Improv Notebook » Archive for July 2009
Having a ball with your team. Any team.
It was all I could do to keep up with the counting how many hits. The circle of players cracked and reformed from second to second as ball fired back and fourth. By the end we were all soaked with sweat and satisfied with a game well played. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Applied Improv, Theater Games
Getting to the point
You knew it was going to happen again, you were asked to give a presentation and you couldn’t come up with a good excuse not to. As the deadline approaches you keep finding ways to avoid it, but finally you can not escape. You sit down and face a blank screen with no ideas on what structure to create. Many people take improv classes to help with public speaking, and for good reason. The lessons learned … Read entire article »
Filed under: Applied Improv, Featured
The Lifegame* August 14th at BATS Improv
The Lifegame will be presented at BATS Improv August 14th as part of the annual summer improv intensive. Life Game is exciting theatre inspired by live audience interviews. A volunteer audience member is asked simple questions about their life and then the actors spontaneously create scenes or … Read entire article »
Filed under: Performing Improv
“Bravo” or “Tip Your Waiter”
When you think of improv do you think of a theater…where people sit in rows of seats and watch the show from the dark? Or do you think of a club with cabaret tables and a 2 drink minimum? In a theater: Plays musicals variety shows the occasional lecture ushers and a curtain In a club : Stand up comics bands drinks snacks waiters and neon lights How do those things affect the improvisation? … Read entire article »
Filed under: Performing Improv
Testing an Improv Game
The game is called TXT ME* Players share their mobile phone number with the audience who then text lines of dialogue to the actors during the improvised scene. When I first saw this game it was on stage in front of about 100 people.** The two actors wrote their mobile phone numbers on a white board and displayed it to the side of the stage. The audience pulled out their cell phones and began texting at a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Theater Games
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