I was recently teaching an improv class where I was hammering the talking points about how using object work can make performing easier. I got super animated and emotional about it. I then asked for insight from my students as to how this can be applicable in other aspects of their lives. …
We've been kicking around the Chicagoland/NWI area for a while now. We've decided to hit the road a little bit and ride the festival circuit to share what we've built locally with the rest of the Midwest. Check out our upcoming showcases!
Current Month march, 2024
It's been a very good year for Improductions and its teams. We've performed in over 20 original showcases this year, have hosted a couple of great workshops, and have have been plugging away with bringing improv to the masses in Northwest Indiana.
We've decided to fund raise over the next year to allow us to continue…
The Chicago Reader posted an article by standup comic Peter-johns Byrne as part of their "Worst In Chicago" issue titled "Why improv is neither funny nor entertaining, according to a stand-up comedian". Go ahead and read it for yourself and come back to this article. I'll wait.
When I read the title, I expected myself to…
At some point in every improviser's career, they come to crossroads and they ask themselves if continuing with improv is "worth it". Sometimes improv doesn't charge us like it used to and we begin to look as to reasons why that's the case. This could be a career, personal, or artistic query but usually…
I've been doing improv for the last 12 years now and I still feel like an idiot when I go out to start a scene. I've done hundreds of them - some of them great while others left something to be desired. I feel like I know nothing when I go out there but having…
Congratulations to Angela Heid and Nelson Velazquez on their recent Northwest Indiana Excellence in Theater Foundation (NIETF) nominations and/or wins! Your work is exemplary and role models for other artists to follow. We're happy you're part of the Improductions family!
Lighting Design of a Play
Angela Heid, I Never Saw Another Butterfly, 4th Street Theater*
Lighting Design of…
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We're happy to announce that all of our current improv productions have been accepted into the Grand Rapids Improv Festival! Shows will be on Saturday November 4th, 2017! Tickets go on sale soon. We invite you to join us and enjoy all of the hilarity that abounds from different parts of the country in Grand…
One of the best tools to use when you're on stage is your body. It's such a simple thing to use. You use it every day but somehow it's completely negated when we go up on stage. We feel that we need to demonstrate our wit and comedic prowess through our words when our bodies…
Improductions, LLC is happy to announce that we've join the Northwest Indiana Excellence In Theater Foundation (NIETF), a 501c3 organization that unites and promotes over 15 different member theatre companies in the Northwest Indiana area to bring the arts to the community. In cooperation with NIETF, we will be working through out the year to…
Improvisers like to think of themselves as "smarter than the average bear". We're required to know a lot of trivial information as we perform in front of pop culture savvy patrons willing to through the most obvious (or obscure) suggestions at us at the top of a show or game. We devour a lot of…
In this segment, Nelson discusses how to overcome your fear of initiating scenes with help from Mick Napier's book "Improvise: Scene from the Inside Out".
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