written by: Beth Jones Tips and Rituals to Guarantee a Great Show It’s show day. Your nerves are taking over, your head is swimming with worry, and your group chat is popping off. After a full day of being lost in your mind, you have just fifteen minutes in the green room with your team to set the tone and mentally prepare for your show. Here are five tried-and-true tips that will help you and your teammates maximize your time together and take the stage with confidence!  1. Blindfold Yourselves and Tell Secrets
If you forgot your show day blindfold, a sock will do the trick. The goal here is to heighten your listening and speaking skills, which are crucial for any improv show. Once everyone’s eyes are covered, one person starts by sharing a secret. The more embarrassing or incriminating, the better. Improv teams are built on trust, and what better way to test that trust than to share something shameful or illegal? If you’ve ever committed adultery, murder, or mean girl behavior, this is the time to come clean. A good green room confession will leave you feeling light and free and ready to take the stage! Industry tip: have an NDA handy just in case.
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written by: Madeline Slavens Dallas Indie Comedy Fest - IN This thing is IN, big time! It’s the top of the list because it is the most cool and most “à la moment” thing happening right now. It’s an un-missable event from April 11 to April 13th this year and it’s certain to be extremely fun. We’re hearing that it’s going to be two amazing evenings of comedy shows with workshops and social events as well. This event redefines what it even means to be “IN.” Friendship Bracelets - OUT Sorry, Friendship bracelets. You’re OUT. Wearing your friend’s names on your arm is out because wearing your friend’s names on your heart is in! Keep those names close, queen!! written by: Raye Maddox The number five is nice and round, almost even. If there was one number I would contest should be an even number it’s five! Just look at a 10, or 15, or 20, or 100, or 1025! Solid, brick-like numbers, which is similar to a round, safe even number (think 2, 8, or even 64). So why do programs, counters, and speedometers sometimes stop at increments of 5s? Thinking even further, why do most Improv Comedy Programs (ICPs, for short) halt at a Level 5? I can only imagine it's because 5, as just mentioned, is a beautiful, perfect, serene number.
Sure, this isn’t a nation-wide standard yet, though I hope it will be soon under this new administration, and admittedly there are a few ICPs in LA, New York, or Chicago that only have four levels, or three, or two, or just one. But, for the sake of this blog, let’s imagine a world where an ICP continued after Level 5…what more could a burgeoning and supple improviser learn in a whole new course-level? More space-work? More accents? More warm-ups? No. They would learn a deeper way to enjoy consciousness, a way to expand their mind and, hence, playstyle. Introducing: Improv Level 6: Sleep and Dream-Play A Seven-Week Advanced Improv Course |
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