#ipmrov

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Janie Stolar / Morgan Miller

3-5-2017

Try things and trust that your team will have your back.

You don’t have to be in a scene that makes you uncomfortable, or makes you feel sad -- If you feel that something is treated flippantly, call it out.

Have an open mind. Find some reason why everyone in class is amazing, and find the way to bring that out of them.

If you don’t agree with what your teacher or coach says, thats okay, but try it out.

Trust that everything will be okay, don’t try and control things.

It doesn’t matter if people laugh, just really commit and make it a true scene. If they care, you care.

“We obsess with Yes And, but really it should be 90% Yes, and 10% And.”        -- Shaun Diston

[improvturd]

Aaron Jackson / Janie Stolar

3-11-2107

Throw yourself into the flame. Commit all the way.

After a bad first beat, just follow the most fun part, even if it’s not the Game.

What do you find funny? 

Why are you doing this?

And have fun with that

You like improvisers by how they And -- We all have to Yes, but everyone And’s differently.

Every scene can be bad, every scene can be good.Find what you like about it.

If you feel that a scene is not going well, have a strong reaction or confess to something. At least it will make the characters care, and you’ll have something to latch onto. 

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Mariola Figueroa / Lui Vega

2-11-2107

Look at how the other person’s body is reacting and the energy that they give you, and support that emotionally.

If you get  lost in the pattern game, listen extra hard, and don’t be afraid to ask your teammates what something is.