Improviser !

A l’occasion d’une soirée pendant l’atelier de dix jours avec Keith Johnstone, nous avons regardé et commenté “Le Kid”, “La ruée vers l’or” et “Le Cirque” de Chaplin, ainsi que “Seven Chances” de Buster Keaton.
Beaucoup d’illustrations du concept d’advancing / not advancing (Impro for Storytellers, p. 248 - 254). J’ai du mal à expliquer la […]

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During writing class at Second City, one of the exercises was creating characters based on various “triggers”. My friend Kristen from Philadelphia created a robot. This made me realize that I have NEVER seen an improv scene with a robot in it, even in science fiction scenes. Or a scene between robots.
This is something I […]

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As improvisers, our biggest gift is that a scene is just one scene. We fucking don’t care if it went good or bad. There are hundreds and thousands more scenes coming up, so who cares? Why get in our heads for just one scene?
I realized that while brushing my teeth. And also after realizing it’s […]

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Chipmunk performs everyday at Lake Louise. He’s an awesome improviser and loves potato chips.

Apparently, his answer is “look for what’s there” and “if there’s nothing, just scram…”

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