If you take your shows seriously, they can function as practices, right? I don’t mean having a nerve-wracking, “gotta do it right” mindset. But if everyone is bringing their own personal stakes to the show, regardless of whether the venue is free and we’re in front of mostly our friends, they’re going to push themselves to perform at the top of their games.
If you perform once a week, and get notes after every show, then I’d buy the argument that you don’t need an additional practice if you are in maintenance mode. If you’d just doing the same show week to week and not learning anything new, that is a reasonable way to operate.
If you want your group to try something new, you must practice. If you have any respect for your audience, you won’t charge them money to watch you try to figure out how to do an Eventé for the first time. Even if everybody in your group knows the form, until you’ve performed it together at least once, you don’t know how to perform it together at all.
Also though, we need to do a better job of reaching outside of the improv community to grow our audiences for these independent shows. Performing for other improvisers is fun, but it starts to feel like we’re a bunch of kids putting on plays in our parents’ living room. Makes it both harder and more important to feel those personal stakes.
Agreed. I printed 500 cards to promote Fat Penguin’s USM show. I’m honestly not 100% sure what I should be doing with them.
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Yeah I meant to respond to this awhile ago, but I suck at tumblr: With regards to the improv “does practice matter”...
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a conversation with Brett...reminded me of a few things. Some of the best improv
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I’ve been looking for a point to jump in this truly amazing series of threads. I agree with this sentiment. If I ever...
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I’m not at the Creek that much, but if I am and you see me and want someone to take notes for a show, I am ALWAYS happy...
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I agree with everything said here. I don’t think it HAS to be low stakes at The Creek. But it almost always is. And the...
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TOO MANY THREADS OF CONVERSATION. I will add that one of my biggest peeves starting out was the reticence of coaches to...
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I’ve had coaches...came to watch and give notes. Especially for SMIRK - Russ comes out...
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Without making fun of Bozarth for all his metaphors, I agree. I think practice makes better, and living life helps, and...
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We try to. (It’s tough...we’re in-between having
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It IS HIGH Stakes everywhere! This thread made me anxious. My one year at UCB will be soon and I’m finding hard to have...
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YOU GUYS NICOLE REMEMBERS US
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Up 141 from yesterday. accomplished.
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Sometimes they get notes. Some coaches go above...beyond. But yes… very very rare.
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week, and get notes after every...argument that you don’t need an additional practice if...
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agree with this....once you’ve reached...certain point,...
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This whole thread has been pretty great. Five points…...miss Zuleyka rehearsals, not...
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most important thing...off, rehearsal or performance. it’s so easy to get lazy
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regular rehearsals...important. To me,...us are good enough...
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is also something I have...that improvteams.com has highlighted, along
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Oh boy, here comes a long ass rant. I’ve...wondering this myself. I think the way I’ve...
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Some interesting thoughts here. On one hand,...is fun, and we should revel
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really believe that rehearsing is crucial....not only helps build
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