THE AGEING IMPROVISER “Aging is not ‘lost youth’ but a new stage of opportunity and strength. – Betty Friedan Expiry Date – all things end This age of improvisation has existed for a relatively short time. Spolin and Johnstone let the beast loose in classrooms and on stage starting around Read more…
Audience Interaction Games Respect, Engage, Incorporate The Audience – Your other partner The audience has come to watch the show. Some of them might be willing to join you on stage if you are brave enough and have tools to make it an enjoyable experience for everyone. If you avoid Read more…
The Brave Skill of Defining A GIFT FOR YOUR PARTNER Defining unseen details in a scene is a gift to your partner. Seeing the poster on the wall or the footsteps of the Giant gives the scene direction. Ignoring the details removes possibilities for adventure and exploration. While other performers Read more…
Testimonials GAMES YOU CAN’T PLAY ANYMORE… “CAN’T PLAY?!?!?! But I’m an Improviser!!! I can do anything I want!! I’m free to be ME and do whatever I want to do!” Yeah… sure. You CAN do ANYTHING you want… And then deal with the negative fall-out of your audience, sponsors and Read more…
THE KING GAME The Secret to Comedy Keith Johnstone introduces this game to his students long before I met him. He used it to teach status and “being obvious”. Over the years as I played and taught it, I noticed that it offered so much more and I emphasized other Read more…
TIPS AND TRICKS “NOTHING” is an Offer “NOTHING” is an Offer What’s an offer? The Improviser says, “Dr. Those pills you prescribed made me feel so much better!” The offers are: the speaker is the patient, you are the Doctor, the patient has visited this Doctor before and the Read more…
HOOP GAMES Dancing Poodles A “HOOP GAME” refers to a game improvisers play where the main purpose is to prove how clever the improvisers are. The name, ‘HOOP GAME” comes from the idea of dancing poodles in their tutus jumping through hoops in a circus, cleverly entertaining the audience with Read more…
WEE WISDOMS DON’T GET BACK UP! Hi I’m JONAH I havent been writing here much. i been busy lernin stuff. THERES SO MUCH 2 LERN!!! Heres sumthin my daddy says i taught him. i tripped when i was running. i fell down in the livingroom. i stayed down on the Read more…
PANTS ON FIRE! The Format A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE FORMAT Before we get into HOW TO PLAY PANTS ON FIRE, here’s the story of how one format inspired two others and PANTS ON FIRE was born. If you aren’t interested in this exciting and adrenaline pumping story, skip down Read more…
TIPS AND TRICKS UNFROZEN UNFROZEN! Deborah from Vancouver sent me a note after our workshop. She asked: Where to find ideas to help the story. All of a sudden I’m up there and I forget what I do in the kitchen or in the car or at school! Help and Read more…