by Gary Schwartz | Mar 31, 2018 | Blog
“Information is a very weak form of communication” – Spolin I have been working with Spolin Games for the last thirty years. I first began in an improv comedy class learning how to be fast and funny with a group of very talented actors, who are still playing. Then, by...
by Gary Schwartz | Dec 3, 2017 | Blog
“Creativity is not the clever rearranging of the known.” – Viola Spolin Creativity is a state that allows us to touch the unknown and to bring it into the phenomenal world: To make the invisible visible. The unknown is a territory that holds all possibilities, until...
by Gary Schwartz | Sep 15, 2017 | Blog
This comes from writer / performer Eva Moon. Improv as a Tool for Writers By Eva Moon One of the pleasures of writing fiction is falling in love with the characters you create – and then torturing the hell out of them. Bringing them to life and uncovering...
by Gary Schwartz | May 19, 2017 | Blog
Recently, I attended a master class by Impro creator Keith Johnstone. It was very interesting to watch how he conducted scenes with beginners and some of his wonderfully talented master students. I watched as he constantly stopped players from the outset when they...
by Gary Schwartz | Oct 23, 2015 | Blog
Or Debriefing the Debrief Remember when we played for fun? I’ve been playing games most of my life. The games we play shape us as people and as a society. In the same way lion cubs and kittens, cavort, pounce and chase around, play equips them for being cats in later...
