by Greg Hohn | Aug 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome. -Samuel Johnson “I was just about to do that.” There are fewer words I care less to hear in rehearsal or class. It’s not that I don’t have sympathy for an actor... by Greg Hohn | Aug 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Character is movement and sound. This is what I tell company members and students. What about motivation and interior monologue? I don’t care about those things. I don’t think they have any place in improv and maybe not even in acting. Am I an iconoclast?... by Greg Hohn | Aug 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Tis a gift to be simple. -Quaker hymn Simplicity is one of the keys to good improvisation in the Transactors approach. This might come as a surprise to someone who sees one of our seemingly complex long-form performances, such as The Musical!. The easiest way to... by Greg Hohn | Aug 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
For the last few years I have been exhorting company members, students, and myself to “explore” rather than “invent” while improvising. This is only an original idea in so far as we all learn things in a subjective way and in our own time. Paul... by Greg Hohn | Aug 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Some things are of that nature as to make One’s fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache. -John Bunyan Vulnerability probably isn’t the first thing that springs to mind when you think of improv. Certainly a great appeal for improv audiences is vicarious...
