These are essays about improv comedy from Will Hines, a Los Angeles actor, co-owner of an improv theater, longtime UCB teacher/performer, author of "How To Be The Greatest Improviser On Earth"
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Matt Haines: Five Tools For Fools
This is a guest article from Matt Haines. He’s on a house team at Jest Improv and has studied at WGIS and UCB. By day he’s a middle-school teacher, where he does some of his best improv. You can find him on Instagram, TikTok and Threads at...
2026 Hines Improv Rust Belt Tour
I was in Ohio this week, teaching and performing in both Cleveland (Imposters Theater) and Dayton (Black Box Theater). It was the 2026 Hines Improv Rust Belt Tour.
I’m actually not sure if Dayton is considered part of the Rust Belt.
Any...
Caroline Clifford: Amazing Three Line Scenes
This is a guest column by Caroline Clifford. Caroline Clifford is a stand-up comedian and improviser in Berlin. She performs and teaches improv at Comedy Cafe Berlin and teaches stand-up at her own school Berlin Stand-Up School. She has her...
"Framing" Doesn't Mean "Controlling"
I framed this picture. I believe it deserves attention.
Sometimes improviser use the idea of “framing” to try and write the whole scene themselves. That is… not good.
Framing is when you call attention to someone else’s unusual beh...
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