Showing posts with label improv. Show all posts
Showing posts with label improv. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Video - It Get's Better

Just quickly, the amazingly talented improviser Becky Drysdale (who I was lucky enough to do one of her classes) has made this awesome video to help lgbtq kids everywhere. I would have totally been in the background of this if I didn't have to work.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Improvise! - Tina Fey does it.

Last night, I fake-raped a guy from behind, in front of my entire class. It was part of an improvised theatre performance, and the perfect way to end that particular scene. I was a comedy legend! (for one night.)

Another reason why I recommend improvised theatre classes, is for the kinds of discussions that occur. I wrote these direct quotes down during my last class:

Student Question:
“On Tuesday, when David opened the scene with the line – I can smell your pussy juice from here. - How do you heighten the game in the second beat from that point?”

Teacher Answer:
“Well, it was difficult, and as you saw, I ended up shitting my pants, which probably wasn’t playing into the game. Theoretically it wasn’t a great game move.”

Then later in class, our female teacher gave us notes on our scenes:

“When you’re jerking off, slow it down. Weird note, I know.” Then-

“If you are playing the game of one person showing the other person that something is fine to do, by doing it, then in this case, she probably should have eaten her own cum.”

Need I say more?