Introverted Improvisers

Get character inspiration by holding a secret token in your pocket. Listen to Ann-Marie, Amalia, and Bela answer for their characters after being gifted a dead ladybug, a gold bar, and a crushed up fortune cookie. 

Scenepainting to Duo-logue to Scene with Margaret Stretch, the improviser of this week's Spotlight Series. 

This episode highlights improviser Margaret Stretch, who is also a Licensed Family Therapist. She speaks about improv as a therapeutic activity, holding boundaries as an improviser, and also, why a therapist would make a great improviser!

Check out her improv set here.

If she can convince you to come and play, contact us!

(0:00) Introducing Margaret

(1:34) Margaret's 5 Slashes

(2:48) Surprising adventures

(6:16) Margaret's path to becoming a therapist

(8:16) Margaret's reframe when plans went astray

(10:17) On "holding space" for others as a therapist

(10:58) Improv as therapeutic, but not therapy; boundaries

(15:35) Self-care

(16:46) Why a therapist would make a great improviser

(18:42) What improv teaches us: connection, social cues, letting go

 

Stoners reveal a channeling of Billy Shakespeare's rad new text.

 

With: Thompson, Camila, Jess O'Neill*, Bela

 

*of Casino Improv, Queen City Comedy, and Improv MKE

A donkey and his best butterfly friend search for beauty in Antarctica.

Featuring Paloma as Butterfly, with Camila, Bela, and Rasheed.

Title credit: Violet

For parents: one instance rude humor (vomit), tragic tale.

 

An exposé on exhibitionism nearly goes awry for BBC 19.

Featuring: Sid

With Amalia, Ann-Marie, Jessie, Karen, Camila

Monoscene: A scene in real time and in a single location with no edits.

Troupe: Tiger Time 

A deeply uncomfortable interview with the cast and crew of this summer's blockbuster, The Space Waffle, hosted by legendary talkshow host Hamish McDougall (of What's This Movie About?)

Featuring: Brendan Howseman

With: Bela, "Brad", Thompson, Camila

 

Sound

Intro Music by Kyrylo Zaplotynskyi, download "Inspiring Modern Classical Music" you can here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/50025205

Space scene music Music: Galaxy - SergePavkinMusic
Music Link: https://youtu.be/c7SIKA3gRRo

Trailer Music: Evan King - [overwatch] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT1ZkP03V18LmOj8zbyP-Dw https://www.twitter.com/evankingaudio

Earth Day Scrub & Spa has three promising applicants...

(With a nod to D&D Characters)

Featuring: Brendan Howseman

Brendan Howseman, fabulous narrator and character voice actor, is in the spotlight talking about the complimentary practices of playing Dungeons and Dragons and Improv. 

Who is Brendan? (1:58)

What is D&D? (4:21)

A little D&D history (6:12)

Basic Foundations (8:10) and how it's played (9:44)

D&D character vs Improv characters (12:28)

Sampling D&D without playing (industry) (14:56)

Critical Role, Dimension 20

Harder to convince improvisers to play D&D or vice-versa? (17:17)

How to get started (18:50)

Player's Handbook

 

Brendan's Samples:

mAd-Men Clip (main ad exec)

Character Clip (3 at once!)

Brendan's Show on Introverted Improvisers 

Characters in Narrative

Narration

Roundabout Shakespeare gets poetic when Nature favors life over love.

 

With: Thompson (host), Camila, Jess O'Neill*, Bela

 

*of Casino Improv, Improv MKE, and Queen City Comedy