March 2012
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Mar 30th
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Mar 29th
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Mar 29th
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Chris Reblogs: Improv Journal: Justification →
I’ve usually used the word “justification” to refer to how to explain seemingly incongruent information. I’ve always preferred “motivation” or “objective” in describing character wants, but that starts to sound an awful lot like Acting which us improvisors are pretty scared of. So Justification it is. The problem is that my definition is pretty much...
Mar 29th
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Mar 29th
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RCD this Friday at The PIT →
What makes our improv different is that we really like each other. I dare call the other two members of RCD my best friends.  Come hang out with me and my friends this Friday, 11 PM, at the PIT Underground.
Mar 28th
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“Improv is like jumping out of an airplane and knitting a parachute on the way...”
– Brad Sherwood (via thenerdfantastic)
Mar 28th
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“It doesn’t do you any good if I give you a long lecture on shooting a basket;...”
– Amando Diaz (via mullaney)
Mar 27th
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Mar 27th
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March 2010 Challenge: Advice
Read more. Seriously. iamachilles: In May 2006, I had no confidence in my improv.  After taking classes for a year-and-a-half, I felt like I was only getting worse at performing.  I sent the following e-mail to some of the teachers and coaches I’d worked closely with at the time to seek their advice. Read More
Mar 26th
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the Montreal Improv blog: Two Magic Improv Phrases →
Advanced level performers will begin saying these thing in their head and turning their answers into the dialogue. Super-advanced performers are skipping that step and have already integrated this into their dialogue. montrealimprov: Scene going nowhere? Lost track of what is happening? No connection at all with your scene partner? Wish you could reboot the scene? You can. Here are two lines...
Mar 26th
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Chris Reblogs: Improv Ramblings: Breaking rules →
chrisreblogs: I don’t normally publicly relay moments from coaching (it is a bit of a sacred trust, I believe), but a recent moment I loved too much. It was while we were doing “Eric Scott” exercise, which does have a bit of conflict built into it. After Player B joyously explained why they had done…
Mar 23rd
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Will field improv questions. →
Mar 22nd
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A note from Michael Delaney about being in your... →
Mar 20th
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Chris Reblogs: Improv Ramblings: Misconceptions →
chrisreblogs: Commitment isn’t just increasing intensity. It is isn’t sticking one emotion and never changing. It’s committing to the moment and scene and your character. Support isn’t saving a scene/your scene partners. It isn’t jumping in on a scene that you see is fun from the backline and just wanting to…
Mar 14th
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Mar 13th
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Mar 12th
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Mar 11th
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Not only is it not going to happen, but playing... →
From a discussion on “Personal Improv Trajectories” on the IRC.
Mar 9th
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The Anthony King: Harold Auditions →
anthonyking: There is a lot of talk on Tumblr in the last few days about Harold Auditions (I assume they’re happening in NY soon?). So as someone who watched literally thousands of people audition for UCBT NY Harold Teams over the last few years and as someone who can now speak frankly because I have nothing…
Mar 8th
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Chris Reblogs: Improv Ramblings: The Book Club... →
chrisreblogs: Over the last five days or so, I have had a series of practices where I have finished coaching and just felt inspired. I don’t think is me. It’s the teams I have the pleasure of spending time with. The whole “improv thing” is buzzing in my head right. Left tonight’s practice, think I was going to…
Mar 8th
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Mar 7th
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A Thousand Ways to Say Yes →
Read through for more. Say YES! jasonspecland: In my obligatory “Hamlet’s Advice to the House Team Auditioners” post on Facebook, I said: Break legs. Relax. Be yourself. Say yes. Listen and react emotionally. Commit. Feel something. SAY YES! I said, “Say yes” twice, once in ALL CAPS. To which everyone who’s ever taken a Level Zero improv…
Mar 7th
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WatchWatch
Skip ahead to 4:09 to listen to this break-up letter to improv. I think that this is how you feel when you place your own fears and ego ahead of the art. lorrainecink: samdingman: DINGMANTICS: A Break-Up Letter To Improv In which I write a break-up letter to improv.  It starts at 4:09 if you’re not in the mood for a long-winded intro about dragons and Robert Frost. @Samdingman is one of...
Mar 6th
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Chris Reblogs: Something I realized about... →
I’m in a very similar boat. chrisreblogs: If I insane crazy money/leisure time… the type of money where you go a bit off and can’t help but be eccentric… I would probably build my perfect theater. (That’s not a crazy part.) And (in addition to other things) would put together a dream improv team. (Still not the crazy part.) And once…
Mar 6th
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CIW TALK: Creative Process: Mick Napier →
upstairsgallery: Mick Napier speaking on Improvisation and the creative process with a little help from John Hartman and Pat Reedy. Supes Dope. aidybryant: THIS IS GREAT IMPROV IS MY FAVORITE THING: also such a good lesson in saying yes!
Mar 6th
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Neil Gaiman: Reposted as something that can be... →
neil-gaiman: I’ve seem to be hitting writer’s block far too often now. My grade in my creative writing class is suffering because i don’t turn in anything because i’m never really satisfied with anything i do. all my good ideas seem to turn into bad ones once i write it down. How do you get pass writers…
Mar 6th
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Improv in the Dark: The Bat from San Diego group... →
Mar 2nd