Do yourself a favor and watch this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUO-pWJ0ri

In my first grad show, after just 8 weeks of classes, our last scene was a group All In. The setup was that we were having a dance competition at a truck stop. I was the fourth character to enter the scene (out of 5), and was waiting in the wings, thinking about how I [&hellip

Britta: Don’t talk to Vaughn. Pierce: You know, I’m telling you, your hormones are clouding your j… Britta: DON’T. TALK. TO. VAUGHN. (walks off) Pierce: That is girl for “Talk to Vaughn.” (Seaons 1, Episode 8) That is also improv for “Talk to Vaughn.” In almost any scene, insisting that someone not do something is [&hellip

I used to think the skill in performing was learning to play the same piece exactly the same every time. Now I realize the genius is in being able to play it differently every time. Even with scripted performance, there is a lot of freedom in how you play it, whether that be a concerto [&hellip

You can learn a lot about improv, and life, from Community: “You got this thing you do with your face when you’re trying to be funny that forces people to think about how cool you think you are. It’s a little distracting.” (Season 1, Episode 2) This happens a lot in beginning improv, and even [&hellip