Dallas Comedy House • 14th March 2019 Improvisationally Ever After Once upon a time, there was a little girl who was led to believe that her voice wasn’t important.
Dallas Comedy House • 25th February 2019 We were always improvising 'I didn’t expect this' and 'Now what' are precisely the spaces where improv arrives again and again. As improvisers, we’re never expecting this; we arrive to the unexpected. We willingly take it on, delight in it, craft with it. What is mishap to the grief-stricken is the method of the improviser.
Dallas Comedy House • 20th February 2019 Unmasking "your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." - Rumi
Dallas Comedy House • 11th February 2019 Look at Me Look at me. No glance. She’s notoriously defiant. I wait. Look at me. She continues ignoring me, eyes fixated on the world around her. Scout, look at me. She gazes up and begins to lick my nose.
Dallas Comedy House • 5th February 2019 Plotlines and Pilgrimage Improv teaches that it’s not necessarily where we end up that matters the most, but that how we go will determine where we arrive, and who we become.
Dallas Comedy House • 29th January 2019 Yes, and flood waters We bring our ideas, our creativity, and our skill of working together; we create in the midst of absence and space. As it does in the Okavango, life floods abundantly onto the improv stage.
Dallas Comedy House • 12th December 2018 Soulmates and Scene Partners ‘Do you want a puppy?’ A dreaded, hipster couple had found two abandoned puppies wandering the streets; the man held a sleeping, snuggly, tiny beige and chestnut bundle. ‘No, I can’t,’ entering the bathroom. But when I emerged, without hesitation I scooped Riley up in my arms and walked back to the hookah bar to rejoin my group. ‘YES.’
Dallas Comedy House • 27th November 2018 Without A Shield They open up, they drop their shields, they know that no matter the tears, flaws, or struggle moments, their vulnerability is a beautiful and human thing.
Dallas Comedy House • 12th November 2018 Supporting the Scene Whether we are tapping out, walking on, or simply creating the scene, ‘yes, and’ wisdom encourages us to use our gifts, strengths, and ideas for the sake of ‘serving the scene’, rather than merely serving ourselves.
Dallas Comedy House • 23rd October 2018 Follow Your Feet Our teachers encourage us: follow your feet. They seem to have a wisdom of their own; we lurch forward as if about to fall off a ledge. Coming up to our toes and then back down to our heels, something within us had an idea...
Dallas Comedy House • 8th October 2018 The Importance of And I believe ‘yes, and’ is the best act of support and revolution I have ever encountered.
Dallas Comedy House • 28th September 2018 The Culture of No Such a terribly unpleasant word to any improviser. Even worse, when the no isn’t said, but it is felt.
Dallas Comedy House • 11th September 2018 You Are Welcome Here It’s my first Student Lottery. The lights come up after our suggestion of Popsicle; I hesitate. My mind is a complete blank for any initiation ideas. I freeze. I have nothing to offer.
Dallas Comedy House • 4th September 2018 The Discipline of Play "Our ability to embrace laughter and joy, especially in community, is key to our well-being."
Dallas Comedy House • 27th August 2018 Create and Release "If I can release some space in my day plan to embrace some interruptions, I become a calmer, more present, and kinder human."
Dallas Comedy House • 20th August 2018 Small Steps "Life is usually built in the small steps, the day to day journey towards an unpredictable destination."
Dallas Comedy House • 14th August 2018 Listening "What if by listening we can nurture one another into stronger, more alive selves?"
Dallas Comedy House • 7th August 2018 Embracing Failure “Embracing failure opens us up to a world we wouldn’t discover if we didn’t fail headfirst into discovering a new room of knowledge.”
Dallas Comedy House • 7th August 2018 Practicing Yes On stage, yes nurtures the fantastic and bizarre, the silly and playful and ridiculous. Off stage, yes steps into the beauty, messiness, playfulness, and adventure of life.
Dallas Comedy House • 12th July 2018 Creating the Container In improv, we are creating a container where people can grow, where bravery can be possible and practiced.
