Tag Archives: Improv

A Warning About Outrageous Characters

Friday, November 3, 2006 – 2:37 pm

While it’s important to choose strong characters, I wanted to take a moment to warn you that picking a strong character and picking an outrageous character, are very different things. An outrageous character choice is always a possible way to go in a scene, but if it turns out that character in your head isn’t [...]

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Knowing Your Characters

Sunday, October 29, 2006 – 12:19 am

In preparation of a practice group I was leading this weekend, focusing on character work, I wanted to be able to define the differences in creating characters. Although I hadn’t thought about it before, improv characters can come in many different flavors. I realized that knowing what character type you typically play, can make a [...]

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Musical Improv Class taught by Eliza Skinner

Friday, October 27, 2006 – 5:36 pm

Hi improvisors. Thought you may be interested in a musical improv class taught by Eliza Skinner. If you don’t know Eliza Skinner, she is probably one of the most talented musical improvisors performing in New York at the moment. She’s part of I Eat Pandas, Stickerbook, writes for Hello Hilarious, and also performs in the [...]

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Del Close’s Skull Controversy Finally Settled

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 people [...]

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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 improv [...]

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The New UCB Harold Team Line-up

Monday, September 11, 2006 – 9:00 pm

I know this may seem a little cockeyed, posting a quick review of a Tuesday show after a show I saw the following Sunday, but I got bogged down with procrastinating and just couldn’t get my proverbial shit together.
This last Tuesday at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater, premiered the new Harold Night schedule, featuring returning, [...]

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