Is there any other art form besides improv where people complain about being in their heads? It’s a phrase that sounds ridiculous when applied to any other skill or artform – “I’m really in my head about my cooking” –…
Improv
Arguing In Improv
Because a lot of people are writing about this, and because this speaks to a weird facet of improv that I think I am good at (yelling and being insanely angry), here is my two cents: 1) Don’t argue over…
The Evente
The Evente is tonight at 11 at UCB. And since I have a Tumblr, let me run down some stuff that I have enjoyed in this class, in effort to get you to come see the show: Kim Brown being…
(Secret Man Group) presents the Saturday Night Summit – 7/14/12
Saturday, July 14th, 10:00pm Player’s Theater (Secret Man Group) is my first indie team. After our 301, Connor Ratliff, Peter Sherer, Brian Polk, came up to me and asked if we could do a practice group together. I remember thinking,…
My Improvise
This is inside of my wallet, and therefore, on my person, whenever I perform, along with a copy of Ian Roberts’ scenework notes that I received 3 years ago. It’s one of the best gifts I’ve ever received and I…
Game
My thoughts on what the game of the scene is, three years into studying at UCB. Which is to say, it’s going to look really stupid to me in six months. A good game is hard to find. I think…
Justifying Away the Unusual Thing
If you can easily justify away the unusual thing, maybe it wasn’t that unusual to begin with?
Improv Stuff We Should Know
Smart advice I remind myself of, and one personal opinion: Sometimes, we set up another scene on stage while a scene is going on. A split screen, if you will. When the second scene begins to talk, your scene was…
You Have My Undivided Attention
I recently did an improv scene with Shannon Taing where I told her she had my undivided attention. That’s a phrase I’ve never said in a scene before, but it felt so good to say. It felt like an improv…
Dungeons and Dragons
I played Dungeons and Dragons. I played a lot of Dungeons and Dragons, and not at the age where I should have known better. I started playing D&D my sophomore year of high school, and stopped maybe a year or…