Improv Class, The Boards, Thursday Evening

Jan 10, 2013 08:18

In the basement of the boards was a small rehearsal area: a tiny stage, a number of seats. It had the right informal air for a workshop: not the intimidating air of the proper stage, but with a distinct theater vibe ( Read more... )

boards, max blum, jonothon evan starsmore, karla, elizabeth bennet, karina lyle

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Arrive/Mingle apocalipped January 10 2013, 12:20:27 UTC
There were a few pastries sitting out fro J,GoB, and some coffee, tea, and water for people who arrived early. Feel free to help yourselves, and to get to know one another before the class starts!

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Re: Arrive/Mingle notacokeperson January 10 2013, 12:44:34 UTC
Karina was totally early!

... Partly because she wanted to check if students were, like, actually allowed to be here or if it was going to be her and a bunch of older, non-studenty folk.

But she could also do the nibbling on a pastry thing too, while she scoped out the rest of the class. Multi-tasking at its finest!

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Re: Arrive/Mingle glacial_witch January 10 2013, 16:00:30 UTC
Karla was leaning her chair back, eyeing Jono's crutches, and rolling her eyes so hard it almost hurt.

And, okay, also eating pastries. Because they were J,GoB and they were good!

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Re: Arrive/Mingle notmandonna January 10 2013, 16:22:31 UTC
Max was half here for the pastries and half here for the comedy. There was a part of him that was mildly interested in learning to do better improv, but mostly he was here to be entertained by the other people doing it at no cost. Like a free comedy club with comedians-in-training instead of professionals.

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Lecture apocalipped January 10 2013, 12:22:01 UTC
Is it really a lecture when it's a drop-in community class?

Well, in any case, take a seat in the theatre seating and listen to your instructors ramble on about improv, all the same. Or just talk to one another. It might get props thrown at you, though, and Jono does still have one good arm to throw with.

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The Stage! apocalipped January 10 2013, 12:23:39 UTC
Pair off, grab a prop, and then head up to the stage to act out a scenario based around those props of yours! Feel free to go crazy with it- improv tends to lean more toward humorous than dramatic- but whatever you come up with will be just fine.

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Re: The Stage! notacokeperson January 10 2013, 13:51:09 UTC
Karina grabbed... well, she grabbed an apple corer. Staring at her prop doubtfully, she wondered if someone would notice if she picked again.

Yes, yes they probably would.

Stepping away from the props, she looked around for a partner, all the while trying to decide what the heck she was supposed to be while holding an apple corer.

She just had to think outside the box, right?

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Re: The Stage! glacial_witch January 10 2013, 16:10:38 UTC
And Karla had grabbed...an eyepatch. At first she'd been thinking about trying some kind of pirate improv, but then she saw the girl with the apple corer and...well...

Look. Bad ideas are born, not made.

Slipping the eyepatch on, she rushed over to Karina and wailed, "How could you?!"

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Re: The Stage! notacokeperson January 10 2013, 16:24:48 UTC
That was a amazing horrible idea!

Karina could totally roll with it though.

Rather than recoil from the other blonde, Karina planted her free hand on one hip, tossed her hair dramatically, raised her chin and snapped, "How could I?" She waved the apple corer forbiddingly at Karla. "It’s nothing more than you deserve! Shame on you, always coming in to sleep in my apples!"

So the eye thing had been an accident. Sort of. Ish.

Karina was entirely possibly making the bad idea worse. ... Go her?

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Talk to the Instructors apocalipped January 10 2013, 12:24:00 UTC
When they ping in!

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Re: Talk to the Instructors apocalipped January 10 2013, 12:27:08 UTC
After the lecture was finished from up on the stage, Jono made his way down to take a front-row seat. Logically, this was because he was still favouring his injured leg, and the fewer stairs he took, the better.

Really, though, it was more because front row was an excellent place to heckle from.

He was there to bother if anybody cared to, in any case.

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Re: Talk to the Instructors glacial_witch January 10 2013, 15:57:37 UTC
One botherer ready and waiting!

"Are you done being stubborn yet?" Karla asked, while the other people dug through the box of props. Yeah, yeah, she'd get there. "Because don't think for one minute I won't steal one of your crutches and get up there and do my best 'stubborn Jono' impression."

It would not be flattering, Jon. It really wouldn't.

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Re: Talk to the Instructors apocalipped January 10 2013, 16:24:02 UTC
"I'm never done being stubborn, Karla," Jono replied, putting his nose up into the air. "There were other things to be done, and you were off for the holidays, and the one person who did offer me her medical expertise in the meantime was far more interested in getting laid."

She'd been cute, no doubt about that, but Jono had been dubious of her actual medical qualifications.

"That said, I suppose it would be bad form to show up to class tomorrow looking as though I've been mauled by-" he was not going to say bears, after that one gremlin bite, "-sharks."

With two-foot spikes for teeth.

It could happen.

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OOC apocalipped January 10 2013, 12:24:42 UTC
Man, I miss the old improv group back in Alberta.

... Not enough for me to move back to Alberta, granted. But I do.

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Re: OOC glacial_witch January 10 2013, 16:36:16 UTC
LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARPING

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Re: OOC genesishero January 10 2013, 16:40:09 UTC
WE'LL SEE.

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