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The Discipline of PLAY!
October 14th, 2011 No Comments
Recently, on her radio show The Next Hour, Janet Coleman interviewed Carol Sills, improvisational games teacher, wife of Second City founding director Paul Sills, and daughter-in-law of theater games inventor Viola Spolin. One of the things Carol talked about was Viola’s
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Improvisation and Sustainability
September 2nd, 2011 No Comments
The biggest joke of all, it turns out, was that our planet’s resources are infinite. As our planet heats up, and fossil fuels are used up, we are being forced to think of our wellbeing not in terms of how much money we make or merely the absence of disease, but as a
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Ari Gold and the Unlikely Choice
August 1st, 2011 1 Comment
Last week was the first episode of the final season of “Entourage.” For anyone who hasn’t watched the show, it’s about four life-long buddies from New Jersey who have moved to Hollywood. One quickly becomes a major movie star and the others are “livin’ the dream”
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The Pyrotechnics of Improv
July 11th, 2011 2 Comments
Del Close is recognized as a major force in the history of improvisational theater. Almost all members of the improv community acknowledge his genius. The list of comedy icons trained and inspired by him reads like a “who’s who” of American comedy popular culture.
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Driving While Improvising
May 21st, 2011 No Comments
In Los Angeles, peoples’ brains are filled with references to cars and driving. A difficult situation is described “like living in L.A. without a car.” Party conversations begin with how you got to the party: “I took the 405 to the 10 to the 110” or
