Improv was doomed with a semantics crisis from the start. When long-form improvisation began to flourish as its own art form under comedy guru Del Close in Chicago in the 1980s, “improv” referred to ...

If last year taught us anything, it’s that planning can only get us so far. What’s the cliche? “The best-laid plans…” and then people trail off ominously. Yep, that was last year if you were a teacher ...

A couple of years ago, I decided I needed a hobby that didn’t revolve around fantasizing about brunch. Having spent some of my early life dabbling in the performing arts, preferring improv over all ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “The world belongs to the energetic.” While true, in our volatile, unpredictable, complex and ambiguous world, it may be even more true that “the world belongs to the most ...

Sometimes you’ll hear that a movie used “a lot of improv,” but when pressed the director will reveal that at most a handful of lines of dialogue were made up on the spot. All these extended and/or ...

Since its first entry on the comedy scene in the 1950s, improvisational comedy, otherwise know as improv, has changed the world of comedy. As a former elementary school teacher turned professor of ...

Improv is a great tool for actors. Some of the best moments in film and TV have come out of it. It helps breathe new life into a sleepy scene and can also improve your focus, helping you stay present ...

Have you ever been to an improv comedy show? The performers use a few chairs and an empty stage, combined with recommendations from the audience to create believable, entertaining scenes. In just a ...