An Improv Blog!

This is a blog about improv. It is about life. It is about GOING FOR IT.

Two separate clients inquired about an improv workshop chock full of improv games for collaboration.

...not pay attention to the position of the  bottles.  They toppled over creating quite a scene. I did not let fear take over me. I quickly put the bottles upright while repositioning one as if I had done that on purpose.

When studying improv, or doing anything really, we should always keep the wonderful quotes of Martin de Maat in mind. A nurturing improv instructor who played counterpoint to Del Close’s more chaotic and unapologetic approach to improv comedy instruction, Mr. de Maat’s most famous quote is prominently positioned at the entrance of his old workplace, Second City: “YOU ARE PURE POTENTIAL”.

People are curious, they want to know and I want to tell them, is improv for people who can't act?  The answer is yes (as is fitting in an improv blog). 

I thought it would be fun to approach learning improvisation by examining some first lines of dialogue and asking ourselves how we would respond.

A great source of games to play with your kids comes from the tradition of improv comedy.

Sometimes I think about improv classes as (weirdly) playing with reality classes.

I’m going to start publishing weekly highlights from PIP performances, this being the first of those.

I recently decided to do improv again and the experience has been completely different from what I remember as a child improviser.

A list of the very many subjects appropriate for a comedic dispute within an off-the-cuff bit of improv. The Comedic Conflict Improv List.

It is with great pleasure that The Radical Agreement Project Announces the cast list for new Practice Improv Program (or PIP) teams. The...

The point of a presentation is to communicate ideas. The point is not for you to look or seem amazing.

RA is getting ready to build some new improv teams for its improv practice program, designed for regular RA students who want to take their

Sometimes I watch an improv scene and I get the sense that the people in it are hoping it will be good. I recognize this hope because...

I’m of the opinion that the best, most important book about improv comedy is Truth In Comedy .  Written by Charna Halpern, Del Close and...

An Elf playing a fun round of the classic improv game, Elf Stealth! A game in which an elf avoids lasers, trap doors and nets. Classic!...

So The Radical Agreement Project has an all community meeting coming up on Sunday 11/3 . This is just our second community meeting since...

How to evaluate the facilitators and event planning companies that offer to provide improv team building facilitators.

Hey I wanted to write a little about justifications in improv , specifically how improv justifications act as the central compass of...