Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv

Rebecca Stockley has been directing improvised Shakespeare plays since 1989. As far as we know, she is the first person to ever create an hour-long improvised Shakespeare play.  Because she was the first to discover the artform, Rebecca is the perfect person to kick off our new series on the history and methodology of classical improvisation.  This interview features a surprise appearance from Brian Lohmann.  The name of the Canadian group that I forgot is Die-Nasty. 

Anson Chan, Co-Artistic Director and Co-producer of the UnScripted Shakespeare Festival joins the podcast to debrief the big takeaways from this year's festival. I tried to edit it down a little, but we still set the record for the longest episode of Muprov Musings. 

Interviews with: Laura Kennedy Kieran Sands Kristin Elliott Juwel Haque Derbáil Kinsella Dani Taffijn Babette Hinterleitner Erik Ostrom   I wasn't able to sit down with everybody, but the cast also included: Matt Sparkes Ray Billington Terje Brevik   Who: Wing It Impro - Ensemble Team   What: Ancestors Where: Unity 1 When: 2:50pm - Saturday the 9th of May 2026 One house. Four eras. Countless secrets. ​   Behind the curtains of 11 Oxford Road lies a house brimming with the echoes of the past. From the joy of new births to the solemnity of deaths and marriages, these seemingly unremarkable families have far more to share than meets the eye. ​ Ancestors is a gripping, spontaneous theatrical experience that weaves together four different eras as they fight to tell their stories. In a world where memories have a life of their own, you’ll witness the legacy of a single home—and the spirits that linger within it.

Hal Munger interviews Oliver Senton from The School of Night. Oliver and Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: The School of Night What: The School of Night Where: Unity 1 When: 7pm - Saturday the 9th of May Performed by: Oliver Senton, Dylan Emery, Joseph Chance & Alan Cox. The School of Night has been improvising Shakespeare since they were formed by theatre maverick Ken Campbell at the request of Mark Rylance at Shakespeare's Globe in London in 2005. Their shows are wild and extravagant celebrations of theatre as they attempt to extemporise one of Shakespeare's lost plays, inspired by audience suggestions. As well as being masters of improvising in iambic pentameter, The School enjoy introducing new performers INTO their shows. This year, a new cohort of bardic explorers (who have been playing and iambickering with The School in the morning), will show off their skills in a whirlwind ride of literary games and procedures. The School's unique brand of literary improvisation has been seen all over the world, from the National Theatre to Elsinore Castle, from the Hay Literary Festival to the Edinburgh Festival. And now they are delighted to be asked back to Liverpool to continue asking the question: what if making stuff up was more fun than writing it down? ‘Fearsomely able improvisers’ ★★★★ Financial Times

Hal Munger interviews with Empty Set who will be performing here-elsewhere at LIF 2026. Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: Empty Set What: here-elsewhere Where: Unity 2 When: 4:30pm - Friday the 8th of May here-elsewhere, performed and directed by Empty Set, the duo of Rosalind Grégoire and Christianna Tsigkou is a one of a kind improvised performance where live drawing, projection and storytelling transform the space itself into a shifting, imaginative world. here-elsewhere is a performance where space itself becomes a performer. The artists transform the room through live drawing, projection, and storytelling, creating a layered world that shifts between the seen and the imagined. As we explore hidden corners and small details of the space, a scratch on the wall, a glint of light, a forgotten object, these are magnified and projected as living landscapes where new stories emerge. The performers respond, building a visual and emotional map of the room’s echo; strange, delicate, and deeply human. Each performance is unique, shaped by the architecture, atmosphere, and presence of those watching, transforming overlooked spaces into vivid, imaginative worlds, where stories emerge not from a suggestion, but from the materiality of the room. Equal parts theatre, live art and visual improvisation, here-elsewhere invites audiences to rediscover the spaces they inhabit and the stories that live quietly within them.

Hal Munger interviews Nathan Dean who will be performing the A very Capable boy at LIF 2026 at LIF 2026. Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: Greg Baxter and Nathan Dean What: A Very Capable Boy Where: Unity 2 When: 6pm - Saturday the 9th of May Sometimes silly, sometimes serious, sometimes surreal, A Very Capable Boy are a duo who blend improvisation, alternative comedy and kitchen-sink drama to create a uniquely surprising live comedic experience. For fans of I Think You Should Leave, The Royle Family, and Rick and Morty, the show draws from sources as varied as DIY music, absurdist theatre, and performance art to create a world full of darkly hilarious characters who move and amuse in equal measure.

