in heightened subsequent beats?
Every Wednesday on Twitter @Improyster, we play #WordAssociationWednesday. I start, others contribute, and we play. It's fun. You should play with us. Collected here (and to be updated with time) are some of my favorites.
Every Tuesday on Twitter @Improyster, we play #ToTheEtherTuesday. I start, others contribute, and we play. It's fun. You should play with us. Collected here (and to be updated with time) are some of my favorites.
Objective: To establish and heighten organic group games collaboratively as an ensemble.