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3 Great Comedy Books To Read This Summer
/0 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneThere’s no better time to catch up with your reading then during a pandemic. The summer helps too. So before you fill up the kiddie pool with water and pour yourself another Arnold Palmer, I have come up with a short list of books all about making it in the world of comedy that I think […]
You’ll Always Remember The Bad Ones
/1 Comment/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneHappy Fourth of July, even though in most parts of the country, all celebrations have been cancelled. In the town where I live, the annual parade, fireworks and face painting is all taking place online. It’s not the typical Fourth of July sitting inside on your laptop watching computer-generated fireworks, but this is not a […]
Sorry You Haven’t Heard From Me
/12 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneI need to write for my mental health. For my sanity. It’s been harder lately, with everything that is going on in the world — a pandemic, protests about racial injustice, and the closing of theaters. When it comes to writing, I have not felt inspired. My muse is A.W.O.L. And during this time I […]
Cinderella’s Funeral
/4 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneMy almost four-year-old daughter, Betsy, was playing with her two-inch tall plastic Disney princess dolls, when Cinderella’s head fell off and rolled under the couch. She looked and looked and couldn’t find it. So she decided to have a funeral for Cinderella. She lined up all the other Disney princesses on the coffee table and […]
Taking In the Love On My Birthday
/5 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneMay 5th was my birthday. I turned 56. It’s been a tradition of mine, a week or so before my actual birthday, to get more depressed than normal, followed by a wave of self-pity. Thank God, with everything that has been going on in the world and that fact I have not left my house […]
3 Scenic Improv Exercises That Work Great Online
/0 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneAfter six weeks of teaching improv classes online using Zoom, I wanted to share with you some scenic exercises that I have had success with in this whole virtual format. They are simple and straightforward, and I have found that they have helped the students become more comfortable with the format, which seems to be a concern […]