Holy macaroni!
Last night was fantastic. The.. burbly durbly. It ruled. 10 people - beating the previous record by a margin large enough that the margin itself would beat the previous record.
The margin between the margin and the previous record would itself be large enough to beat the previous record.
Free gin awesome.
And hoo, boy, they were game as could be.
Stuff we did included:
Rubbing the google (copyright Kevin Scott)
Slap Daggers
Word Smash (Thor-style)
Open Crossing
This is Bullshit
Emotion Chairs
Basement/Unbasement
And
Raw Intervals
Notes I wrote included:
Very realistic w/ the One sided dialogue then appropriate
& varied degrees
DARK OK
The Birth of Fred Schneider!!!
Bruce Lee & Bruce Willis
Everyone stretched themselves in one or more of these exercises, and a lot of truly spontaneous, unplanned, surprises, and dynamic work ensued.
I really felt like I got to see people getting in touch with their instincts -- and even better, people letting go of that "outside eye" that we improvisers use to evaluate everything we do while we're doing it.
I'm proud to have helped this class to happen.
Now, jumping from 3 awesome people last week to 10 awesome people this week was a big adjustment, and there are a couple of adjustments still to be made. I'm going to break up the Intervals to make sure no one has to sit too long, and definitely reduce the time we spend on warmups to 15 minutes or less.
Please, anyone who's taken this class or who is thinking about checking it out, don't hesitate to drop me a line here, on facebook, or at my email, with your questions, concerns, suggestions, threats, or recipe requests. I'm good with eggs and meats.
Thanks to everyone for coming out, and I hope to see you (and you) next time.
Wahoo!
Your pal,
Geoff
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