March 2011
9 posts
The Man Who Would Be Prince . . .
Some of you may or may not know, but during my college years, I had a brief lapse in judgment and went through rush and joined a fraternity. I would like to blame my excess drinking and love of partying to the reasons for this poor choice and move on with my life.
The weird thing about being in a fraternity or sorority is that you have an instant group of “friends” and by...
No Arguing
Thank the lord that Will Hines beat the arguing as improv habit out of me. I can see a lot of people in my level 1 at Magnet who start off scenes with an argument because it’s easy. A lot of people in my experience use argument in improv because they think that every scene has to have a problem that needs to be solved. It doesn’t. If you play a strong game in a scene or a pattern...
Improviser Cabaret
I have always wanted to do a Cabaret, and now it looks like that dream is becoming a reality.
I am in the process of signing the contract, but I’ll be producing a Cabaret with improvisers/sketch performers/comedians in May! Hopefully enough people come out to make the show a success, and if it’s a good enough event with good people, I may make it a quarterly thing! So excited!
So...
Starting from Scratch
Tonight I restarted my improv journey. Approximately one year ago I purchased a discounted improv class at The Magnet Theater from one of those social coupon websites, and it expires next month, and me being the constant procrastinator that I am put off redeeming it until Friday afternoon. Whoops. So tonight I started my Level 1 improv class with Armando Diaz (yeah the guy who founded the theater)...
I Didn't Mean to Offend You . . .
I think as a comedian and writer, one always has to ask themselves what’s funny. What will other people laugh at? I think the main question that we have to ask ourselves is what do we find funny? I think that when writing or coming up with an idea you have to first know what’s funny to you, and hopefully you’re talented enough to convey what’s funny to you to your...
