Introverted Improvisers

Sweet dreams, friends.

Cast: Jeff, Bela, Camila

There is no Pt. 1 for a greyscale town losing vitality; a visitor provides hope...or does she? Our spoooooky episode has a "delicious" guest star, Alyssa Lupo-Zulueta as "Isabella"! 

Cast: Alyssa, Bela, Camila*, Jess O' Neill**, Thompson

*of Introverted Improvisers

**of Improv MKE, Casino Improv, Queen City Comedy

For more totally improvised Shakespeare: Roundabout Shakespeare

Apocalypse above, 7 bunkers below: No Salt (0:00), Tap Dancers (2:43), Bunker Swap (5:08), Farting Cockroaches (9:27), Tony's Conscience Gets a Girl (13:13), Clue Gone Wrong (17:20), An Improv Troupe Gets A Name (20:20)

Cast: Mags, Karen, Sid, Bela

A trip gone awry forces a change in perspective...or does it? You decide what the last line means.

Set: monoscene before & after (with Sid, Bela, & Camila)

Highlighting protagonist Sidonie Starr; listen to her interview on hypnosis!

Other clips:

Genghis Khan of Prairie Dogs

Secrets of Suburbia (monoscene; host)

Secret in Your Pocket 

An outside player side coaches ("pulls" from) a 2-person scene for more specificity when juicy offers are given, resulting in joyful scenework, and some pretty infectious laughter.

Rasheed/Jess/Paloma; Sid/Bela/Camila

Click here for more information about this exercise (previous episode).

Warming up the "writer-improviser" with a pulling exercise, extracting more detail of character or situation in a scene.

Click here to listen to samples (next episode).

Samples of micro beats/hyper-listening exercise, then expansion into a slow/organic improv scene.

Sid/Camila; Paloma/Camila; Tom/Camila

Here is the explanation (previous episode).

Warming up the "actor-improviser" with a micro-beats/hyper-listening exercise.

Click here to listen to the exercise, and then an expansion into a slow/organic improv scene.

Theatrical beats article: https://dramatics.org/beat-analysis/

4 organic improv scenes with Jeff Miner. Same one-line start, four totally different scenes. Check out his interview on Math & Philosophy here.

(0:00) w/ Bela

(3:50) w/ Camila

(9:26) w/ all three

(13:44) Monologue

This episode highlights improviser Jeff Miner, who has a strong background in math, philosophy, and programming, yet chooses to exercise his vulnerable and emotional side with improv. Check out his improv set here.

(0:00) Introducing Jeff

(2:35) Jeff's 5 slashes & being an "appreciater"

(4:33) Jeff gets philosophical with Disney

(6:11) Jeff's improv journey through a time of grief

(10:18) Jeff's math journey and its appearance/importance in his life

(16:15) Improv as an outlet and relief for the analytical mind

(21:59) On the balance of improv (art) & math