Hoop Games

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…

Very Real

Currently performing and exploring ideas in Calgary, Canada. Part of the OVERLAP Improvisation collective. Natalie Marshall Actor, Student, Person            What I realized that blew my mind while workshopping Overlap was the intense vulnerability of improvising. That more often then not, when you make a decision Read more…

Being onstage

I always thought improv was just Acting 2.0. Theatre without a script. Which I guess is still partly true.  I’ve learned improv is more about ~being~ than anything else. Not performing, or pretending to be a daughter/wife/ astronaut/ house plant. Fully existing onstage, entirely vulnerable and authentic. It has been Read more…