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Shortform: Hurdles Aren't About Hurdles
You've seen hurdles. Those are the obstructions that are placed on a running track to force racers to leap over them. I imagine that,...
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Apr 13, 20222 min
Your Ability is an IOU
You have a natural-born ability. That's very special. But it is really just a theoretical thing. It's a potential asset. It's a promise...
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Feb 21, 20222 min
Fully committed. Fully meaningless.
"Dude, I'm, like, fully committed to this!" What does that even mean? Why does the phrase "fully committed" even exist? The word...
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Oct 4, 20212 min
Vitamin Q
Mass American popular culture doesn't necessarily concern itself with quality. How do you recognize or instill a zeal for quality in a...
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Jun 15, 20213 min
Galileo Pissed People Off
For millennia, people believed that the sun, the planets and the entire universe revolved around the Earth. That concept is known as...
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Jun 13, 20212 min
Look in the Mirror
What's funny? People. Only that. Nothing else. Everything else that we laugh at we laugh at because it relates to people. When we laugh...
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May 24, 20212 min
What Sandcastles Can Tell You
There are two kinds of people. The first kind likes to build sandcastles. They enjoy the challenge. The quiet fussiness of designing and...
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May 21, 20212 min
The Brightest Bulb
In case you've never heard the expression, "He's not the brightest bulb on the tree!" is supposed to indicate that he's not as smart as...
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May 20, 20212 min
What is Talent?
Improvisers often talk about talent. So do those who participate in and follow any type of team sport. A champion chess master may have...
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Apr 29, 20212 min
Act Like You Give a Damn
If you're an improviser or improv student, you'll get plenty of tips about how to do scene work. You'll get them from directors,...
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Apr 27, 20212 min
What's the Point of Performing Improv?
To do it well. To expand the boundaries of the form. To excel. To create something wonderful, surprising, unique, solid and fun. To solve...
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Sep 21, 20201 min
Forgetting to Remember
Here's a thing that many improvisers and improv students eventually learn as they ascend to competency: Connection. We must connect with...
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Sep 16, 20202 min
Car. Bomb. How Do You Explode?
Readers of my first book (and some lucky students) will have heard me say this, but it's true nonetheless: Every time you start your car,...
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Sep 13, 20202 min
Virtual Quandary
How can you perform improv without a physical space in which to perform and interact — both with the audience and with other improvisers?...
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Jun 19, 20202 min
May You Improv in Interesting Times
Improv is good for bad times. That’s the funny thing about comedy.
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Jun 19, 20201 min
So Old It's New: Maybe Older Players Do Get It
Those who don't know comedy history are doomed to repeat it.
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Jun 19, 20202 min
Randomness vs Chaos: The Lottery or the Weather
Use randomness in the moment, and then use chaos when the moments begin to make sense.
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