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Adam, that's really interesting. The one thing that seems to tie together the folks in the JTS Brown show is physicality.
Now that I think of it, all my favorite shows/players in Austin are ones who end up in wild stage pictures because of this...
Maybe we figured it out!! : )

Roy: that is one heck ...

Thursdays in May at 8:30.
ColdTowne Theater.

JTS Brown performed by ARKAY:
15 improvisers from the various training centers in Austin have come together to rehearse three hours a night with Dave Buckman and Cody Dearing.
We flew out Craig Cackowski (Dasariski, Community, Second City) to workshop ...

There seems to be a Chicago style, NYC feel, and an LA approach.
However, can you tell an Austin improviser from another city now?

I asked this of Craig Cackowski when he was down two weeks ago to help workshop the JTS Brown show, and he said we are getting there.
He made this really cool ...

I think so.


(Spoiler alerts to come...)

I just got Trabkaed.

Buckman is already involved in this thread, so I will obviously defer to him.
This post is more of a softball thrown his way to get him cracking...

For those worrying about the "rules" and "gimmicks" of doing a form that is not a form:
The "gimmicks" are there to run like plays in a basketball ...

Hi there,

I'm Joshua Philips, and I am producing the JTS Brown-inspired show at ColdTowne Theater every Thursday in May.
For the show, we brought out Craig Cackowski to teach workshops. Last Saturday, he taught a four hour session about slow play called "Sustaining a Scene."
Talk about a pro--after ...

THIS IS TONIGHT!

THIS IS TONIGHT!

AUDITIONS ARE TOMORROW.

BRING THE THUNDER!!

WORKSHOP/CASTING CALL: This Wednesday, March 20, from 6-9pm
12-15 of the bravest, most fearless improvisers in Austin, Tex. to work with Dave Buckman and Improv Legend Craig Cackowski in mounting a new run of the legendary format JTS BROWN at ColdTowne Theater.

So, what is a JTS Brown?

From Craig ...

Original question for reference:
"Do you think there is yet another level of yesand, one where you yesand yourself?
Seems like that is also another level of listening, too.

Deep thoughts."


Bill's reply:
"Oh absolutely.

Anne Bogart wrote (I'm paraphrasing) about how in the days of the Greeks ...

"There are a lot of different teaching theories out there, but the most prominent one today is called VAK--visual, auditory, kinesthetic.
Improv seems to a mainly oral tradition (auditory), which actually caters to only a portion of the learners out there.
How can we incorporate visual and ...

Original question for reference:
"How do you decide which notes to give and which notes to hold back?"


Bill's reply:
"First the obvious. Beginning students will get kinder notes and broader notes. Advanced students will get more granular notes and more frequent notes because they are better able ...