May 2012
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April 2012
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“The smallest, teeniest, weeniest emotional discovery that’s real, beats the hell...”
– Del Close (via improvoker)
I’m having trouble imagining Del Close saying “teeniest, weeniest.”
AGAIN! Teams in town for Chicago Improv Festival!
upstairsgallery:
We want to give you another show! Email Upstairsgallerychicago@gmail.com
Tentatively shooting for 10pm on Thurs 4/26.
Reblogs/Shares would be much appreciated!
We can’t wait to seeeee youuuuuu alllllll!
Watchspolikeluzhate:
Here is a dumb video of my dog Rico after he walked in the pouring rain (which you can hear in the video)
Keep scrolling if you hate dumb videos of cute dogs.
Poor Rico just wants to play. Won’t someone play with Rico?
shortmikeshort asked: Do you ever find it hard to watch improv? Like there's people's first few shows where everything is new and awesome and those can be fun to watch. Then there's seasoned confident vets that consistently play at the top of their game. But then there are shows at an in-between point where you're like a magician being shown a card trick and all the seams are showing (to mix...
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Process: Set tonight! →
revueprocess:
“When someone presents a scene idea, I like to put it up right away….immediately. I’ve wasted too much time in my life in endless conversations about ideas. I hate getting sucked into those measured, lazy, talking for the sake of talking I have a better idea or we could this or we could do that…
Process: A.D. →
revueprocess:
I often times tease about how Second City has its own term for things. Its not a Show its a Revue…its not rehearsal its workshop (I should clarify Sheldon Patinkin said this is what SC use to say. I think they have gone back to rehearsal). And a term that I am still getting my head around is the…
What's the perfect cast size for an improv show?
improv-is-easy:
mullaney:
The answer is 5. The second best answer is 7.
My take…
1st - 5
2nd - 7 or 3
3rd - 2 or 4
4th - 6 or 8
Yes.
shortmikeshort asked: Can you expand on your cast size idea? I often find myself having trouble with larger team dynamics-specifically your standard 8 person house team. I've done my best work in smaller teams, where a creative direction becomes clearer and easier to manage. Of course, that's just me and my own preferences. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on why smaller teams work better.
What's the perfect cast size for an improv show?
The answer is 5. The second best answer is 7.
the playground theater.: The Chicago Improv... →
upstairsgallery:
Chicago Improv Festival is coming up and the fine folks at the PG theater have some great shows in the mix. Gallery friends! Out of town teams! You can’t go wrong! Peep it!!!!
theplaygroundtheater:
Thursday, April 26
Tickets $15 & $10
7pm
Harri Olli Improvised Theatre (Zurich)
WiseSnatch (Chicago)
9pm
pH Productions (Chicago)
Mullaney Chain (Chicago/New York)
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“These long-form improvisation teachers are teaching their students to find the...”
– Del Close as told by Jeff Griggs in Guru, page 138
I struggle with the implications of this quote quite frequently.
(via emilyhoffman)
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Getting rid of my phone
I’ve been thinking of getting a new phone, and I was exploring the idea of getting a plan without texting and using some other method to get my texts.
One of the options seems to be using google voice, and when I started looking at google voice, I realized that perhaps I could get rid of phone service altogether. Google voice allows you to transfer your phone number to their service. Then I...
