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To Be Great, You Have to Be Bad FirstAugust 1, 2019 - 2:02 pm
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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
5 Improv Teachers Who Influenced MeMay 9, 2019 - 4:19 pm
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3 Ways to Have a Good Show, Even If You Have a Small Audience
/0 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneHave you ever been back stage before a show and peeked out at the audience to see only a tiny crowd and your heart sank? Yes, it’s disappointing. We all want to play to packed houses all the time, but the reality for most improvisers and actors is sometimes that just doesn’t happen. Each group and […]
How I Take Good News
/3 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneLast Saturday night I opened my one person show, “World’s Greatest Dad(?).” It did not go perfectly; no show ever does. It went well, don’t get me wrong, but I had high expectations. So afterwards I was filled with shame, self-doubt and self-hatred. I wanted to hide. I wanted to die. Some of my friends […]
Announcing My New One-Person Show, ‘World’s Greatest Dad(?)’
/4 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneI have big news to share with you today. I am really excited to announce that my new autobiographical one-person show, World’s Greatest Dad(?), is going to be opening at Second City’s Judy’s Beat Lounge next month. The show will run on Saturdays at 6 p.m. from June 15 through July 20. If you’ve been […]
5 Improv Teachers Who Influenced Me
/2 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneIf you have a kid in any grade from preschool to high school, you’re probably well aware that we’re right in the middle of Teacher Appreciation Week. And this week, as I helped get together a gift bag for my daughter’s teacher, I started reflecting on all of the great improv teachers I have had […]
It’s my birthday. Thank you, improv!
/16 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneSunday is my birthday. I turn 55 years old. That is not a typo. It’s hard to believe, but it’s true. In improv years, that makes me 104. Even I am amazed I’ve been around that long, teaching and performing improv. My life is not what I imagined it would be when I took my […]
How blaming other people keeps you stuck
/0 Comments/in Blog /by Jimmy CarraneHave you ever gotten off stage after a so-called bad show and immediately started blaming your teammates in your head for what went wrong? Even if you don’t tell them you’re blaming them, when you start to focus on other people as the problem, you run the risk of alienating them. Not a good move […]