Viola Spolin, the high priestess of improv, was an advocate of “see and be seen”. That is what improv is all about; being with each other in the moment in a particular place in time. Seems a simple enough way to connect, but how when we are busy in our heads creating?

Just follow some of these simple ideas and your improv will fly off the stage.

See your partner. Look them in the eyes. See their posture. Read between the lines. Be present with them. If you are seeing your partner then you are present with them. Eye contact doesn’t allow us to be anywhere but...

This blog is part of a series of "Classic Bovine Blogs." These are blog posts that we managed to recover from our old website that crashed in 2014. This blog was written by Eric Farone and originally posted on April 6th, 2011.

Edit-cation ~ Volume 1, Issue 1

In and Outs of "Tap-Outs"

Remember, all edits must serve the scene that is on stage currently, not the scene we want to bring in from the sides. The original scene is being shown to the audience for a reason. It is up to the folks on the side of the stage to serve the...