Improv Tip #155 Speak Subtext and Listen Viscerally (w/Melanie Chartoff) (2020)
Improv, Improv Comedy, Improvisation – whatever you call it, we’re here to help. In this week’s improv tip, guest tipper Melanie Chartoff talks about using the two powerful tools of Speaking Subtext and Listening Viscerally to supercharge your scenes. Whether you’re doing improv comedy, playing improv games, using improv in your acting classes, or expressing…
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Here’s our interview with comedian Sarah Schultz from Episode 1! Where she performs a short set and later discusses starting out in comedy, how improv has helped her in stand up and performing to an audience! source
Read MoreImprov Musical Selection Box: Meet your teachers
[ad_1] This year we are excited to bring you not one but three holiday time intensives! Here we meet the teachers of the improv musical selection box. We find out about their class and what they are hoping to get from Santa! So, who are the teachers of the improv musical selection box? (so…
Read MoreMan on the Street Report from Mark Hendall
In Episode 1, we heard from Mark Kendall on rare birds found in Atlanta, but there we some technical difficulties… source
Read MoreZoom In On Help Desk
[ad_1] With its focus on characters interacting, Help Desk games are perhaps the rubric most conducive to Zoom. As such, I found myself hewing much more closely to my typical Help Desk curriculum this class. The biggest hurdle came in navigating Pivots and Split Screens. Appearing on a Zoom screen it’s certainly not easy to…
Read MoreZoom In On To The Ether
[ad_1] The Patterns & Games class where we go over To The Ether games is always my favorite. This time was virtually no different. Understanding the atomic structure of patterns can help a group collaboratively build evolving molecules which combine into complex compounds. Patterns that facilitate game play can be defined by three “moves.” A…
Read MoreZoom In On Hey Everybody
[ad_1] “Hey, Everybody,” we say as our initiation in some form. Maybe it’s “Team, take a knee,” “Soldiers. Attention!,” or the Zhubin Parang special, “People, people, [important person] is ready for your questions.” The potential for trouble in a “Hey Everybody, get out here” initiation is high. Players may rush out on stage to support…
Read MoreZoom In On Organic Games
[ad_1] Students were taught the 4 Key Lessons for building collaborative improv games on Day One. In subsequent weeks focused one of 4 rubric group games designed to explore the power of each of those key lessons. At the end of the day – which really is the class showcase – the audience isn’t looking…
Read MorePrincess Switch 2 Reaction Video
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Read MoreToo Many Cooks Improv Group Interview
Here’s our interview with improv group Too Many Cooks from Episode 2 to hear about realizations they have come to while in quaratine! source
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