Hal Munger interviews Rebecca MacMillan and Andĕl Sudik who will be teaching and performing the Library of Forgotten books at LIF 2026. Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: Andĕl Sudik & Rebecca MacMillan What: The Library of Forgotten Books Where: Unity 1 When: 5:30pm - Friday the 8th of May Breathe in. What do you smell? Paper. Dust. Leather bindings. Welcome to The Library of Forgotten Books - a place of ritual, where abandoned and neglected books are offered up and transformed into fleeting stories. In this dreamlike space of reverence and mischief, The Librarians examine forgotten volumes, channel their contents, and decide their fate: to be enshrined on the shelves of memory… or consigned to oblivion. A mysterious, funny and moving improvised performance created by internationally acclaimed improvisers Anděl Sudik (The Second City, Boom Chicago) and Rebecca MacMillan (The Maydays, Closer Each Day), the show blends laughter, wonder, and the quiet thrill of transgression. Audience members are invited to bring a book they’re ready to part with forever; these offerings may shape the night — or be ceremonially altered in the name of improv. What will be remembered? And what will be forgotten?

Hal Munger interviews Anneliina and Guitar who will be performing Life Happens! at LIF 2026. Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: AnneLiina & Guitar What: Life Happens! Where: Unity 1 When: 6pm - Thursday 7th of May Life is unpredictable and that’s exactly where the magic begins. From Estonia’s kIMPROose collective, performers Anneli Kirotar, Liina Karro, and musician Maarius Pärn bring you Life Happens! — a spontaneous, heartfelt, and hilariously human exploration of connection in all its chaotic beauty. In this fully improvised show, Anneli and Liina dive into the wild landscape of relationships: the closeness and the distance, the conflict and the comfort, the moments that shift us when we least expect it. Every scene is created on the spot, shaped entirely by the performers’ quick thinking, creativity, and playful curiosity. Guiding and colouring the journey is Maarius Pärn on live guitar. His improvised soundscapes pulse through the performance — sometimes soft, sometimes bold — giving each moment its own emotional rhythm. Music and theatre weave together as the story evolves in real time. Funny, warm, and boldly unpredictable, Life Happens! invites you to witness how we navigate each other — one unexpected moment at a time.

Hal Munger interviews Aunt Batty Knows who will be performing Tales from the Armchair at LIF 2026. Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: Aunt Batty Knows... What: Tales from the Armchair Where: Unity 1 When: 6pm - Thursday 7th of May Performed by: Karen Hughes, Gemma Hurst, Su Jackson and Rosie Šošić Step into the unsettling and absurd world of Aunt Batty Knows… as they weave dark tales of supernatural suspense. Tales from the Armchair is an all-woman longform show which draws its inspiration from 1970s and 1980s TV drama programmes such as Play for Today and Tales of the Unexpected. Everyday characters and situations meet a context of eerie surrealism where we wonder, is the uncanny in the mind, outside of the mind or perhaps both?

Hal Munger interviews Breakfast of Champions who will be performing at LIF 2026. Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: Breakfast of Champions What: The Big Breakfast Where: Unity 2 When: 1:30pm - Saturday the 9th of May Performed by: Jon Trevor, John Guelke, Bex Lewis, Emma New, Louise Stringer, Matt Vaughan-Wilson, Karen Benjamin, Shak Muhammed, Stags Woodward, Nine Dekker. Made up of experienced improvisers from across the Midlands, Breakfast of Champions will make up an entire show based off a single prompt from the audience. Sometimes poignant, often silly, they promise stories that will make you laugh and characters you’ll root for.

Hal Munger interviews Phil Lunn who will be performing Phyllida Sings at LIF 2026. Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: Phil Lunn What: Phyllida Sings Where: Unity 1 When: 4pm - Saturday the 9th of May Phyllida invites you to a celebration of her life and career. She'll be sharing her repertoire of songs and stories—songs and stories which are unique for each performance. The lyrics, the music, and the conversation are all inspired by the audience and created on the spot. Indeed, the whole character of Phyllida is only fully formed once the show has begun. From her piano, she'll tell of her amusing adventures, her incredible career, and her most personal moments. Come and celebrate the life of this incredible woman—you may smile, you may laugh, you may cry, you might even sing along!

Hal Munger interviews Improv the Dead who will be performing at LIF 2026. Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. What: Improv the Dead Where: Unity 1 When: 8:30pm - Saturday the 9th of May Age range: 16+ Using audience suggestions, Improv the Dead conjure up a spontaneous zombie flick right before your eyes, part B-movie schlock, part chaotic blockbuster, complete with thrills, gut-busting laughs, and fake blood. Plus, bonus features! Between carnage-filled scenes, the cast can smash cut to improvised interviews with the characters, step into hilarious behind-the-scenes moments with the director and crew, and unveil deleted scenes that never made the cut—all created on the spot with your help. So, if you’re looking for an evening of blood-soaked laughter, creeping suspense, and gloriously shambolic zombie antics, look no further. Improv the Dead promises a high-energy, one-night-only horror-comedy experience that will leave you both terrified and tickled, and like any good cult classic, you’ll never see this exact film again.

