Shad Kunkle is an improviser, actor, teacher, and comedian. He has been playing with the iO Harold team Carl and The Passions for 20 years, he toured with Second City and understudied the Main Stage. We talked to him about the importance of focusing on the other person, being selfless as an improv coach/director, and […]
Last week, I talked about how to give good improv notes if you are an improv coach or director. This week, I'm going to give some tips on how to give improv notes to your own teammates -- a much trickier proposition. First, let me say, if you are part of an improv group and […]
What we do is pretty amazing. We get up in front of people and make shit up. And regardless if we suck or not that night, we are brave for just getting up there. And we need to give ourselves credit for that fact alone. I know a lot of you are refusing to give […]
Is your goal in improv to never have a bad show, scene, class or rehearsal? If so you are doomed. Get out while you can. Improvising is not an exact science. You are never going to master it. That’s why some of us are in it for life. What you need to be striving for […]