Introverted Improvisers

Maggie* introduces i-i's second round of poetry performance as a tool for becoming better actors, voice artists, and therefore, improvisers! These poems are presented in pairs on a theme.

Voices: Rasheed, Sidonie, Ann-Marie, Thompson

Timestamps & Poem Spoilers below

*all of Maggie's voicework at i-i is her own work (unless otherwise noted) and unscripted, performing from memory and not text.

*Maggie's interview

*Maggie is a core voice at Liminal Passengers, a surreal and poetic audio art gallery 

(0:00) Maggie introduces project

(1:11) Introducing Rasheed

(2:02) "The Tyger" - William Blake

(4:36) Introducing Sidonie

(5:20) "Words Wide Night" - Carol Ann Duffy

(7:44) Introducing Ann Marie

(8:24) "Come Away Death" - William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

(10:40) Introducing Thompson

(11:06) "Kaleidoscope" - Douglas Dunn

(12:36) In Closing

Maggie* introduces i-i's first round of poetry performance as a tool for becoming better actors, voice artists, and therefore, improvisers! These poems are presented in pairs on a theme.

Voices: Jeff, Bela, Camila, Steve

Timestamps & Poem Spoilers below

*all of Maggie's voicework at i-i is her own work (unless otherwise noted) and unscripted, performing from memory and not text.

*Maggie's interview

*Maggie is a core voice at Liminal Passengers, a surreal and poetic audio art gallery 

(0:00) Maggie introduces project

(3:17) Introducing Jeff

(4:00) "Jim, Who Ran Away From His Nurse, And Was Eaten By A Lion" - Hilare Belloc

(7:45) Introducing Bela

(8:57) "This Be The Verse" - Philip Larkin

(10:47) Introducing Camila

(11:41) "Wild Geese" - Mary Oliver

(13:32) Introducing Steve

(14:33) "Ozymandias" - Percy Bysshe Shelley

(16:27) Summary...and stay tuned!

What does practicing extreme detail do for our improv? Listen as i-i voices try to dig into impossible amounts of depth, and find fabulous gems.

(0:15) Exercise intro/description

(3:25) "Cold" - sensory storytelling

(4:56) "100 years war" - game

(6:48) "Bon Jovi Lucky's" - finding funny scenepainting/stagepicture

(8:12) "VINES" - finding intensity

(9:52) "Volcano" - stumbling on funny detail/language

(11:19) "Crazy" - enjoyable absurdity

(13:31) "Endless Black" - beautiful & philosophical

(15:08) "Damaged Time" - endearing floundering 

Voices: Karen, Maggie, Bryan, Bela, Sid, Rasheed, Anon, Camila

Oozebear.com, audio improv platform, gets inspired by an i-i practice of worldbuilding. Check out "Equivalents" under Oozebear's Improv Experiments!

Sample: "Teachella"

Oozebear Voices: host Eric, mesh, deedles, briankscott*, chris, maura, nonsense, felixmach5, and david_el_parker.

*host of Coldreads @ Oozebear, Thursdays. Scripts are read to inspire improv! 

Jam with me over @ Oozebear on Monday 23rd, 4pm PST!

Oozebear calendar

Hogwarts episode with Eric of Oozebear!

Before Elon's recent downgrade...

With Steve, Jane, Jeff*, Camila*

(1:47) Lounge

(4:00) Wine Cellar

(6:34) Kitchen?

(9:07) "Mini" Golf Course

(11:39) Make-Out Closet

(15:45) Bonsai Garden

(18:36) Penis Rocket

*of Liminal Passengers (Surrealist Podcast)

Other Montage in Location: Overpriced Department Store

A snowstorm has wiped out all production value for the Tonight Tonight Show, while the writers try to hold down the fort. 

Listen to Thompson, Bela, "Brad," and Brendan reach for "a devastating use of silence" in contrast to their last episode, K Juice Jazz Hour. 

Improv Tune-Up & Foghorn: Unapologetic Play for Women coming in May in partnership with Synergy Theater!

Tune-Up: 4 or 6 Weeks, Thursdays 9-11am PT (May 12).

4 weeks: make any scene interesting (natural game), giving scenes momentum with rants & raves, argue but love in satisfying conflict scenes, landing "funny" with truth & timing

6: + environment as inspiration & purposeful backdrop, experimental performance improv stretch!!

FOGHORN! Unapologetic Play for Women!: 6 weeks, Weds 7-9pm PT (May 11) or Thursdays 11am-1pm PT (May 12)

Per week: Find Your Vocal Confidence, Mindset of Flex, Carry Your Scenepartner, Being a Beacon of Big Bold Choices, Your Improv Fears Diminished/Demolished (Tailored!), Your Personal Improv Goldmine (Tailored!)

Registration 

Synergy Theater School of Improv

Other:

Introverted Improvisers 

Liminal Passengers Surreal Audio Art Gallery

Roundabout Shakespeare  (Improvised Shakespeare Podcast)

Listen to Zan dive headfirst into character, emotion, and a touch of song with her duo partner in this "before and after": suggestion, Scene, Scenepainted Event, Aftermath.

Zan is second speaker, "Joe."

This set is part two of Zan's feature on i-i and accompanies her interview in the previous episode on Wild Authenticity.

thepsaltywild.com

instagram

Improviser Zan shares her healing journey and resulting practice after a lifetime of self-doubt, an overwhelming period of loss, and navigating her life with newly diagnosed ADHD. 

(3:51) Zan's 5 Things; on bravery, loss, connection

(8:41) On expressing openly & transformation

(10:00) Zan's journey on reclaiming herself, discovering her undiagnosed ADHD, a lifetime of feeling shame. 

(12:30) Her work surrounding healing & creating space for self-discovery: coaching, tapping, reiki

(14:08) Squirrel Yoga for ADHD - yoga meets improv

(15:52) How improv shows up in Zan's work

(23:12) The reality of improv being uncomfortable

(26:57) On realizing leading an intuitive life is improvisational; on lifelong entertaining desires getting shut down

(30:13) Zan's re-emergence & performing comedy

thepsaltywild.com, Zan's instagram

ADHD and shame

ADHD intensifying shame/chronic shame

i-i introduces sister podcast, Liminal Passengers, providing resources, original sets, and exercises (with samples), for performing SurrealProv. Take a look at the gallery on introvertedimprovisers.com, or find on most major podcast platforms. 

(4:08) Sample from Scene-To-Score set (Camila, Jeff, Bela)

Mentions:

Bela - Soundpaint - 30 Second Fart

Camila - Deeper Details - Intro

Maggie - Further Fields - on SurrealProv

Jeff - POV exercise

Previous airings on i-i:

Women of Lochnagar - Improvised Poem

Perfect F*cking Ending - Ekphrasia (musically inspired)

The Iceplant - underscored surreal story