by Greg Hohn | Aug 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Too much concern about how well one is doing a task sometimes disrupts performance by loading short-term memory with pointless anxious thoughts. – Daniel Kahneman Most of us want to do well at the things we attempt. We want to do them correctly. All our lives... by Greg Hohn | Aug 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Improv is to scripted theater as jazz is to classical music, I’ve often said. In both improv and jazz you take the constructs of the classic form (which is not to disregard the essential elements of the African diaspora in jazz) and create something new and... 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...
