Austin Improv

Yes.

So my name is Brian and have just recently moved to Austin. I have absolutely no experience whatsoever with improv or comedy, but I do like to laugh, and am interested in meeting/observing people who could make me laugh more often. Perhaps one day I'll get over the whole "talent" obstacle and make people laugh myself, but for now, it'd probably be best for all involved if I stuck mostly to the laughing bit.


Anyway, I look forward to meeting many of you, as this seems to be a remarkable and exciting scene. As an aside, should you meet a Brian Howard who makes a complete arse of himself, this is absolutely not me, so please mind not to form any unneccessary resentments. However, the next time you see someone who looks exactly like him, please extend a hand and say hi, since that's probably me, and I like shaking hands. Until then, best regards,



Brian H.

Hi there, Brian! Welcome to the fray.

i know who you are.

i know too.

welcome!!

i've met some great improvisers who had never considered themselves performers before, who took classes for the explicit purpose of having a twohour block of time each week they'd guarantee themselves laughter... which is to say take that plunge which is not exclusively reserved for nestea!

Wow, coolness. Thanks for the reply, Arthur! I didn't get a chance to read it, but it was sound advice and I'm definitely glad I started taking classes and actively taking the plunge.

hubrisnxs wrote:Wow, coolness. Thanks for the reply, Arthur! I didn't get a chance to read it, but it was sound advice and I'm definitely glad I started taking classes and actively taking the plunge.

I took my first improv class more out of curiosity than anything else. Well, that and Kareem forced me to. But it wasn't long before I was itching to perform. Everyone's path is different.

I think one of the big things that helped me early on was the fact that you didn't have to try to be funny when improvising. In fact, trying to be funny was often a detriment. That takes some pressure off.

Thanks for the advice and input, Roy, I definitely appreciate it. Resisting the impulse to go for the joke, rather than let relationships naturally develop, was incredibly difficult to resist when I first started... which was a few weeks ago. Hopefully, as I get more experienced, that unconscious tick will fall by the wayside.

After seeing scenes on stage where the joke got a huge laugh but killed the action, it definitely became a priority for me not to do that to my friends.

I was in José's workshop with Brian and was thrilled and impressed by his willingness to leap into the abyss feet first. He can also drop a man with one punch and fix your cellphone, so befriending him is definitely in your best interest.

Brian's pretty much awesome. Meet him and you'll see.

I'm giving this my Birthday Bump.

One year later, went from scared-to-talk-at-work to performing on the reg and being on a C-Town house troupe. WHAT A F-IN MORON I WAS, EH?

Sometimes, bdays can be fun.

Brian, you give me pee pants wet dreams.

Happy Birthday.

the zen of improv claims another win...

happy birthday!

I should remind myself to remember things like this.

- 1 House Troupe

+ 5 Love of improv