Santa Barbara Improv Workshop

It’s that time again! The Santa Barbara Improv Workshop is putting on a Recital this Saturday, March 24th 2007 starting at 8:00 pm.
I’m often asked the difference between a recital and a Caught in the Act show. Structurally, there’s not much difference. It’s one and a half hours of short form improv. The difference is [...]

A fine class that challenged everyone’s ability to work in large groups. The final count for the night was 32 players, not including me. Luckily, one person left just as another arrived, so we never had more than 31 at a time (whew!). Folks also went crazy with the camera (which is a good thing) [...]

I’m not certain what it means when a “small” class consists of 22 people, but because it seemed like a small class, we spent some time working on 2 and 3 player scenes. Before we get to those pictures, above is a shot of an Irish Drinking Song with David, Mark, Scott, Ben, Jim, Kathy, [...]

Doesn’t that look like a typical workshop? I hadn’t yet posted a group shot from the warm-up exercises, but this one is pretty typical. Pictured here are only two of the three groups telling one-word stories. The small circle in the background consists of (clockwise from left) Jim, Lorien, Sharon, Aydin, Justin, Justine, Carol, and [...]