Tag Archives: improv
Unconscious Play Mind
Readers! 3/21/2013! I’ve been thinking about the subjective experience of improvising. At the UCB, there is often talk of “the game of the scene” and I feel like the word game is apt in more way than one. On the … Continue reading
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Getting Phased
Readers! 2/4/2013! I’ve been thinking about improv lately. When I did the iO summer intensive in 2012, I also studied with Piero Procaccini. Piero was incredible! I’ve really been mulling over one of his lessons recently: 90% of improv is … Continue reading
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A few obstacles to unique, personal scenes
Last week I was lucky enough to study with Craig Cackowski. He had the class experiment with playing as if they already knew whatever info was presented to them during the scene. Craig talked about how it might be your … Continue reading
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Game
Game is said to be a UCB concept, but plenty of my instructors talked about game while I was in Chicago. My working definition of “game” is that it’s the funny thing the scene is about as agreed on by … Continue reading
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