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Is a Chicago improv performer, director and producer. The Personal and the Professional. There are too many unhappy people doing improv. I don't mean unhappy in their lives, but unhappy with what improv project they're doing. So, I give them this advice:. There are projects you find personally satisfying- you like your fellow performers, you look forward to rehearsals, you enjoy your shows, etc. Sometimes a project is both, sometimes it's just one or the other and sometimes it's neither. Don't be a martyr.

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Is a Chicago improv performer, director and producer. If a group hires you to be their director, you'll quickly suss out what they NEED. Just as importantly, you need to find out what they WANT. You've been hired to captain their ship. Where do they want to go? You can't go anywhere without a destination and you can't plot the best route unless you know why they want to go there. Do they: Want to develop a form? Want to perform at festivals? Want to become a member team/house team? If you're any sort of ...

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Freefall

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Is a Chicago improv performer, director and producer. The Personal and the Professional. It's easy to talk an idea to death, to yap and yap and yap. Put it in action. Learn by doing. Learn by failure. Learn from the inside out. Posted by Sammy at 5:21 AM. Layout design by Pannasmontata.

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Is a Chicago improv performer, director and producer. The Personal and the Professional. Dave Pasquesi's Improv Commandments. From "Inside the Improvisors Studio". Listen up- that’s the one. That’s it, there’s only three. ". Posted by Sammy at 10:09 PM. Layout design by Pannasmontata.

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Is a Chicago improv performer, director and producer. Go with the flow of the show. Form is your fall back, your safety net. Follow your inspiration. Where it leads will be infinitely more interesting than your form. Posted by Sammy at 4:52 PM. Layout design by Pannasmontata.

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Freefall

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Is a Chicago improv performer, director and producer. The Personal and the Professional. Just make a choice. I don't care what it is. Make a choice and commit to it. I don't care if you decide to do a scene with your back to the audience. I don't care if you decide to speak in gibberish. I don't care if you play dead the entire scene. What you choose to do is absolutely perfect A-1 correctomundo. Posted by Sammy at 5:53 PM. Dave Pasquesi's Improv Commandments. From "Inside the Improvisors Studio".

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Is a Chicago improv performer, director and producer. When you lead an improv troupe you can be called a coach or you can be called a director. Coach is an IO-born term that came into general use as IO influenced improv in Chicago and then elsewhere. Some folks maintain there is a difference between a "coach" and a "director," that there is delineation of control and duties between the two. Who gives a fuck what you're called. Just do your job. Posted by Sammy at 4:40 AM. Layout design by Pannasmontata.

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Freefall

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Is a Chicago improv performer, director and producer. The Personal and the Professional. Don't worry about what other folks think about you, just do good work. Don't worry about how you compare to others, just do good work. Don't worry about shows you're not in, just do good work. Take care of the things you CAN control. Everything else will sort itself out. Posted by Sammy at 9:05 PM. Better to edit too soon than too late. A scene with legs can always come back. When all else fails, sweep downstage.

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Is a Chicago improv performer, director and producer. This is a blog to post my random thoughts on improv as fancy and inspiration strike me. Posted by Sammy at 4:14 PM. Layout design by Pannasmontata.