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Cheating for success with space object work
The lights are going down, your mind filled with “hits” from the suggestion, you have a few seconds until “lights up” and you have to start this scene. A few minutes later the lights come down, the audience is applauding and you and the other players are basking in the glow of another fun and playful scene. What happened in between? … Read entire article »
Filed under: General, Performing Improv, Teaching Improv, Theater Games
AIN09 – 2 Improv Jam
Each year at the AIN conference there is an imrov jam where anyone from performers to people who have never done improv can get up and give it a try. The opening reception on the first night (day of the pre-conference) was the evening for the jam. As a member of the programming committee, I volunteered to coordinate the improv Jam! I wanted to find a way to include as many people as possible and at the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Applied Improv Network 2009, Conferences, General, Performing Improv
Audience Size Matters
Recently I wrote about emceeing improv shows which gave some good guidelines for emceeing any show. But the venue, audience size, and even audience temperament can change things quite a bit. The one main rule I use is simple. Stick with the truth of the show. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Applied Improv, General, Improv Exercises, Performing Improv, Teaching Improv, Theater Games, Workshops
How to Host an Improv Show
The lights come up, there is music playing, you are sitting in your comfy theater seat and waiting for something to happen. Who is the next person you see? The MC. The emcee. The Master of Ceremonies.The host of the evening. The emcee is like the host of a party and the theater is their house. For me emceeing in two simple rules that cover almost everything. … Read entire article »
Filed under: General, Performing Improv, Teaching Improv, Theater Games
KJ7 – Enjoy the silence
[INTERIOR: WAITING ROOM] – Lights UP! A man is sitting reading a magazine slowly turning the pages. The sound of each one is all you can hear until the rustle of his pants as he crosses his legs. A woman enters the room and sits right next to him, uncomfortably close. He looks up and back at his magazine trying to ease away from her slightly without being obvious. She exhales with a snort of indignation … Read entire article »
Filed under: General, Keith Johnstone, Performing Improv, Teaching Improv, Theater Games
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