Practical improv advice, exercise ideas, and lots of feelings from UCB New York improvisor and teacher, Molly Thomas. New posts every Friday morning.
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Dramatic and Emotional but No Fun at All
I’m on here all the time pining for dramatic and emotionally grounded improv. I daydream about theatrical, actorly Harolds. I’m always chasing the dragon of a profound and deeply funny set.
Emotional improv is lovely, but comes with its o...
Exercise: Super Heroes Assemble
Recording of the Improv City post of the same name, published 8/28/26
Written and Recorded by Molly Thomas
Produced and Edited by Tom Levin
Exercise: Super Heroes Assemble
I love the exercise where performers name an improvisor that they admire. They explain why they love watching that performer and what that player is particularly good at. Then the improvisors perform as those players. As a performer, I find...
Exercise: Superhero Set
Encouraging theatricality through theme
When a group of improvisors is focused on finding the funny, they concentrate on the verbal. Writerly performers will lose acting and connection in favor of game. Actorly improvisors might hold onto...
Exercise: Let’s Go Tigers
Recording of the Improv City post of the same name, published 8/21/26
Written and Recorded by Molly Thomas
Produced and Edited by Tom Levin
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