The next paragraph is more entertaining than this one.  I was substituting for Suzanne at 2 PM, and I had an "Up Close" event at 10 AM, and I had a lot of grading to do.  The Up Close event was my "math and improv" workshop.  So I went to a coffee shop at 8:05 to work on planning it (I'd done it before, but a while ago, and wanted to change it up) ( Read more... )

So I started with a bit of the ol' Laban (click here for handout). I had them walk around, alternating between strong and light, sudden and sustained, direct and indirect. Acknowledging each other as they passed each other. Then I had them walk around as various combinations ( Read more... )

Is Improv like the special Olympics ( Read more... )

(1) If you open your talk with “For those of you who don’t know me…” I’m going to think you are a dick regardless of who you are ( Read more... )

About a month ago, I cast the 50th person in Half Masted. 50 cast members. Jesus ( Read more... )

I will be teaching Improv lessons in Cedar Falls, starting February 7, and continuing every Monday from 7 - 8:30 for six weeks ( Read more... )

I was just about to send an email to someone, asking for a favor. A person who would certainly either say "yes" or "no" without a problem. But I got this feeling... "Don't Do It!" I am not into mysticism, so I typed it out. About to hit "send." "DON'T DO IT! Do NOT do it!"

I listened.

"humor" - When people talk about something and use the word "humor" they leach the funny right out of it.

Back when people used to seriously evaluate my teaching, I was often complimented on my use of humor.
Back when people used to evaluate my "public speaking", my use of humor ( Read more... )

I promise that this won't be the emceeing journal. But I've been thinking about this, and I have a five year old, which is causing me to remember a bunch of things from when I was in kindergarten and nursery school ( Read more... )

So a few years ago, I was part of a project. Students often get As throughout high school math, and then come to college, and fail their math courses. Why? So this project was to find out, and make recommendations to both the high school teachers and the college professors. I liked the philosophy of including both in the discussion; nothing ( Read more... )