Kill Bill Sketch
The intermission sketch at The 8th Floor 50th Show (back in 2006).
Improv
Improv
21 Tips for Performing
21 tips I picked up from watching a variety of performances this week: Monday – Acting Class Graduation Show 1. Commitment is key. If you don’t believe it, the audience won’t believe it. 2. Always think about stage picture, always. 3. Acting is reacting–to your scene partner, environment, and circumstance. Tuesday – Upper Level Improv
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UCB Improv 401 Class Notes
Instructor: Zach WoodsDate Taken: February 2009 I’m naturally a problem-solver which doesn’t necessarily bode well in improv scenes (I get caught up in solving the problem, not experiencing it as a character).  This class helped me realize there were more important things in improv scenes than fixing things.  Here are some of the improv gems
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The Ideal Improviser
From everything that I’ve read, been taught, learned and experienced when it comes to improv, they are concepts and ideas that come back time and time again. And if you were to take those concepts, put them in a pot, and stir, you’d have an “ideal improviser” soup. The ideal improviser doesn’t think about these
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UCB Improv 301 Class Notes
Instructor: Silvija OjolsDate Taken: December 2008 By the time I got to 301 at UCB, I had learned that I was good at identifying the game in scenes, OK at playing it, but also rarely played anyone but myself in a scene.  It was also my first time performing a Harold, a form I’ve grown
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The City Clocked! Review
I recently completed my Clocked! class at The City with my class show on November 2. This a review of the The City’s Clocked! class. Summary The City’s Clocked! class was the first class I’ve taken that taught a specific improv form (you don’t get into Harold’s until the later classes at UCB). And while
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Clocked! Improv Class Notes
Instructor: Aaron HaberDate Taken: October 2008 When I first started taking classes in NYC, I found a description of one called Clocked! by Aaron from the Broadway Comedy Club. The idea of the class was to learn a form that involved a series of 30-second and 10-second scenes. While I don’t know that it makes
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UCB Improv 201 Class Notes
Instructors: Neil Casey / Kevin HinesDate Taken: October 2008 The concept of “game†taught at UCB immediately appealed to my math-mind and helped me find ways to explore funny.  I took 201 as an intensive (8 3-hour days over 2 weeks) hoping to get through it faster, and while it was a fun experience, it was
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UCB Improv 201 Review
I just finished my 201 intensive at UCB with my class show on October 26. This a review of the Upright Citizens Brigade’s Improv 201 class. Summary UCB’s Improv 201 Intensive class was a great class that helped me learn how to better identify the game of the scene and heighten it, both in the
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