Archive for the ‘Improv Technique’ Category
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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.
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The Del Close Improv Marathon
August 20th, 2009 3 Comments
This past weekend I was in New York City for the 11th Annual Del Close Improv Marathon at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre. It was 72 hours round the clock of “long form” improv presented at five different venues
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The Power of Mistakes
February 11th, 2009 No Comments
Mistakes are the improviser’s friend. They are not bad. They are not just another chance to beat your self up. Mistakes are opportunities for discovery. Playing the mistake, making something out of it, can be a great moment in an improv. When you make a mistake, the audience laughs. Play the laugh. [...]
