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Category Archives: Style It Up
A Peek Inside: The Lost Comedies
“The Lost Comedies of William Shakespeare” seeks to honor the heightened poetic language of the Bard. Image Building is a helpful exercise to flex your language muscles.
Game Library: “Humanless Scene”
Rid your improv stage of all those pesky humans…
Game Library: “Foreign Poet”
Bring a little literary flair to your short-form set with Foreign Poet.
Game Library: “Five Things”
Five things to help you polish your approach to the energetic improv warm-up and brainstorming exercise Five Things.
Game Library: “Dub Our Musical”
This dubbing game splits up the work required to mount the next great Broadway-style musical…
My First Fully Realized Long-Form: The Lost Comedies
My first production of “The Lost Comedies of William Shakespeare” came to life in 1997 during my time as an MFA student at Western Illinois University.
Game Library: “Documentary”
As a brief short-form offering, or a lengthier long-form frame, Documentary allows players to playfully move from one improvisational hook to another.
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…
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