Last night I attended a "Developing Characters in Improv: Bringing Characters to Life on Stage” class from Queen City Improv’s Rick Reebenacker. I enjoyed this class so much. As a former animator and now improvisor I see a lot of overlap in the two fields. I mean, they are both acting.  Rick led us through some...

Make a choice. Double down on it. Triple down on it. - David Chevalier

No scene is ever about the words being spoken. -Del Close

I’ve been thinking, creating, and piloting workshops that combine some elements of Complexity Science and Improvisation. You could call this Applied Improv, where facilitators take the mindset and tactics of Improv and help leaders, teams, and organizations communicate, collaborate, and explore creativity.  But by...

We had our first meeting/practice of the new improv group yesterday. We’re currently calling ourselves Noodle and Prance. One of our members volunteered the name as it’s the name of their cats. We all thought that was funny, so here we are.  Over the last couple years, I’ve been taking classes, going to jams, and...

Knife, Hawk, Spaghetti is an improv game usually used for warming up the performers in practice or before a show. You would likely never see this game during an actual improv show, as it’s a game to get performers minds and bodies warmed up, and doesn’t play well on a stage.  It’s one of my favorites as it forces you to...

I’m about to wrap up a level 301 Improv class with Stranger than Fiction. Our class culminates in a student showcase. Our class opens the show for the main cast. There’s 11 of us in class and we’re performing the Monoscene format. Come see us in Portsmouth on Friday August 15th, 2025!The Monoscene is just as it sounds....

I left the field of game development and animation about eight years ago. A lot has happened in those eight years, to me and that industry. I still am connected to friends in those areas. I’ve been thinking of volunteering to help folks who are working in animation, or are trying to break in. I can’t really comfortably...

I’m new to the study of Complexity Science. I’ve heard Complexity Science defined as the study of networks of adaptive agents. Ant colonies, people, organizations, and economic markets are all examples of complex systems.Also, I like these definitions of the features of complex systems from Karoline Wiesner on the...

Will tomorrow look and feel a lot like today? Probably, yes. Will five years from now look and feel a lot like today? Plausibly, maybe. Possibly, no one knows.No one can see the future. Hell, no one knows exactly what to do right now. We strategize and plan and then the unexpected happens (it always does) right before...