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New Book Offers Practical Guide to Teaching Improv to Teens Seattle, WA – February 24, 2024 –  “You Can’t Learn Improv From a Book,” a new book by improv instructor Alan Hawkins, provides a comprehensive guide for anyone who wants to teach improv to high school students, even with no prior improv experience. The book offers a step-by-step approach, breaking down improv exercises and games with clear instructions and insightful notes for both teachers and […]

Improv notes

I found these notes I gave my high school improv team a few months back and I thought I would share them. Scenes are about relationships. Show us why you care about each other, so we know why we would want to care about your scene. Let your improv play come from a place of love and understanding. Whatever your scene partner says, is EXACTLY what you need to hear. Good or bad. And them […]

Directing Improv

I’ve been thinking about how I ended up directing improv. And it all goes back to the Grad groups Dave Razowsky put together at Second City Los Angeles. (Of which I was in) but, more importantly, it came down to something the office came up with for dark nights at the theater. The Grad groups were a deal Raz came up with to keep the Conservatory grads around after they finished the program. Typically, you […]

A Tale of Two Corgis

Last night Erik and I met up for the first time in person, had a few drinks and dinner, and then we jumped on stage at the Duo’s show and did an improv scene! And the reason we know each other? His Corgi Troy is the brother of my Corgi Lizzie (Amanda’s Corgi TBH) Yep! We know each other through our Corgi’s. Somehow we met through the breeder’s post on the facebook. I had noticed […]

Dave Clapper is a street walking, napalm eating cheetah of improv!

When I first got to Seattle seven years ago, I was introduced (via Facebook) to Dave Clapper . Dave invited me to do a rehearsal for a Harold Team he was on. It was the first thing I did improv wise in my new city and directly led to many new friendships and improv opportunities here. Dave then invited me to do an improvised play he was producing and, that is still one of the […]