Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Reading List

If you are interested in further reading about Improv, here are some good books:

Truth in Comedy by Charna Halpern and Del Close

Impro by Keith Johnstone

The Upright Citizen's Brigade Comedy Improvisation Manual by Matt Walsh and Matt Besser

Improvisation for the Theater by Viola Spolin

How to be the Greatest Improviser on Earth by Will Hines

Consent Forms

People I still need consent forms from:

Alexandra Cameron-Pizzo
Andrew Foran
Noreena McCleave
Wolf Morgan-Steiner
Aiden Sivers-Boyce
Sofia Vilches
Owen Ward

Please get a copy from Mr. Metz if you don't have one


Monday, April 17, 2017

Improv Showcase Requirements

Short Form Improv Showcase 
When: Thursday, April 27th @ 8:45am

Your team will prepare a 20-30 minute set of short form improv games to perform on this day.

What you will need to submit by Tuesday 4/25:

·      A set list including:
o   Your team name
o   All games you plan to perform
o   Who will play each game in your set

·      A poster advertising your performance including:
o   Your team name
o   The date and time of the performance (See above)
o   Images and or graphics to make it pop

Performance Requirements:

·      Your team must have some sort of uniform.
·      Every member of the team must participate.
·      Games must be introduced to the crowd as if they have never seen improv.
·      At least one game must include the whole team at once (i.e. Slideshow, Story Story Die)
·      Teams must take calls from the audience.


Short Form Game List

Here is a link to the short form game list. This list features games I have taught you as well as games I plan to teach you. Let me know if there is a game we have played in class missing from the list.

Short Form Game List