Want to see a Pivot in action? Watch this Organic Group Game from the Johnsons. [wpvideo EnKQwX75]
Want to see a Pivot in action? Watch this Organic Group Game from the Johnsons. [wpvideo EnKQwX75]
Watch the Johnsons heighten the mechanics of an emotionally active first beat into a fun found-joke. [wpvideo gq7ZwXcT]
Watch as the Johnsons' pattern recognition skills bring down the house and the lights. [wpvideo zYVtL4UX]
There are no mistakes in patterns. If a progression builds A, B, C and Z, "Z" is not a mistake, it's just something to be acknowledged and made part of the pattern. If A, B, C, and Z, then D, E, F and Y. There are no mistakes in patterns. The clearer and cleaner a pattern […]
"Do we have to stick the sequence in Hey Everybody games?" students ask. No. Of course not. Play organically. Follow the game where it goes. Don't ever feel constrained by the pattern. But. There's power in the pattern. Watch the following Hey Everybody game from a Johnsons' show. It ain't pretty, but it's illustrative. Watch […]
Watch this scene, starring Scott Beckett as "Mr. Johnson" and Jonathan Nelson as "Jeeves."
A fun Pack show featuring Nick Leveski and Patrick Gantz having a lot of fun endowing each other and reacting to one another. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hV5VtQrImA?feature=player_embedded&w=640&h=360]
Here's a scene from a Pack show I did with Nick Leveski, a seasoned Chicago improviser. This scene evoked a huge laugh from the audience. Like many stage-to-video improv moments, the laugh gets lost in translation. But I believe I know what the audience liked. We didn't explain the scene; we lived the scene. When […]
The environment is fleshed out and experienced. Characters' endow and react to endowments through their Personal Game filters. [wpvideo KEEqG5MB] From my Johnsons Full Show 9.21.14 featuring, Lauren Serpa and Shawn Hambright
A split screen game. Two worlds. Echoed roles. And leveraged language. [wpvideo 5PbgT9mH] 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, Ellen Reiterman, Sara Rouhi and Kate Symes