The Complete Improviser: Concepts, Techniques, and Exercises for Long Form Improvisation

the audience quits believing in the reality of your scene, they’ll stop caring.

changes weren’t forced, because the trail of inspiration

The solution here is the same as with any impasse: someone must lose without changing their character.

Chicago also has more improv than any city in the world.

“You gotta know the rules before you can break them.” I’ve never liked

that expression. If they’re eventually going to be useless, you’ve probably picked the wrong rules in the first place.

More Scenes Are Ruined by Unasked Questions Than by Asked Questions

feelings like disappointment, failed expectations, and the notion that one’s will is being resisted. These are valuable components to defining a point of view.

You must not only ask questions, you must ask smart questions. You must work to figure out and understand the absurd person’s point of view.