Sunday, February 4, 2007 – 9:00 am
When you start a scene, bring a brick not a cathedral. Possibly Del Close? This quote has followed me around thought my improv career. I read somewhere and now can’t find the attribution to it. I always ascribe it to Del Close, but as I can’t find it’s source, I’m really not sure any more. [...]
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 [...]
Saturday, December 9, 2006 – 3:06 pm
Normally I wouldn’t be spotlighting to a class show on Improvoker. Class shows are usually a great place to watch students perfecting their craft, but are sometimes a little difficult to watch… but this isn’t an ordinary class show. This is the final performance of a 600 level class taught by instructor Christina Gausas. Christina [...]
Tuesday, October 3, 2006 – 6:50 pm
The story behind Del Close’s bequeathing his skull to iO Chicago, to be used in theatrical productions, has always been the subject controversy. The New Yorker has finally unconverted the truth behind Del Close’s skull at the Improv Olympic. She [Charna Halpern] now pleads guilty” with an explanation. “After Del died, I asked the hospital [...]
Saturday, August 26, 2006 – 11:54 am
25 Years of Improv Comedy :2 stars: 2006 90 minutes Filmed at the 25th Anniversary Celebration of iO (formerly the Improve Olympic), this movie basically tries to document the evenings shenanigans. While I appreciate the idea of this documentary, the actual film making is really lacking. Not only do the improvisors have to hold a [...]
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