To Improve at Improv

Isn't it ironic how improv with an "e" is improve, and improvisation helps you to improve your acting. This week in STAC we went to the Community Center for 3 whole periods of improv, and i most definitely improved.

With improvisation, there is no right, and there is no wrong; there are no rules. All you have to do is, not think (though easier said than done). The thing is, our whole lives we have been taught to think. Think before you act, think before you speak, and then of course, we have been taught to worry about what other people think. So how do we escape this epidemic of thinking? How can we get to a place where we will say anything, do anything,and think nothing? Well, the journey to that place is different for everybody. For me, I close my eyes, and take myself back to when I was a little kid. I remember what it feels like to live in a world of pretend and imagination, where the issue of thinking never crosses your mind. When I open my eyes, I say and do exactly what i feel (as if i was 4, and not 14). Usually, it takes me a while to get into that place, but this week at the Community Center something extraordinary happened. I walked on onto the stage, closed my eyes and instantly, I found the little four year old inside of me. This was with out a doubt the most "thoughtless" improvisation I have ever done. A huge accomplishment, and an improvement.