My current Improv 501 class at UCBNY, taught by Chris Gethard, has been busily working through keeping scenes real and our reactions truthful. Gethard is a huge proponent of keeping scenes as truthful as possible and the more I follow his direction, the more I find my scenes go beyond my abilities as an improviser [...]
Category Archives: Epiphany
2007 Del Close Marathon Wrap Up
Friday, August 10, 2007 – 6:33 pm
After watching 36 hours of a 56 hour improv marathon, improv stops looking so much like improv and more like a math equation. You can see patterns forming between performers and see differences in the way geographic locales play. After watching 36 hours of improv, you become a bit of a machine, analyzing each scene [...]
How You “And”
Tuesday, May 15, 2007 – 4:22 pm
Recently I had the oddest sensation about my improv – it just wasn’t working. Not working in the broader sense, that scenes were consistently turning problematic. I would go into scenes and for one reason or another they would fizzle out into a not so funny mess. My forward motion stalled and my scene partner [...]
Improv 201 Class 4 – Finding The Game
Sunday, September 17, 2006 – 10:35 am
Dear Improv Diary,
Finally my Improv 201 class, at UCB, is starting to come together. I’ve been having a rough time in class from the first day. I started Improv 201 directly after 101. In fact, I started 201 one day after finishing 101. This lack of time to reflect, sort of threw off my improv [...]
Status Watching
Tuesday, August 22, 2006 – 9:50 am
Today, while standing on the 96th Street train platform, I had an improv eureka moment. I began to really notice how people stand and how I perceived their status. Some slouched, some made eye contact, some crossed their hands across their chests, some walked past me their heads held high, some stuffed their hands into [...]
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