My specialty workshops were exciting for me. For the first time I taught an Advanced Storytelling class. I took all the improvised story structures I knew and we explored different narrative techniques. The storytelling aspect…
Lately I’ve had several students ask me, “Does improv have to be comedy?” “Or how do you keep this work from being totally light and fluffy?” My standard answer is no, improvisational theatre does not…
On the first night of the biggest art museum on a college campus, they brought in a team of improvisers to lead late night comedy tours of the new collections. I came straight from a…
In today’s Nytimes there’s an article about the 24 hour grand opening of the new Blanton Museum of Art on the UT Campus. And they mention the improv show I’m in tonight starting at Midnight.…
A Meeting of Mindsby Shana Merlin Recently my brother asked me for some advice. His company was planning a meeting on its marketing strategy, and they were looking to create a very interactive and dynamic…
I had the opportunity to participate in a site specific performance art peice called “Floodlines,” conceived and directed by Jacqueline Pryor. The audience was seated in eight volvos cruising around the Hyde Park Neighborhood in…
This is adapted from a handout I gave out at my How to Save A Scene that Sucks Workshop:1. Figure out what information is missing and provide it (From inside the scene or making a…