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Your Brain on Improv

Rachel Van Nes
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Essays at the intersection of improv, psychology, and life exploring why we're like this.

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The Secret to Better Living Room Openings in Improv: Empathetic Listening

At drop-ins and practices I’ve been coaching lately, we use the Living Room opening if we’re working on premise. The Living Room is especially accessible for newcomers or people who don’t usually play together. It’s essentially a conversati...

9 days ago
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Why Is It So Hard To Name An Improv Team?

So you’ve just formed or got placed on an improv team - congratulations! Now all you have to do is come up with a name…which is easier said than done.

Deliberating over a team name can often take days, and all to land on something like “Sl...

15 days ago
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Responding to Both Levels of an Improv Scene

When I was coming up in the Portland improv scene, a common phrase was, “It’s not about the bike.”

The idea is that when two characters argue over how to change a bike tire, their argument goes much deeper than how to use an air pump. The...

a month ago
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Why Is It So Hard For Improvisers To Be Normal?

In improv, one of the most difficult assignments is to be normal. It’s weird. We spend all day being ourselves and then as soon as we hit the stage, we lose our minds. We say things we’d never say and act in ways no human would.

Why is it...

a month ago
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The Exciting World of Applied Improv

Something I’ve always loved about improv is that it’s basically a lab for relational skills. On the surface, we’re learning to be funny, but in the process, we’re also discovering how to listen better, empathize more, and collaborate more e...

2 months ago
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