Friday, February 9, 2007 – 2:19 pm
I’m more than half way through level 301 at UCB NY and it’s been interesting. My instructor Chris Gethard may be one of the most brilliant thinkers I have ever had the pleasure of working with. He is insightful, straightforward, and extremely astute in his observations about improvisers and their work. I have been humbled, [...]
Thursday, January 18, 2007 – 10:46 am
For all the credit I give Mick Napier and his excellent book Improvise, learning the rules of improv as taught by Del Close in Truth In Comedy is a necessity. Mick teaches a far more organic form of Improv that, while being a great addition to Del’s teachings pushing forward an improviser stuck in a [...]
Friday, November 10, 2006 – 2:01 pm
Dear Improv Diary, Although I am a few weeks late, I thought I would reflect on my 201 class at the Upright Citizens Brigade New York. The Whip at Drury Lane in 1909 As I alluded to earlier, things over at UCB had definitely become more interesting. Jon Daly, our instructor, was called away for [...]
Sunday, September 24, 2006 – 10:48 pm
Dear Improv Diary, As I’ve talked about earlier, Improv 201 at UCB is a very different change of gears from Improv 101. I believe this is mainly due to the move from single scenes toward the linked long form “Harold” scene work. 201 is a lot more cerebral than 101. The other day while exploring [...]
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 [...]
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