Every month or so, Merlin Works releases a new email newsletter, with a feature article about how improv applies to other aspects of life and vice versa. This month’s feature article focuses on how the…
You can’t really learn improv, can you? Of course you can! Spontaneity, creativity, and listening are just like any other skill–you can practice them and get better. It’s like jazz improvisation. You would never just…
To have fun To loosen up, be more creative, and be more spontaneous To perform improv comedy on stage To improve their stand up comedy/juggling/live music/magic act To be better at thinking on their feet…
Feature Article: Forever Neotenic by Shana Merlin A lot of my students say they love class because it’s like being a kid again. They feel more playful and imaginative. They get silly and giggly. Feeling child-like…
Improv Theory Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre by Keith Johnstone Free Play by Stephen Nachmanovitch Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation by Charna Halpern, Del Close & Kim “Howard” Johnson Les McGehee Plays…
There is recommended reading. We recommend Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre by Keith Johnstone for Beginners and Acting on Impulse: The Art of Making Improv Theater by Carol Hazenfield for Advanced Improvisers.
An excellent video exploring what happens in the brain during improvisation versus memorized performance. Charles Limb puts jazz musicians and free style rappers in an FMRI and shares his preliminary results of what happened. What’s…