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Commandment 2 – You shall have no other gods before me

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 – 12:03 pm

Crossposted at stillman says, continuing my ongoing series on the 10 Commandments of Improv. The text of the commandment from Exodus reads: Do not have any other gods before me.You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, [...]

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Commandment 1 – I am the Lord your God

Thursday, February 5, 2009 – 11:55 am

Okay, fine. I’ll do it. The 10 Commandments have a lot to teach us about improv. Traditionally in Jewish theology the commandments are divided into the first four – the relationship between God and humans and the last six – the relationship between humans. That distinction may become relevant shortly. The first commandment reads I [...]

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The Note That Sent Me Further On A Voyage of Discovery

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 – 6:55 pm

When I first started taking improv classes in April/May of 1996 with the UCB Walsh, Besser, Ian and Amy were the only people teaching long form in New York. Indeed they were the only people teaching long form formally in New York for the next three years or so until Armando and Kevin Mullaney and [...]

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