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,...

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...

"Dude, I'm, like, fully committed to this!" What does that even mean? Why does the phrase "fully committed" even exist? The word...

Mass American popular culture doesn't necessarily concern itself with quality. How do you recognize or instill a zeal for quality in a...

For millennia, people believed that the sun, the planets and the entire universe revolved around the Earth. That concept is known as...

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...

There are two kinds of people. The first kind likes to build sandcastles. They enjoy the challenge. The quiet fussiness of designing and...

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...

Improvisers often talk about talent. So do those who participate in and follow any type of team sport. A champion chess master may have...

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,...

To do it well. To expand the boundaries of the form. To excel. To create something wonderful, surprising, unique, solid and fun. To solve...

Here's a thing that many improvisers and improv students eventually learn as they ascend to competency: Connection. We must connect with...

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,...

How can you perform improv without a physical space in which to perform and interact — both with the audience and with other improvisers?...

Improv is good for bad times. That’s the funny thing about comedy.

Those who don't know comedy history are doomed to repeat it.

Use randomness in the moment, and then use chaos when the moments begin to make sense.