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Improv and Inspiration
January 2nd, 2011 3 Comments
I had a little down time during the holidays to do some reading: Steven Johnson’s “Where Good Ideas Come From”, “Bob Dylan In America”, “Will in the World” (Will Shakespeare, that is), and Jay-Z’s “Decoded.”
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Mirror Neurons
October 25th, 2010 2 Comments
Mirror neurons are a relatively recent discovery in the field of brain science that basically changes everything. The idea is that when you observe an action performed by another person, even if you’re sitting still, the very same neurons
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Two People Talking
August 27th, 2010 4 Comments
On March 3, 1999 I got a phone call from Charna Halpern, co-founder with improvisational theater visionary Del Close, of iO Improv. She told me that Del, our dear friend, was on his deathbed and that I “should come to Chicago right away.”
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Playing Fifty
May 17th, 2010 2 Comments
I do an improv warm-up exercise called “Age Walk.” As the players move randomly around the stage, I start to call out different ages, side coaching as the actors play themselves at age – three, then six, then twelve,
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Improvising Kids
April 5th, 2010 1 Comment
It is so predictable the way most people who are “doing improv” will play children. They immediately start arguing and whining in fake “kid talk” playing annoying, dumb and argumentative, spewing conflict and denial all over the stage.
