Posts Tagged ‘Harold’
Dynamite! (A Trophy Wife Joint)
Posted by dandy | Filed under Big Ups - Other improv teams that rule, Videos
Our old slot mates Trophy Wife record and archive their shows for your viewing pleasure. We love us some TW improv and know that you will do. So, for this weeks TGIF: Featured Video we thought we give them some love. Here is the recording of their show last Wednesday to help get you through [...]
Camp Improv Utopia: An Interview with Levin O’Connor
Posted by dandy | Filed under Interviews, News, The Dandy
By Nick Armstrong – I’ve had the great pleasure of performing on a team called iO Repertory with Levin and I have to say some of the most magical moments onstage in my career have happened with him performing the JTS Brown. Levin is a true artist when it comes to Improv as best shown [...]
Primordial Sort of Tar and Ooze of the Subconscious
Posted by dandy | Filed under Guest Blog, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv
Written by Erik Voss – Erik is a proud member of the Mainstage Harold team Natural 20 at iO West. Yes, it still exists. ——————- In my short time in the iO West community I have become increasingly aware of a closeted distrust of Harold openings. If we don’t “hate” them, we are at least [...]
Workin’ Through It
Posted by mouse | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Mouse
I’m in an improv slump. It feels like everything I do is “Yes Period” at best and “No Stop” at worst. I initiate without purpose, listen sloppy and don’t heighten beyond jokes. I’m being hard on myself, but I’ve been playing like a hard on for a while, so maybe I deserve it (thank you?). [...]
This Week In Great Intro Songs: Salt N Pepa’s “Shoop”
Posted by mouse | Filed under Resources for improvisers, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Mouse
I owe Levin an apology, even though I think I’ve apologized for this earlier. About 2 years ago, when USS was trying to come up with a uniformly-accepted song to play before our shows (aka “Our Song”), we couldn’t find a perfect fit. Levin proposed we all bring a different song every week, and we [...]
The Type of Show I Want
Posted by mouse | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Mouse
There comes a time in (presumably) every improviser’s career where he or she decides what type of show they would like to perform versus what type of show they just automatically perform. I toss in a “presumably” because I don’t know that it happens for every single performer, but I’d imagine it happens to a [...]
Theme Stuff
Posted by mouse | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Mouse
…and theme and stuff. Our team thinks and talks a lot about the theme of a show. A LOT about it. Tons. Way more than any other team I’ve been a part of, and I’ve been a part of 4 or 5 teams*. But a while back we did a show that really gnawed at [...]
Responsibility
Posted by mouse | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Mouse
It’s a scary word, but I’ve recently come to realize its multiple meanings in the improv world. Before anything gets declared in a scene, an improv show might as well take place in a void. Since “anything is possible,” the audience — however consciously — sees nothing on stage until you, the performer, tell them [...]
Mark Twain Nails It Again
Posted by mouse | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Mouse
“Always tell the truth; then you don’t have to remember anything.” Boom. I’m going to remember this the next time someone asks how you make callbacks in a Harold. Mixed around in improv terms, this quote means, “If you’re reacting truthfully, the callbacks will present themselves.”
Historic Improvisers: The Trojan Horse
Posted by mouse | Filed under Historic Improvisers, The Mouse
Imagine with me, if you will, a time when the great people in our planet’s history had a chance to show off their skills on an improv stage. How would they perform? What would be their best traits, their weaknesses, their go-to’s? We ask that question and take it on, breaking down their hypothetical abilities [...]
