Austin Improv

I had what I thought was a great moment talking to an audience member after our show tonight at Coldtowne Theater.

She had given us the suggestion of "country dancehall", which I loved. After the show, I was talking to her, not realizing that she had been the one who gave the suggestion. She was so happy. Partly because she enjoyed the show, and partly because it had been her suggestion. She said to me "I don't know where 'country dancehall' came from! I just opened my mouth and it came out!" It made me so happy to hear that and I let her in on the dirty little secret that that exact sensation is what improv is all about. For some reason I loved being able to say "yes! you just felt that improv spark!"

Maybe I should teach...

actually, the show we did just before yours had country dance in the scene.. with a sad attempt at a do-si-do. We also had a shovel scene. I find it fascinating to see the same threads (that I think were unconscious) in your show (really liked the Anne and her subconscious scene, btw).

Ah. Nevermind. I retract my fun audience interaction.

Funny about the shovel. We were warming up during your set. Shovels must be in the aura of Coldtowne Theater. It's probably built over an old indian burial ground.

kbadr wrote:Shovels must be in the aura of Coldtowne Theater. It's probably built over an old indian burial ground.

Indians didn't use shovels in the old days, did they?

Roy Janik wrote:Indians didn't use shovels in the old days, did they?

They did, but they called them "maize"

kbadr wrote: Funny about the shovel. We were warming up during your set. Shovels must be in the aura of Coldtowne Theater. It's probably built over an old indian burial ground.

Our theater sits atop the final resting place of Meher Baba. He still isn't talking.

kbadr wrote:Ah. Nevermind. I retract my fun audience interaction.

No don't. We don't know why things come into our minds and out of our mouths.. it could be something we saw 10 minutes ago, 5 days ago.. or in our past lifetime. ;-)

kbadr wrote:They did, but they called them "maize"

HAHAHAhahahaha... Oh man. Awesome! awesome.