Improv For Life
Picture the scene. Up the snowy mountains, a bunch of settlers named John and Mary arrive and set up camp. They want to share their love […] The post There’s No Such Thing As Community In Improv? first appeared on LowerTheTone.com .
The USA is no longer the land of the free. So when I was preparing to go teach at Improv Utopia East in New York this […] The post Carry On Camp-ers first appeared on LowerTheTone.com .
You re about to start teaching your improv workshop. You walk in the room to be greeted by both eager and nervous participants. You feel a jolt […] The post Best Practice In The Improv Classroom first appeared on LowerTheTone.com .
Teaching improv can be one of the most rewarding teaching experiences but it can also be one of the most delicate. On the back of my […] The post Being Your Best Improv Teacher – 101 first appeared on LowerTheTone.com .
In May of 2015 I was in the US attending Improv Utopia West and as always, there were a number of teachers to work with. There […] The post Whose Teacher Is It Anyway? first appeared on LowerTheTone.com .
New year, new you, same old improv? Of course not, improv is the art of spontaneity and no two shows are ever the same. But maybe […] The post Elevate Your Festival: Selecting Improv Teachers with Care first appeared on LowerTheTone.com .
Here we are again. Another year, and another year of taking stock of how it s impossible to do it all, and nor should you try to. […] The post 2024: My Improvised Year In Review first appeared on LowerTheTone.com .
Oops, I haven t done one of these since 2019, right before the pandemic. The pandemic rewired our brains and priorities change I guess. But here I […] The post 2023: My Improvised Year In Review first appeared on LowerTheTone.com .
It took 10 years but it finally happened. The first time I saw TJ Dave was in the old iO Chicago, by Wrigley Field […] The post Laughter Is The Closest Distance Between Two People: TJ & Dave first appeared on LowerTheTone.com .
Following a recent post in an Improv forum recent, I ve had a few people from the International community asking for tips with running successful drop-in workshops […] The post The Drop on the Drop-In first appeared on LowerTheTone.com .