Change slides by grabbing & sliding them left or right or clicking the arrows 7 PLACES WHERE IMPROVISATION WAS OR IS ILLEGAL In some places Improvisation will get you fined or thrown into prison. At some points in history it could have been worse. . Here are 7 places where Read more…
Hand Directing The Game Some of you might know Keith Johnstone’s “STAGE DIRECTION’S” exercise. When one person in the scene says a line of dialogue; “Hello!” their partner immediately supplies the stage action that follows; “She said, while walking towards me with her hand out.“. It’s a great game to Read more…
Change slides by grabbing & sliding them left or right or clicking the arrows 7 TIPS FOR A YEAR OF INSPIRED IMPROVISATION A new year begins and it’s time to refocus and remember useful ideas that will make you the improviser that everyone wants to play with this year. 2025 Read more…
AND NOW! The Game I’ve been thinking about a game that moves stories forward while training improvisers to accept, explore or alter ideas even when they don’t initially see merit in their partner’s offers. In Keith Johnstone’s “WHAT COMES NEXT?” – (one of the best impro exercises devised) a performer asks Read more…
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…