Some musings on the age-old improv question of “Should I stay or should I go now…””
Category Archives: Performance Strategies
“E” is for “Erasure”
If you catch yourself committing an improv act of “Erasure,” this ImprovDr entry offers some paths forward for making amends.
“E” is for “Environment”
Are you fully exploiting all the gifts your performance environments can offer?
“E” is for “Entrances”
Here’s the next “E” to make its grand “Entrance” on the scene in our stroll through the “A” to “Z” of improv terms and techniques.
“E” is for “Ensemble”
What are some of the marks of a healthy and aspirational “Ensemble” that is firing effectively on all cylinders?
“E” is for “Endowing”
Are you maximizing the joy and effectiveness of your improvisational gifts when you “Endow” your scene partners?
A Peek Inside: ImprOvientation
“ImprOvientation” was developed as an original long-form to welcome new students to college. “Story Hot Spot” is an exercise that develops the personal story-telling skills that so deeply inform this semi-autobiographical style of performance.
“E” is for “Emotional Truth”
Accessing and channeling our inner emotional truths is the artistic pursuit of a lifetime, but “E” is for “Emotional Truth” offers some bite-sized tactics to assist in this worthy endeavor.
“E” is for “Edits”
Edits come in many shapes and sizes. Here’s a working list of some options to help you craft and pace your improv action.
My First Improv Orientation: ImprOvientation
In 2005 I began a collaboration with the Office of Rollins Explorations designed to bring a fully improvised orientation show to the incoming class of students. We called the resulting format ImprOvientation. The production has become a campus mainstay. The title, on the other hand… no one ever uses.
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