I remember sitting in my first or second class of a beginner improv program. My teacher, who was lovely and shared her burning passion for improv with everyone, told us:
In improv, you can do, say, or be anything you want to be!
All of the exercises we did supported that statement and it served me…
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…