The moon.

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“My barn having burned to the ground, I can now see the moon.” – Chinese proverb “The monkey is reaching For the moon in the water. Until death overtakes him […]

Improv from a newbie

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So recently I held Stephen hostage until he would give me blog permission and with this newly found power I’ve chosen to make a follow up post to Rollie’s. If […]

NIDS: Nice Improviser Disease Syndrome

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NIDS, Nice Improviser Disease Syndrome, is when players play polite. They don’t want to offend anyone. They don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable, their fellow players or the audience. NIDS […]

Thankful

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I’m thankful for having a place to play. I’m thankful I don’t have to clean toilets to play there. I’m thankful I’m not censored where I play. I’m thankful for […]

Stop Talking About It

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Have a great idea for an improv show? New form? Improv class? Stop talking about it. Do it. There has never been a better time in Denver to try something […]

Improv therapy

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There are things you don’t say and do in real life, but you can say and do on stage. I believe doing so is a therapeutic outlet for those parts […]

10,000 Hours Of Improv

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I think we can all agree that Will Smith is the man. He’s married to a sexy laday, he once had 8 consecutive movies make over $100 million, and he […]

Local Hero: Chris Woolf

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In 2005 I was performing with the SansScript Players at the Bovine Metropolis Theater. The light person was a young affable guy who was friends with one of the other […]

Fail big.

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“So you think that you’re a failure, do you? Well, you probably are. What’s wrong with that? In the first place, if you’ve any sense at all you must have […]