Posts Tagged ‘Bryan Truong’
Justification: making the unusual funny
Posted by dandy | Filed under Writing Staff
Twitter @USSRockNRoll / FACEBOOK Written by Bryan Mihn Truong (Staff) Stronger justification is my focus lately. I highly recommend having a focus if you want to improve your improv skills. It’s like muscle targeting so your improv body doesn’t get lopsided. Working on your focus will feel rigid for a while but that’s also [...]
Why do we repeat ourselves?
Posted by dandy | Filed under Writing Staff
Written by Bryan Minh Truong (Staff) I was recently picked to be a juror for a trial and thought of a connection to improv while listening to testimony. Each time there was an overruled objection that interrupted someone speaking, the best they can do is repeat what they just said. Repeating one self helped [...]
Keeping it simple
Posted by dandy | Filed under Writing Staff
Written by Bryan Truong (Staff) I’ve struggled with keeping it simple for a very long time now. For me not keeping it simple stems from fear. Fear of my ideas aren’t good enough so I feel like I need to add more than one idea to the scene to make it interesting. Fear from [...]
Watching a show right before you do your show
Posted by dandy | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, Writing Staff
Written by Bryan Truong (Staff) If your performing in improv shows your also watching shows before yours and sometimes I find it difficult to stay warmed up for my shows while watching someone elses show right before. This usually falls into 3 general categories of causes. One is the show before you is bad then [...]
Recharging my Improv with Life and Fun!
Posted by dandy | Filed under Writing Staff
Written by Bryan Truong (Staff) So I found myself playing a lot of phone games lately and realized that it was a silent killer much like procrastination. I wasn’t aware of how much time and attention it was taking away from my life because before playing games on my phone I would have more focus [...]
What makes a great monologue to improvise from?
Posted by dandy | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, Writing Staff
Written by Bryan Truong (Staff) The first and most important is to speak from a truthful story. Have faith that we are fascinating because we are different enough that no one will have the same experience through our perspective. And be comforted in the idea that we are all similar enough that we [...]
Acting for Improvisors
Posted by dandy | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, Writing Staff
Written by Bryan Truong (Staff) Here are some ideas to be a better actor in an improv scene from what I learned in acting classes I’ve taken. I’m only going to write about what I think is the most efficient concepts to use while improvising because there is so much more to acting when [...]
“Improv sounds like Music” and “Teacher, I got a question?”
Posted by dandy | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, Writing Staff
By Bryan Truong (Staff) When people find out that I have studied from so many improv schools they often ask me. What’s the best improv school? who’s the best teachers? I can talk about this for days. So this is a short hand of my perspective on some of the classes I’ve taken and [...]
The Hand
Posted by dandy | Filed under Resources for improvisers, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv
Bryan Minh Truong – Bryan has studied from UCB, IO, Second City, Groundlings, Impro Theater, ComedySportz and many more workshops that won’t be mentioned now to save space. You will find Bryan always in at least 2 or more classes or workshops at the same time while he also takes numerous acting classes to improve his [...]
Now? with Annie & Levin…
Posted by dandy | Filed under Shows
Tonight at 11pm with special guests: Bryan Truong & James Kirkland!! Come out and support as Annie & Levin welcome old friends and former Jungle teammates up onto the stage. It is going to be a night of fun, laughs, drama and reunion. All for the price of FREE. For more information on the WHERES [...]
