Austin Improv

What does success in improv look like to you? I think it's relative to the person, but it all boils down to, does the person enjoy doing it. The other would be, did a person challenge him/herself despite fear of doing whatever it was.

What happens before during and after a successful show? Before ...

some terrible performers are amazing teachers. some amazing performers are terrible teachers. some non-performers are the cornerstone of a good section of the improv world. that's probably not a mistake.

i don't know enough about johnstone to tell you what his theories are, but looking at his ...

listening, support support support, are they a good fit for the team, etc.

also, i ALWAYS look at what you're doing on the sides. say we have you do a run through in the audition. when you're on the side, are you watching the scene going on? or are you standing there with your arms folded, staring ...

DollarBill wrote:Recently I have felt like what I do on stage less art and more math. And in my opinion that is not a negative thing.

You should talk to Miles Stroth about this.

rebecca sohn is one of my favorite and best teachers i've had.

Roy Janik wrote:Yep, I consider myself an artist.

x2.

Read "Free Play: Improvisation In Life and Art." It touches some on what Val said and is the best improv (and life) book I've ever read.

i agree with kaci.

if he's new, it sounds like he's afraid of saying something stupid or saying the "wrong" thing. if he doesn't talk, then he can't say the wrong thing, and every physical thing he's doing is justified by his partner's talking. therefore, he's doing everything correct! he just ...

agree with jastroch, the ones i think are essential are more for the skills they teach you, and further, the skills they teach that allow you to evolve the art form. for that...

-harold (for the group work and organic aspect, as well as the connections and hippieish aspects)
-deconstruction (for ...

Professor Blastoff
The Nerdist

this dude is my coach at iO. he's good. and loud.

hollaaaaaa.

"Many people have the idea that to improvise you have to get up on a stage and ‘make it up.’ While it’s true that that’s the bulk of it, it could also be said that the bulk of driving is pointing the car, so let’s allow five-year-olds to do it. Bad idea. To master the art of improv can take many ...

MitchellD wrote:I find New York to be exciting, and complicated, but the trains should be a lot of cool fun. Right now, it seems bottomless and I don't know as much as I should, but it's cool.

So right now, I'm leaning toward New York.

Go for it.

Find the people you like to work with, do the work you like to do, keep meeting more people and seeing more things. Build a web. If you have like minded people interested in and passionate about the same things, you'll get stuff done, and it won't seem like you're biding your time until the "real ...

Without waiting a very long time after joining the scene.
Bigger opportunities after joining the scene won't really happen, especially in cities with larger scenes. There will be 100 people ahead of you that already have the trust of performers/spaces to put the work up (sometimes unjustifiably ...