Tag Archives: class

Archetypal Cake

Friday, September 28, 2007 – 11:46 am

I’m in week two of Michael Delaney’s eight week Improv 504 Acting for Improvisers class at UCBNY. I was terrified of Michael when I first arrived in class, because of his reputation as a no punch pulling instructor. I had imagined him to swagger into class, shout at every scene that we were doing it [...]

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Balancing Truth and Comedy

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 – 12:45 pm

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 [...]

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Take Notes, Smarty

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 – 12:34 pm

Just last week I had an alarming experience. My improv notebook went missing and I panicked. I started calling all the people I knew, to see if anyone had picked it up while we were out. No one knew where it was. I searched my overflowing backpack, my messy apartment, my paper filled office and [...]

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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 [...]

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