It’s been a while . . .

I have been completely negligent in my duties as the blogger for improv hobby. I think a lot of it has to do with this year being a ‘growth’ year and my enthusiasm has been dampened by its spirit.
That being said I always feel that life lessons abound and they are usually quite easily used in improv lessons also.

#1 – every experience teaches us something. Don’t think it doesn’t. Most often the more painful experiences teaches us resilience, makes us honestly look at what we find important, and how we react to the things that are thrown our way.

#2 – it gives us a chance to realistically look at regret. Regret is something that we all do when we don’t want to take ownership of the things we’ve done up to that point. Own it. This isn’t a get out of jail free card though, so don’t make it one. You are in control of how you react in any given situation so own it and make it genuine and something you’ll be able to stand behind no matter what.

Enough for now.

Just trying to get back into the swing of things.

Storybox – Unscripted Theatre

Squire and I have had the pleasure these last couple days and through this week to study a different type of improv that is strongly narrative focused.

There are two things that I really like about this process that I feel should be addressed right off the bat.

1) It has a literary focus, in language and in structure, with narration playing a large part in how the show is created and developed.

2) It focuses less on following up on your own initiations but handing off those impulses to other players because entrances and the characters within it are called to life versus self-initiated. For instance if I feel like a scene needs another players or a new scene should start, I can’t just take it upon myself to make that happen by starting the new scene or entering as a new character. I must announce that a scene or character is about to appear and those around me, support the initiation by creating the environment or becoming the characters that I narrate.

Fun and using many parts of my brain at once makes for steam coming out of my ears.