Improvise as though the scene you’re in will never end.

Don’t be afraid to take your scenes to new, strange, crazy, unexplored places.

Decide what that unfamiliar pop culture reference is, and make it your own.

It never hurts your improv to be up on your pop culture references.

Make sure you focus on the most important thing that’s happening in a scene, and don’t waste time on the side stories until you address that important thing.

Make sure that you improvise to the suggestion, not to the ask-for.

It’s up to you and only you to improvise your way out of bad situations.

If you have a chance to take traditional acting classes outside of your improv classes, do it.

Don’t worry about spending brain energy on remembering how to conjugate a verb in Spanish when that energy could be better spent contributing creative ideas to your improv set.

You don’t know for sure what your fellow improviser is going to say, so just let them say it.