Twenty Years of Improv, Part 5: Improv Olympia Continued (5)
6/28/10 •
The show eventually did start and maybe a few audience members who weren’t playing in the show trickled in…some of the players moved to the tables to fill out the house a bit. A short woman in a long skirt, who I immediately recognized as the woman that I had spoken to over the phone, [...]
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Twenty Years of Improv, Part 4: Improv Olympia (0)
6/23/10 •
I first set foot in Chicago on February 8th, 1992. I moved there sight unseen, my roommate Christopher having gotten there first and securing a 2-bedroom apartment for us above the Occult Bookstore on Clark and Belmont. We had winters in Virginia, and occasionally snow, but I had never felt as cold in my life [...]
Twenty Years of Improv, Part 3: The Mother of All Reunions (1)
6/07/10 •
Everyone dreads going to a reunion, right? (Well, I’m not going to speak for everyone else, but I’ve yet to go to any of my high school or college reunions!) Aside from showing up older/fatter/balder than everyone remembers you, we’re self-conscious about being measured against each others’ successes, wealth and accomplishments. Well, what if I [...]
Zenprov: The Art of the Now (9)
5/17/10 •
The hosts of the podcast series Zenprov share an excerpt from their upcoming book in process. Zen declares that everything is happening right now. There’s no other place or time to get to – there’s no destination. The journey is the destination. According to Zen, this is not just a nice philosophy and way of [...]
The Devil’s Dictionary of Terminology for the Improvisational Theatre (6)
5/10/10 •
Canadian writer, improviser, teacher and comedian Jerry Schaefer whips up a lexicon for the modern and in-touch improviser. ACTING – Pretending that art is more important than work. ACTOR – An unemployed man or woman who is passionate about “The Theatre.” AD LIB – A clever quip spoken by an improviser. Several in a row [...]
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