Improv, Beat by Beat

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05 – The Opening

Posted July 24, 201700:47:10

After a team gets a suggestion, they typically do an opening of some sort to generate the ideas they will explore within a Harold. This episode focuses...

04 – The Harold

Posted July 18, 201700:51:05

The Harold is one of the fundamental longform improv structures, but it isn’t easy, at least at first. But once it’s mastered, it is a framework...

03 – Warm Ups

Posted July 3, 201701:11:09

The next several episodes will focus on the Harold, one piece at a time. This episode focuses on what happens before the Harold, either at the beginning...

02 – Game – Playing the Game

Posted June 27, 201700:43:43

Now that everyone in the scene has identified the game, it’s time to have fun. This episode goes into the different approaches improvisors use when...

01 – Game – Framing and Justifications

Posted June 18, 201701:09:11

Identifying and playing the game of a scene is the foundation of long-form improv: the improvisors must agree on what’s fun about the scene before...