Pan Theatre does more Chicago-based improvisation, short form with some long-form style.
Recommended books:
Truth In Comedy - Basic Improv manual for long-form
Basic Skills
- The Power of Yes. Saying “Yes” opens you up to other possibilities.
- In Improv use the obvious.
- You have to keep focused on the relationship and actions, NOT the objects.
- The truth of the moment trumps everything in a scene, it brings you to the same page and you connect as people.
- Do that thing that makes a partner react and makes you react.
- It’s conflict-oriented. If you have an offer think about the opposite direction.
- Go towards that thing that makes you and your partner react.
- Create action.
- Conflict is a way of stalling, you are not stepping into the unknown.
- Embrace and Go crazy with it.
- Hold on to that which creates excitement.
- Now is always better than later.
- Yes your way through confrontation
- Staging is crucial and takes a lot of practice.
- Put you paints and hooks on the 4th Wall
