Improv Tip #150 – How Can I Practice Improv Solo? Part 2: Characters (2020)

Improv, Improv Comedy, Improvisation – whatever you call it, we’re here to help. In this week’s improv tip, veteran teacher and improviser Paul Vaillancourt give you a simple improv exercise (improv game) that you can use to practice improv solo. Solo improv can help you stay sharp and keep working those improv muscles. Whether you’re doing improv comedy, playing improv games, using improv in your acting classes, or expressing yourself with some other kind of improvisation, you are going to love this tip. This is a great Improv for beginners tip.

0:00 Intro
1:42 Tip #1 – Use People You Know
4:10 Shout out to Jeris’ Video: https://youtu.be/YkWkJQ_Oapg and Nick’s Video: https://youtu.be/WZZ5MMYWlVU
4:26 Tip #2 – Start with the Outside
6:14 Tip #3 – Start with the Inside
7:38 Tip #4 – Character Refrain – Video: https://youtu.be/ML3F7LXiZAs

Word generators:
http://www.can-i-get-a.com/
https://englishprompts.com/improv/
https://tim.cgmatane.qc.ca/lougen/improv-generator.html
https://shengwu.github.io/improv/

Paul Vaillancourt is the author of “The Triangle of the Scene”.
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