The show has begun. I love improvising for many reasons. Without a doubt, my life is better because of my improvisational experiences — I am a better friend, wife and mother because of them. I’ve learned so much about being flexible, open-minded, saying “yes!” to opportunities, taking risks and on and on. AND it is [...]
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Behind the Scenes: Backstage
Posted in acting, improv on May 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Behind the Scenes: Pre-Show
Posted in activity, improv on May 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Behind the Scenes week continues here at Improv-a-Mama with one of my favorite parts of a performance — pre-show! Since early on, one of Un-Scripted’s ensemble members, Christian, has pushed us to connect with the audience before the show starts. We mix and mingle and talk to folks as they come in and are sitting [...]
Behind the Scenes: Staaage Fiiiight!
Posted in acting, improv on May 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m an improvisor, not a fighter. I have never really thrown a punch to defend myself or shot someone or drawn a sword to do battle. Yet sometimes, an improvisor needs to be fighter, and throw a punch or do a roundhouse kick or wield a sword or a staff or a gun. Stage fighting [...]
Behind the Scenes: Rehearsals
Posted in acting, improv on May 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Behind the Scenes week! In honor of closing weekend of Secret Identity Crisis, I’m writing a series of posts about what improvisors are up to behind the scenes — in rehearsal, preshow and backstage. First up — rehearsals. “If you’re making it up on the spot, what do you do in rehearsals?” (or [...]
Playtime for Parents in Albany, CA
Posted in improv, parenting on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Registration is open for my next series of Playtime for Parents classes. Thanks to the Recreation Department from the City of Albany for the opportunity to teach there! Here are the details: Playtime for Parents Enhance your enjoyment of playing with your kids by (re)discovering and deepening your own sense of play. Have fun exploring [...]
Secret Identity Crisis is happening NOW!
Posted in improv on April 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’re already in week three of performances and tomorrow night is my first show. (There are 13 improvisors in the cast with 5 or 6 performing each night.) I’m very excited to be back on stage and creating improvised theater. Full details and ticket buying at www.un-scripted.com. If you want to come see me play…I’m [...]
Going into the Cave
Posted in improv, improv theory, musings, parenting on March 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In improv lingo “going into the cave” means taking a risk or taking on the thing that scares you. In an scene, if your character comes up to a cave where there’s a lion, you’ve got a choice. You can stay safe outside the cave or go into the cave and find out what happens. [...]
A Novel Update
Posted in improv, musings, NaNoWriMo on January 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In November, I was racing my writing word count for NaNoWriMo against our decomposing pumpkins. I didn’t win (write 50,000 words) but I did scratch, claw, hunt and peck my way to 20,136 words which is more than I expected in my 3rd week of having the flu. Those 20,136 words are the beginning of [...]
From 0 to Story
Posted in improv, improv theory, parenting, storytelling on December 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote this one back in November and never hit “publish”…so here it is now: As a new improvisor, I remember being awed by how quickly experienced improvisors created stories and brought them to life. They were just so fast. I certainly could never do that. As I became more experienced in working with stories [...]
