Archive for the ‘Improv Technique’ Category
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On Listening
May 25th, 2008 No Comments
The ability to listen is the most important tool in the improviser’s toolbox. This has been said in one way or another so often that it seems to be a cliché as well as common knowledge. The assumption usually goes that it refers to listening to the other player so that you can take his [...]
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Agreement & Conflict in Improv
March 13th, 2008 No Comments
It has always baffled me why so many people who come to my improvisation workshops have such a hard time grasping the concept of playing “agreement” instead of “conflict”. Part of it is, if they come from a traditional theater background, they don’t quite get how theater can be done without conflict. But a lot [...]
