Posts Tagged ‘Fear’
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 [...]
The Toddler: Improv’s Best Kept Secret
Posted by dandy | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Vac
Written by Erica Gowland Part 3: Playing is Hard Work I have a 17 month old daughter. She is without a doubt my favorite kid on the planet. However, I often notice that at 17 months, she is already a better improviser than I am. Toddlers are very good at playing. My Toddler, luckily, [...]
Take A Risk
Posted by dandy | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Dandy
Let me help you out, there is no right way to do improv. There are no rules, in spite of what you may have heard in class, and nobody can help you. You are absolutely alone on this journey, so make of it what you want. If I were to give you just two notes [...]
Happy Roseanne F*%#!
Posted by Touch | Filed under The Touch, Videos
Fear can be a hell ova’ thing. But no matter where you are…on stage, in an airplane or even standing on Hollywood Boulevard, there is one constant that remains the same – it all started with a thought and will it will all end once that thought is no longer believed – no exceptions. As [...]
Improv is X-TREME
Posted by dandy | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Dandy
After a short and not-at-all scientific Google search I see that public speaking pretty consistently ranks number 1 or 2 among Americans fears. Now if public speaking were it’s own category I am confident that standing on a stage with no scripted material in hand and the expectation of being funny would likely rank near [...]
