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Improv Stage - Ouija Board
Ouija Board

Back in 1989 when I first started studying improv, I wanted to get all the materials I could get my hands on to read about my art. There was a used bookstore on Clark Street in Chicago. I wandered in there looking for improv books. I remember thinking how strange that they put the improv section right next to the occult section, rather than next to the theater section.

There is something mystical about improv. There is something that extends beyond our senses when we are on an improv stage. We're getting outside of our heads, and our bodies to connect with other people. We're dealing with something bigger than ourselves. If you are not a mystic, then this thing that were talking...

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Free Falling - Classic Bovine Blog

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  • Tue, 01/26/2016
Tandem Skydiving

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 December 19th, 2007. 

I have a game I like players to warm-up with. I call it “3 Line Scenes” it is a three line (exchange) scene in which the Who (relationship), What (focus of the scene) and the Where (location) must be established. For example;

Player One: Mom, I’m Sad. (Who/Relationship)

Player Two: But this is Disneyland, the...

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Do It Now, Do It Too, Do It Again - Classic Bovine Blog

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  • Wed, 01/20/2016
Improv class in the middle of an act

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 May 9th, 2008. 

"Do it now, Do it too, Do it again" 

A friend of mine in Chicago, Martin DeMaat, gave me this advice about improv: "Do it Now, Do it too, Do it again." He told me what it meant to him. 20 years later I think I get it. I still tell my students and so I might as well explain it here.

Do It Now.

There...

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Monologues - Classic Bovine Blog

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  • Wed, 01/20/2016

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 8th, 2011. 

Edit-cation ~ Volume 1, Issue 3

Monologues (Asides and Soliloquies)

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...

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See and Be Seen

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  • Wed, 01/20/2016

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...

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Swinging Gate - Classic Bovine Blog

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  • Wed, 10/21/2015

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 8th, 2011. 

Swing Baby!

"The Swinging Gate"

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 scene with the edit.

What is a...

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Tap-outs - Classic Bovine Blog

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  • Wed, 10/21/2015

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...

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