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Following Your Passions on the Road to SuccessApril 29, 2021 - 9:27 am
Being More PositiveApril 22, 2021 - 1:26 pm
Do You Want to Build a Snowman?April 15, 2021 - 10:31 pm
5 Biggest Mistakes Improvisers Make OnlineApril 1, 2021 - 2:29 pm
Blockbuster, I Miss YouMarch 25, 2021 - 2:25 pm
I Am Not (That) CreativeMarch 18, 2021 - 11:14 am
What I Like About You: 6 Improvisers I AdmireMarch 10, 2021 - 4:31 pm
A Little Less MiserableMarch 4, 2021 - 10:08 am
What’s the Best Way to Give and Take Notes?February 4, 2021 - 11:10 am
What to Do If You Get a Note in Improv Class You Don’t Agree WithJanuary 28, 2021 - 1:39 pm
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Following Your Passions on the Road to Success
/2 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneIf you’re a reader of my blog, you know that I often recommend that you stop looking to the gatekeepers to give them validation, but instead work on developing your own shows and your own work so you do the work that inspires you. So I was incredibly proud and impressed when I found out […]
Being More Positive
/1 Comment/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneFor years I thought to get good at improv you, had to get piled on by constructive criticism — what some people call “negative notes.” I was that student who would go up to the teacher after class and beg them to “be tough on me.” I was tortured that way. I even took this philosophy into […]
Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
/2 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneSince the start of the pandemic, I haven’t gotten to perform in front of a live audience. That changed last week. No, it wasn’t in a theater. It was for a small group of preschoolers and their parents in our backyard. Betsy, who is almost five years old, became obsessed with inviting some of her friends over to put […]
5 Biggest Mistakes Improvisers Make Online
/2 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneIn the last year that I have been teaching improv online, I have gotten to work with improvisers from all over the country and at various skill levels. And regardless of their experience, I have seen the students in my classes and workshops make the same mistakes over and over again. And I’ve also seen that once most […]
Blockbuster, I Miss You
/1 Comment/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneI recently watched a documentary on Netflix called The Last Blockbuster. It’s about the last remaining Blockbuster video store in Bend, OR. It also takes a look at how the once-powerful chain that had 9,000 video stores collapsed. Watching this documentary brought back memories about when I was high school and first started renting videos. […]
I Am Not (That) Creative
/0 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneLauren and I read a lot of library books to my four-and-half-year-old daughter, Betsy. Recently one night we read a new one called Alex’s Good Fortune, by Benson Shum. The plot goes like this: Alex invites her friend Ethan over to her house for Chinese New Year, and (spoiler alert) we learn about all of the things […]