Recent Posts:
How Improv Helps People with Down SyndromeAugust 21, 2019 - 1:50 pm
What to do when you’re creatively burnt outAugust 15, 2019 - 11:05 am
When You’re the Oldest One in Your Improv ClassAugust 12, 2019 - 9:00 am
3 Most Common Mistakes Improvisers MakeAugust 8, 2019 - 2:58 am
To Be Great, You Have to Be Bad FirstAugust 1, 2019 - 2:02 pm
Surprise! I’m HappyJuly 25, 2019 - 1:26 pm
3 Things Therapists Can Learn from ImprovJuly 16, 2019 - 7:16 pm
3 Ways to Have a Good Show, Even If You Have a Small AudienceJuly 10, 2019 - 4:54 pm- How I Take Good NewsJune 19, 2019 - 8:46 pm
Announcing My New One-Person Show, ‘World’s Greatest Dad(?)’May 16, 2019 - 5:51 pm
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How Improv Helps People with Down Syndrome
/0 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneA few weeks ago, I got an email from Rob Snow, the Executive Director of Stand Up For Downs, a non-profit organization based in Cleveland, OH, that is dedicated to helping people with Down syndrome. Rob is a native Ohioan who studied at Second City, iO and The Annoyance in Chicago in the ‘90s before […]
What to do when you’re creatively burnt out
/4 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneI am crispy. I am burnt out. I am tired. I have had a very creatively busy summer, and I am grateful. I put “World’s Greatest Dad(?)” up and have taught my ass off and I have enjoyed it. I actually don’t think I’ve ever worked as hard as I have done lately, and for someone […]
When You’re the Oldest One in Your Improv Class
/26 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneImprov is considered a young person’s game. Improv classes at iO and Second City are often overrun with 20-somethings just starting out in life trying to make it big in comedy someday. But what if you are over 35 and you’ve just gotten into improv? You know you are never going to audition for SNL […]
3 Most Common Mistakes Improvisers Make
/3 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneI recently finished teaching one of my Art of Slow Comedy Summer Intensives, and I’m gearing up to teach another one this weekend. I’ve been teaching these intensives every year for the past several years, and each year I get the pleasure of teaching students from all over the world: Germany, New Zealand, China, Denmark, […]
To Be Great, You Have to Be Bad First
/2 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneI have been performing since I was in my 20s. And when I started out, I wish to God someone would have told me that to get good at improv, you’re going to have to get comfortable being bad at it for a while – in public – before you can master it. There are […]
Surprise! I’m Happy
/2 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneSomething weird has been happening to me lately: I wake up and I feel successful. I have not changed my diet. I am not getting enough sleep. And I am still not famous. But still, I feel successful. As you know, for me, this not a normal feeling. And you could see why I would […]