And so are TJ and Dave

This week's Radiolab is a conversation with TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi, two of the nation's best improvisors. They do a weekly show at one of Chicago's best improv theaters in which the two of them build a two-man, hour-long play out of nothing. The discussion centers around how they deal with that level of uncertainty each week, and how they are able to provide such a high quality show despite that uncertainty. If you have fifteen minutes, it's well worth a listen.

There is an agreed upon game

This will be longer than most, but explains what improv is all about very nicely, if you're interested in reading that sort of thing.

A book that I'm reading (More Baths, Less Talking) mentions a book the author is reading (The Conversations) which talks about a game called Negative Twenty Questions.There's a long excerpt from it, and a description of how it relates to improv, after the jump (Click on Read more):

Building an Improv Community

Really interesting article from an amazing voice of improv.  In this article from Jill Bernard she talks about  how to cultivate a positive improv community.  Ozymandian Theater was lucky enough to have a private workshop with Jill a few years ago and are HUGEOMONGOUS fans of her.  She is brilliant.

Here is that article:

http://www.hugetheater.com/2013/on-forming-an-improv-community/ 

The Giant Sleepy Puppy

In case you didn't see it this morning, Channel 5 has posted video of Sarah and I promoting our show (This Saturday at the Atlas!) on the morning news:

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Some thoughts about the game we played after the jump: