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Category Archives: Performance Strategies

“T” is for “Trust”

Unpacking the critical concept of “Trust…”

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 6, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Audience, Ensemble, Postmortem, T is for, TrustLeave a comment on “T” is for “Trust”

“T” is for “Transaction Scene”

Exchange your run-of-the-mill “Transaction Scene” for something with a little more oomph and potential.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 30, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:CROW, Objective, Secrets, Status, Strangers, T is for, Teaching Scene, Transaction SceneLeave a comment on “T” is for “Transaction Scene”

“T” is for “Third Thought”

Three thoughts on when a “Third Thought” might be just what you’re looking for.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 23, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Creativity, Discovery, Obvious, Over-Originality, Spontaneity, T is for, Third ThoughtLeave a comment on “T” is for “Third Thought”

“T” is for “Telling”

A “telling” blog post.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 16, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Cartooning, Commenting, Narrative, Rug Pull, Scene Painting, Showing, Speaking Your Truth, T is for, TellingLeave a comment on “T” is for “Telling”

“T” is for “Technicians”

A love letter to the technical improvisers in our midst.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 9, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Accepting, Ensemble, Lights, Music, Musician, Sound, T is for, TechniciansLeave a comment on “T” is for “Technicians”

“T” is for “Teaching Scene”

A few choice lessons concerning “Teaching Scenes.”

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 2, 2023October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:CAD, CROW, Game of the Scene, Long-Form, Mapping, Relationship, Short-Form, T is for, Talking Heads, Teaching Scene, Transaction SceneLeave a comment on “T” is for “Teaching Scene”

“T” is for “Talking Heads”

Four possible “adds” to elevate your scene beyond a strictly “talking heads” affair.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 26, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Physicality, Stage Picture, T is for, Talking Heads, WafflingLeave a comment on “T” is for “Talking Heads”

“T” is for “Take”

Some hot takes about the art of focus takes.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 19, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Focus, Give, Give and Take, Sharing Focus, Split Focus, T is for, TakeLeave a comment on “T” is for “Take”

“S” is for “Subtext”

I like your shoes.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 12, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Ambiguity, Emotional Truth, S is for, Specific Ambiguity, Specificity, Subtext, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on “S” is for “Subtext”

“S” is for “Strangers”

Here are five answers to the improvisational riddle “when is a stranger not a stranger…?”

Posted byimprovdrDecember 5, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Character, CROW, Curve Ball, Relationship, S is for, Secrets, Specificity, Strangers1 Comment on “S” is for “Strangers”

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