Counteracting Fear

What if…? “What if I can’t do it?” That’s where it starts for me. I get afraid. “Afraid of what?” “Not being able to do it? Then people will laugh at me?” “Hey! I’m in an Improv class, isn’t that what I want?” the voice in my head is having a discussion with another...

How I Met Viola Spolin

My First Encounter with the Mother of Improvisation  I was living in Hollywood, tending bar, performing comedy and mime in local cafes and trying to break into show business like thousands of other hopefuls from all over the country.  A dear friend of mine called from...
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“That’s what poetry is for. Using language to penetrate the mystery.” – Joseph Campbell, the Power of Myth Intuition is not just a word When you hear a word too often it can lose its meaning. Often Viola would exchange the word intuition for other...