Santa Barbara Improv Workshop

This wasn’t a 3-Headed Expert scene – just 3 guys (Andre, James, and Patrick – with Nacy looking on) who made a touching connection in this scene. This and other pictures are available in the album for this class.
After our warm-ups, we started our scene work with a full rotation of Gift Giving. We followed [...]

No pictures from this class due to a problem with my camera (no batteries!). It was another big class with 26 people, but we got quite a bit of work in.
After our usual warm-up exercises (Character Intros, Whoosh Bang Pow, 1-Word Story), we started out with a Yes And…Story exercise. This was new for everyone, [...]

I don’t say often enough how much you all crack me up. I enjoy the amazing complete pieces with interesting relationships and magic between the experienced players as well as the struggles and raw insights of the new players. I don’t remember what happened during this 3-Headed Expert scene, but I remember being completely out [...]

The Santa Barbara Improv Workshop is putting on an Improvisational Comedy Show this coming Saturday, September 6, 2008. We’ll be at the recently renovated Jefferson Hall, 1525 Santa Barbara Street starting at 8:00 pm.
The show will be a mix of long time improv performers from Caught In The Act along side some fresh, new faces [...]

You know, I can’t always articulate why a particular photo tickles my fancy. Ever since I started using the albums as a way to make a lot more of the photos from each workshop available, I try to pick out my one favorite photo as a representative of the night. There’s something about these two [...]