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Mischief Improv

Dec 21, 2019

I was in San Diego, and I was fortunate enough to get to interview Vanessa Anton, again!  Vanessa Anton is a teacher and performer with Cornerstone Improv in San Diego.  She also travels around the world teaching workshops.

This was recorded as we drove through San Diego.

Vanessa a gem.

#improv


Dec 21, 2019

This episode I talk about something very vulnerable to me personally.

First off, we talk about conflict in improv teams. I give the three pronged advice of Sarcasm, Emotion and Take the High Road.

  • Don’t use sarcasm
  • Don’t use emotion – except for happiness and genuine sympathy
  • Do take the high road

I fail at...


Nov 24, 2019

I made a blanket fort!  In the best interest to mitigate echo.  I talk a bit about “lying” during improv scenes and when character try to change each other. 

“Initials” is a game I invented for our team, and it works really well for any genre team! It can teach the tropes associated with that genre but also to...


Nov 15, 2019

Lukas Kirkby guest coached us, and then we had a rehearsal where I introduced the Mischief Managed format to the new players.  I go over some incredible moves the players did in supporting one another.

We did the warm up I learned from Jay Sukow which is called The Handshake where the team invents a handshake. Moves...


Oct 27, 2019

We’re back for Season 3.  I’ll tell you how my non-auditions went, a little bit about our 4 new players and how we’re diving into Short Form as a way to learn more about Long Form.

We learned how to “sell it” by playing New Choice, Pillars, Hesitation and Sentence Fragments. All of these games require...