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IMPROV NERDS: People Who Are Anti-Game
I never hear it at UCB, but I’ll hear it on podcasts or elswhere that people don’t play game when they improvise. They’ll ususally bring up TJ and Dave as the “other” kind of improv they do. Of course, the…
Home Movies – History
I downloaded this episode on a 33.6 modem. It took two days and I’m sure I killed my parents’ phone bill. Now, it’s on Youtube. But this is one of those episodes, along with the Technology episode of UCB, the…
Anthony King Is A Great Improv Teacher
See title. Here are some things I have learned from just the first day of class: Just react. Always try to get your partner to react. Always react. Improv is just an endless loop of actions and reactions. Up top,…
Self-Indulgent Thing About Why I Love Improv
I first saw an ASSSCAT show in 2004. It was recommended to me by a friend of a friend – I went because I loved the UCB tv show, and was expecting something as funny as that, but like Whose…
Real Organic Improv and Being A Smart Person
Point #1: If we’re really improvising, why do we need to plan out forms? One of the best shows I’ve done in a while was with Secret Man Group at Under St. Marks. We went in with the attitude, “whatever…
Do Something, Asshole
One of the the things I love about improv, but definitely need to get better at, is making choices. Doing something, comitting to it, and figuring out what’s fun about it and what it says about me/you/the whole world. When…
Del Close Marathon
I found out Secret Man Group had been accepted for the Del Close Marathon. Last Marathon, I was in a 201 class at UCB, and all improvisation at the theatre looked like magic to me. Not every show was “good…
UCB Harold Teams
UCB Harold team roster is up. I’ve worked several of the new guys briefly in a Delaney workshop and in a Will Hines Advanced Study, and they’re all really great, brave players who deserve to be in the spotlight. But…