As a brief short-form offering, or a lengthier long-form frame, Documentary allows players to playfully move from one improvisational hook to another.
Author Archives: improvdr
A Peek Inside: Astors’ Beechwood
This peek inside the robust rehearsal process of Astors’ Beechwood includes a description of “Day in the Life” that affords an opportunity for players to really wear the shoes of their dramatic creations.
My First Immersive Improv Show: Astors’ Beechwood
The seeds of my “Dramaturgical Improv” approach to devising trace all the way back to Newport Rhode Island in 1891…
The Improv Dictionary
If you take your improv fun seriously, then you might want to snag a copy of The Improv Dictionary now.
Game Library: “Contagious Hitchhiker”
This is a very catchy game.
Game Library: “Compulsive Liars”
A fun and challenging scenic dynamic that revels in the potentials of lies.
Game Library: “Circular Scene”
A way to shake up the trajectory of your scenes.
Game Library: “Circle of Knots”
A Boal classic that can bring an ensemble (much) closer together…
Game Library: “The Chair”
Never has one chair meant so much to so many…
Game Library: “Chain Murder Endowment”
It’s time for a little improvisational murder… (in gibberish no less)