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8 Things to Help You Be More CreativeOctober 16, 2019 - 1:14 pm
Teaching improv to preschoolersOctober 2, 2019 - 10:52 am
5 Ways to Practice Being in the MomentSeptember 18, 2019 - 9:52 pm
The 7 ingredients of a perfect improv sceneSeptember 10, 2019 - 3:51 pm
3 Ways to Improve Your Listening SkillsSeptember 5, 2019 - 10:35 am
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
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8 Things to Help You Be More Creative
/0 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneAs improvisers, we are considered “creative types.” Some of us may be quirky or even moody, but regardless of our personality, we are all after the same thing: to get in the creative flow. When we get into the flow, it’s like being a surfer riding a big wave, and it’s exciting. Ideas just come to […]
Teaching improv to preschoolers
/4 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneTeaching improv is a gift I take for granted. Not only am I good at teaching and getting better, but I also really enjoy it. But often I compare myself to my friends who I started out with who are now famous and completely dismiss my gift, which just leaves me feeling shitty about myself. Last […]
5 Ways to Practice Being in the Moment
/2 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneThe goal is to be in the moment — in life and on stage. I don’t care if you are an actor with a script, a storyteller telling us a seven minute story from your life, an improviser doing a long form show, or you’re out to dinner with your friends — your goal should […]
The 7 ingredients of a perfect improv scene
/0 Comments/in Blog /by Sam BowersImprovisers are always on the quest for a perfect improv scene. Is such a thing even possible? If so, what would such a scene consist of? In my endless crusade to remove all the fun from improv and analyze it in a painfully granular manner, (I did direct Improv Nerd’s live shows for five years, […]
3 Ways to Improve Your Listening Skills
/2 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneGreat improvisers are great listeners. Great actors are great listeners. Listening is the foundation of the performing arts. We cannot be in moment if we are not listening. It is impossible. We cannot react to our fellow actor if we are not listening. It won’t happen. Why? Because if we aren’t listening, we aren’t open to what […]
How Improv Helps People with Down Syndrome
/1 Comment/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 […]