An online, audio-based improv community, bringing play to your day from the comfort of home! introvertedimprovisers.com
Episodes
May 14, 2022
May 14, 2022
18 min
What does practicing extreme detail do for our improv? Listen as i-i voices try to dig into impossible amounts of depth, and find fabulous gems.
(0:15) Exercise intro/description
(3:25) "Cold" - sensory storytelling
(4:56) "100 years war" - game
(6:48) "Bon Jovi Lucky's" - finding funny scenepainting/stagepicture
(8:12) "VINES" - finding intensity
(9:52) "Volcano" - stumbling on funny detail/language
(11:19) "Crazy" - enjoyable absurdity
(13:31) "Endless Black" - beautiful & philosophical
(15:08) "Damaged Time" - endearing floundering
Voices: Karen, Maggie, Bryan, Bela, Sid, Rasheed, Anon, Camila
May 7, 2022
May 7, 2022
11 min
Oozebear.com, audio improv platform, gets inspired by an i-i practice of worldbuilding. Check out "Equivalents" under Oozebear's Improv Experiments!
Sample: "Teachella"
Oozebear Voices: host Eric, mesh, deedles, briankscott*, chris, maura, nonsense, felixmach5, and david_el_parker.
*host of Coldreads @ Oozebear, Thursdays. Scripts are read to inspire improv!
Jam with me over @ Oozebear on Monday 23rd, 4pm PST!
Oozebear calendar
Hogwarts episode with Eric of Oozebear!
Apr 30, 2022
Apr 30, 2022
22 min
Before Elon's recent downgrade...
With Steve, Jane, Jeff*, Camila*
(1:47) Lounge
(4:00) Wine Cellar
(6:34) Kitchen?
(9:07) "Mini" Golf Course
(11:39) Make-Out Closet
(15:45) Bonsai Garden
(18:36) Penis Rocket
*of Liminal Passengers (Surrealist Podcast)
Other Montage in Location: Overpriced Department Store
Apr 23, 2022
Apr 23, 2022
27 min
A snowstorm has wiped out all production value for the Tonight Tonight Show, while the writers try to hold down the fort.
Listen to Thompson, Bela, "Brad," and Brendan reach for "a devastating use of silence" in contrast to their last episode, K Juice Jazz Hour.
Apr 20, 2022
Apr 20, 2022
4 min
Improv Tune-Up & Foghorn: Unapologetic Play for Women coming in May in partnership with Synergy Theater!
Tune-Up: 4 or 6 Weeks, Thursdays 9-11am PT (May 12).
4 weeks: make any scene interesting (natural game), giving scenes momentum with rants & raves, argue but love in satisfying conflict scenes, landing "funny" with truth & timing
6: + environment as inspiration & purposeful backdrop, experimental performance improv stretch!!
FOGHORN! Unapologetic Play for Women!: 6 weeks, Weds 7-9pm PT (May 11) or Thursdays 11am-1pm PT (May 12)
Per week: Find Your Vocal Confidence, Mindset of Flex, Carry Your Scenepartner, Being a Beacon of Big Bold Choices, Your Improv Fears Diminished/Demolished (Tailored!), Your Personal Improv Goldmine (Tailored!)
Synergy Theater School of Improv
Other:
Liminal Passengers Surreal Audio Art Gallery
Roundabout Shakespeare (Improvised Shakespeare Podcast)
Apr 16, 2022
Apr 16, 2022
10 min
Listen to Zan dive headfirst into character, emotion, and a touch of song with her duo partner in this "before and after": suggestion, Scene, Scenepainted Event, Aftermath.
Zan is second speaker, "Joe."
This set is part two of Zan's feature on i-i and accompanies her interview in the previous episode on Wild Authenticity.
Apr 16, 2022
Apr 16, 2022
36 min
Improviser Zan shares her healing journey and resulting practice after a lifetime of self-doubt, an overwhelming period of loss, and navigating her life with newly diagnosed ADHD.
(3:51) Zan's 5 Things; on bravery, loss, connection
(8:41) On expressing openly & transformation
(10:00) Zan's journey on reclaiming herself, discovering her undiagnosed ADHD, a lifetime of feeling shame.
(12:30) Her work surrounding healing & creating space for self-discovery: coaching, tapping, reiki
(14:08) Squirrel Yoga for ADHD - yoga meets improv
(15:52) How improv shows up in Zan's work
(23:12) The reality of improv being uncomfortable
(26:57) On realizing leading an intuitive life is improvisational; on lifelong entertaining desires getting shut down
(30:13) Zan's re-emergence & performing comedy
thepsaltywild.com, Zan's instagram
ADHD intensifying shame/chronic shame
Apr 9, 2022
Apr 9, 2022
10 min
i-i introduces sister podcast, Liminal Passengers, providing resources, original sets, and exercises (with samples), for performing SurrealProv. Take a look at the gallery on introvertedimprovisers.com, or find on most major podcast platforms.
(4:08) Sample from Scene-To-Score set (Camila, Jeff, Bela)
Mentions:
Bela - Soundpaint - 30 Second Fart
Camila - Deeper Details - Intro
Maggie - Further Fields - on SurrealProv
Jeff - POV exercise
Previous airings on i-i:
Women of Lochnagar - Improvised Poem
Perfect F*cking Ending - Ekphrasia (musically inspired)
The Iceplant - underscored surreal story
Apr 2, 2022
Apr 2, 2022
28 min
A dying antiques show is injected with new (old) life...
Cast: Bela, Karen, Maggie, Camila, Jeff
Explicit: Language, Sexual content
Mar 26, 2022
Mar 26, 2022
14 min
Trio inspo followed by a vicious set.
(2:10) Sample of layering context (with Bryan & Maggie)
(5:56) Jurassic Park Kitchen (with Sid, Maggie, & A!)
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