Whirled News on NPR
A few people from the Whirled News Tonight cast went down to the KUT studios, the local NPR affiliate, yesterday to record a piece about our show. It turned out wonderfully. Big thanks to Julie…
Improv Storytelling and Singing
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…
Dramatic Improv?
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…
Improv Tours at The Blanton Museum 24 Grand Opening
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…
The Closest I’ve Gotten to Being in The New York Times
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.…
April Newsletter Article: A Meeting of Minds
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…
Floodlines
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…