Minneapolis Improv Boards

jillybee72 · Joined: 20 Dec 2001 Posts: 6208 Location: Minneapolis, MN

Butch taught me about the "75 degrees and sunny" problem

Joe & Lauren taught me the Harold.

Jenni taught me about not asking questions or negating.

Shannon Laing taught me about who what and where?

Rebecca Sohn taught me about starting a scene with a noise or an opinion.

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Who taught you what?
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Richie · Joined: 15 Dec 2008 Posts: 11

Michael Richie taught me to raise the stakes and how to play a low status character.

Jill Bernard taught me how to come up with a character quickly

Doug Nethercott taught me the ins and outs of ComedySportz

Tim Hellendrung taught me the concept of having a persona

I wish I could remember who taught my high school improv group. She taught me all the basics

My brother taught me how to smoke (unrelated but true)

macarthur31 · Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 23

Charna Halpern taught me the Harold.

Joe Bill taught me about initiating a scene and playing a scene with three different energies -- intellectual, physical and emotional. (And that I'm most comfortable in the intellectual space, but also less interesting there as well.) He also taught me that harolds are much more interesting when they have different textures (fast scenes/slow scenes; grounded scenes/fantastical scenes; non-sequitur scenes/call-backs).

Pat Shay taught me about being emotionally vulnerable on stage, and invited me to "be an actor", not just an improviser.

Del Close taught me about being ruthless with truth, and trusting that the audience will trust you (as long as you hold that trust sacred).

Kevin Mullaney taught me about how ensembles form group mind. Liz Allen plussed that by reminding me that "group scenes is the opportunity for the ensemble to celebrate/love each other...show them that you love playing together."

Miles Stroth taught me that there can be a math to improv -- that patterns matter.
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hannahk · Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 29

Joe Thompson and Jill Bernard taught me Comedysportz.
Colleen Murray taught me to let go of self-consciousness and just do the trust fall, no matter how "gay" you feel.
Joe Bill taught a lesson I'm still trying to put into practice, about facing down your fear and telling it to fuck off until after the set.
Rachael Mason taught me how to disagree with a teacher.
Craig Uhlir taught me to swear better.
Everybody I work with taught me how to work.
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boilingsociety · Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:28 pm Post subject:

John Haynes taught me how to use an object in a scene and how to teach improv

Matt Howe taught me how to be excited when your students do something amazing.

Jill Bernard taught me to say "Fuck it" and do it. She also taught me how to let the words of a song just come to you.

Jen Scott taught me how to be a great duo partner.

Craig Uhlir taught me how to be a dork and stupid, and do better through that.

John Sweeney taught me how to apply improv to other things in life.

Caleb McEwen taught me to write comedy.

Michael Gellman taught me that good improvisers are good actors, and vice versa. There is a need to be theatrical in your improv
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Pancakes with Fred · Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:55 pm Post subject:

Butch Roy taught me how to mime guns.
Joe Bozic taught me how to mime windows.
Marc Bentzen taught me how to mime cupboards.

Ted L. taught me to say yes to the thing you've been asking for during the whole scene thus far once it's offered.
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hannahk · Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Posts: 29

Uhlir is amazing. I want him to coach everything I do, because he comes at teaching with 100% sincerity, while avoiding that trap of getting overly earnest. Such an approachable teacher, but also really fucking uncompromising in his standards. And fantastic swearing.
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jillybee72 · Joined: 20 Dec 2001 Posts: 6208 Location: Minneapolis, MN

Matt Donnelly taught me about open/close.
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fivemanjob · Joined: 22 Apr 2002 Posts: 3975

Phil Lusardi taught me to come out swinging and not to stop until the lights go out

John Sweeney taught me that the tech is worth hearing from

Jenni Lilledahl taught me how to make use of what I'd been doing all along and make it something better

Jill taught me when it's good to be a total dick
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hellendrung · Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 9:39 am Post subject:

Jill Bernard taught me not to fear taking charge. She also taught me how to improvise a female character without using an annoying voice.

Hannah Kuhlmann, Troy Zimmerman and Damian Johnson taught me what long-form improv is (and can be).

Doug Neithercott taught me that ComedySportz is legit and isn't the bastard son of long-form.

Jet Evelyth at iO taught me how to create believable characters and let the outside world inform said characters.

Caroline McSweeney from the Gaiety School of Acting taught me that improv doesn't have to be funny to be good.
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bovikaitis · Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 1:29 pm Post subject:

Jill Bernard taught me that you can't break improv.

John Haynes taught me that if you're going to do something offensive, you'd better be prepared to back it up.

Jill Bernard taught me that improv can be limitless in it's form.

Josh Eakright taught me that improv can be beautiful, emotional, and real.

Jill Bernard taught me how important listening and the team concept of improv is.

Eugene Huddleston taught me that I'm a really good fucking improviser and that I have to own the stage when I'm out there.

Jill Bernard taught me....a lot of stuff.
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Melissa · Joined: 02 Dec 2008 Posts: 19

I took improv (devising) from Caroline at the Gaiety School! We must have been on the same program? Small world.

hellendrung · Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:56 am Post subject:

Did you study at the school itself under a Gaiety Program or was it through IES? Or something completely different?
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Melissa · Joined: 02 Dec 2008 Posts: 19

It was through IES, in the Spring of 2006. I loved it, although there were only three of us in most of our classes! Lots of one on one attention!

hellendrung · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 11:43 am Post subject:

I, too, went through IES. I was there Fall of '05. Did you know Sheva Leigh?
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Moener · Joined: 22 Jan 2010 Posts: 2

Anna Brandvik taught me my first improv class ever

Jenni Lillidahl taught me that women are just as funny (if not funnier) as men

Dave Kappelhoff taught me to commit to an emotion

Doug Neithercott taught me Comedy Sportz and that no one wants to see my ass, so I should face the audience instead

Eriq Nelson taught me that scenes about cats are never funny and that only Carol Burnett show cast gets to crack themselves up on stage.
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adequacity · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 674

Ert Jones-Hermerding taught me the rules.

Audrey Crabtree taught me Comedy Sportz.

Katy McEwen taught me how to do a scene.

Doug Neithercott taught me how to PERFORM Comedy Sportz.

Julie Grover taught me how a sketch show works.

Mike Fotis, Jill Bernard and Eric Knobel taught me how to break the rules.

Aric McKeown taught me that improv cannot be broken no matter how hard you try.
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TheMadjai · Joined: 16 Feb 2010 Posts: 8 Location: Minneapolis, MN

Jill Bernard taught me that improv is both hard and easy. Often at the same time.

Doug Neithercott taught me to get the fuck into the scene.

Halsey Lindquist taught me that it's not about what you know, it's about who you are.

Troy Zimmerman taught me that tangents are funny, and comedy is in the details.

Tim Hellendrung taught me that a total and unyielding commitment to a character can be the most compelling thing to watch.

Jordan Estes taught me that silent scenes can kick ass.

Michael Ritchie taught me that sometimes, a monologue can work wonders in improv.
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Kelvinius · Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:36 pm Post subject:

Stevie Ray taught me that action was more important than wit.

Lauren Anderson taught me that emotion was more important than data.

Gust Alexander (yes, one-half of the Stagebenders) taught me just to say the first thing that came to me.

The Scrimshaw Brothers taught me that, sometimes, the best support you can give is just to sit there and gape.

Jill Bernard taught me not to worry about being cool, because I am cool.