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Yes, Yes And, Fuck Yes: March 2013
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Friday, March 29, 2013. Improv Bestiary: The Lobotomist. Did you forget to take your pills? How did you get out of the hospital? You're just drunk, you don't mean any of that! Maaaan we're so high! I think those were special brownies! This is one weird dream. Is there a time for these kind of things in scenes? And I know the excuses. Reality got denied! They said something that's impossible to justify! They weren't listening to what I just said and it got weird! Monday, March 25, 2013. Hear my dumb voice!
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Yes, Yes And, Fuck Yes: The Magic Circle And Professionalism
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014. The Magic Circle And Professionalism. Posted this a little bit ago and it merits spreading around:. It's a great video from a great series (their videos on narrative are fantastic). And this one has a bunch of applications to improv. Will these things turn a good show into a bad one? Of course not. But they don't serve to give your show the best chance it can have. Walk through the lighting and music cues, give them a cheat sheet, have them do a dry run before the house opens.
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Yes, Yes And, Fuck Yes: October 2013
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Thursday, October 31, 2013. As always: Energy. Support. Energy. A couple weeks ago I was up at the New York Musical Improv Festival. With the improvised-rap group Yo Gloria! One the way back to Pittsburgh I think I realized what he was talking about. It was the end of a scene and I got into a huge call and response with the team (repeating the word hologram: HOLO! It wasn't a character line, it wasn't a joke, it wasn't really anything except us all pouring everything we had into one tiny idea. And it was...
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Yes, Yes And, Fuck Yes: December 2013
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013. Ok great, that's done. Now it's time for News Year's Resolutions. Do something creative that scares the hell out of you (Solo show? Seek out and play with people you wouldn't normally do a show with. Watch yourself on tape, take notes as if you were your own coach. Tell the people you love working with that you appreciate them. Get involved in something that interests you that has nothing to do with theater. Sit down, alone, and talk yourself through a few questions. This co...
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Yes, Yes And, Fuck Yes: February 2014
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Friday, February 14, 2014. Hotel Nowhere-ian Mike Peditto just posted a great blog entry about his two years in improv. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Improv Nonsense (Will Hines). The House That Dell Built. Billy Merrit's Improv Dance Party. Steel City Improv Theater. Writing On The Floor Podcast. View my complete profile. Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.
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Yes, Yes And, Fuck Yes: Improv Advent #22
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Monday, December 23, 2013. 22 - No Sorry. Attention new improvisers, please stop saying you're sorry. With your mouth or with your body. Stop saying it, stop doing it. They are poisonous. I resolve in 2014 to yell at you for this if I'm in a position to. You have to, have to. Accept your actions as they are. Take your notes as avenues to improvements not as you being chastised. It's not personal. It's making what you do better, it's not about making you better. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Yes, Yes And, Fuck Yes: Improv Advent #21
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Sunday, December 22, 2013. 21 - Short Form is Hard Work. I have no idea if that whole short-form vs long-form thing is really a thing. Maybe in our little hamlet it's not as big of a deal, given the strong history of short-form shows here. But having just done a show with short form games, with little preparation it has reminded me:. Doing short-form right ain't easy. Switching it up and playing some short-form, or even practicing it. I still hate Party Quirks. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Yes, Yes And, Fuck Yes: September 2013
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013. Are There Mistakes In Improv. A couple weeks ago I was listening to TED Radio Hour. And got to this segment on Are There Mistakes In Jazz. The gist of it, as musical and theatrical improvisation are brothers, definitely applies: listening and accepting are principals that success is built on. An artistic collaboration falls apart and sours when you don't actively pay attention to and adapt to your partners. But isn't it wonderful when it all does come together?
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