Jul 28, 2019
Last show of the season, we had a great time visiting the incredible community in Nottingham. SOLD OUT SHOW! If your team has fun and gets along, you should do a tour! The van trip is so fun.
Our final show was 10 months in the making and I talk about how the whole MissImp evening warmed up, then how we as a team...
Jul 16, 2019
LAST rehearsal of the season. We talk about “good” and then “fantastic” improv. The warm-ups include a name game taught to me by Stuart Moses of the Improv London Podcast. We use it as a method to organically find the game. Then we did an exercise that was HARRY POTTER TROPE + TWO LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET to...
Jul 12, 2019
This episode I announce that my team operates in “seasons” much
like a “theater season.” I go over the advantages this has as
an improv leader as well as for the members of the cast. It
eliminates a conflict.
For our last rehearsal we worked on taking bad suggestions.
Suggestions that are polarizing,...
Jul 5, 2019
One of the tougher forms to pull off as a show piece in my opinion. A Monoscene is one location, no edits, no time jumps, and no exits. There are less meta-improv tools at your disposal, and the scrutiny of the success comes in really deep characters exploring specifics through dynamic relationships.
The more people...
Jul 4, 2019
"How do you inject your idea into an ensemble scene?" An awesome question raised during one of our rehearsals.
Words aren’t going to save us – object work and relationships will save us. I talk about an older improv philosophy “get to the action.” Which, over 20 years later, still has value.
Improv is a...