Hal Munger interviews Eric Caldwell who will be performing from the show But of Mind with Diana Brown, Kelly Chambers and Dan Wilson. Eric and Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. But Of Mind places ordinary people into extraordinary, often unsettling situations—unfolding live, unscripted, and in the style of the golden age of television. Each performance blends supernatural elements, social commentary, and a touch of existential irony, echoing Rod Serling’s trademark storytelling while offering a modern, socially aware lens. The title comes from a line in Rod Serling’s iconic opening narration to The Twilight Zone: “You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind.” This phrase captures the show’s ethos: psychological depth, the uncanny, and the sense that what unfolds onstage is both familiar and otherworldly. Who: But Of Mind Where: Unity 2 When: 1:30pm - Saturday the 9th of May

Hal Munger interviews director of LIF ensemble 2026 Mark Smith who will be creating Ancestors at LIF 2026. Mark and Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: Wing It Impro - Ensemble Team What: Ancestors Where: Unity 1 When: 2:50pm - Saturday the 9th of May Performed by: Terje Brevik, Ray Billington, Kristin Elliott, Juwel Haque, Babette Hinterleitner, Laura Kennedy, Derbáil Kinsella, Hal Munger, Erik Ostrom, Kieran Sands, Matt Sparkes, Dani Taffijn. One house. One family. One story. For 120 years, the Fletcher family has called 11 Oxford Road home. It's a house filled with four generations of births, deaths, and marriages. But in 2026, this seemingly unremarkable family faces a life-changing decision: do they sell the house and move on, or is the pull of the past too strong to ignore? What happens when the memories of the past fight to keep you there. Ancestors is a gripping, spontaneous theatrical experience that follows three generations as they tell their own story. Witness a tale of inheritance, identity, and the choices we make to either embrace or reject our past. Quotes on previous work Extremely imaginative and fun to watch ★★★★ - North West End The work reminded me of Jim Cartwrights ‘Two’ and Caroline Aherne ‘The Royle Family’ – a slice of life made real amongst the buffet. ★★★★ - The Reviews Hub Talk to the Hand is great fun, highly skilled and very funny. ★★★★ - The Reviews Hub Improvised theatre at its very best ★★★★★ - At the Theatre Commissioned by LiF 2026

Hal Munger interviews Absolute Onions a Manchester improv company who will be performing Improv Island Discs. The Onions and Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Performed by: Anthony Barnish, Jen Clarke, James Carmichael, Patrick Murray Hello Castaways! Imagine you're shipwrecked on a desert island. What would be your 'go-to' song, your favourite book and your most treasured item? With these suggestions to inspire them, Absolute Onions will produce a fully improvised tale, drenched with drama, emotion, fun and laughter! So, let's drift away on your ocean of dreams! Who: Absolute Onions What: Improv Island Discs Where: Unity 2 When: 8pm - Thursday 7th of May

Hal Munger interviews Kathy and Joe Rinaldi from ImprompTwo & Co who will be performing from the show ‘The Sinners Table’. Kathy and Joe discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. The Sinner’s Table! It’s where the wedding leftovers are seated — the loud uncle with the booming laugh, the aunt who refills her wine before the toast is over, and the singles who've left a trail of stories and broken hearts behind them. It's where truths are nudged, jokes go too far, and sparks sometimes fly out of nowhere. It’s unpredictable, unfiltered, and just a little bit unholy. It’s the table where everyone secretly wishes they were sitting. Who: ImprompTwo & Co What: The Sinners Table Where: Unity 1 When: 8:30pm - Friday the 8th of May

Hal Munger interviews Mike Burton and Fergus Wynne who will be performing from the show Gricers. Mike and Fergus discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Gricers is a new, spontaneous theatre show created to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the modern passenger railway. Inspired by Francis Bourgeois’s book The Trainspotters Notebook and Tom Quinn’s Railways' Strangest Journeys, this show is a bittersweet and profound reflection on male friendship and quiet obsession. Meet Mike and Mark. Their quest isn’t for fame or fortune. It’s for the 4:32 from Manchester Piccadilly, the 11:05 to Carlisle, the one last engine number that will make their collection complete. They are ‘Gricers’, standing trackside in rain and shine, a passionate, uniquely British tribe. The real journey isn’t on the rails. It’s in the waiting. In the shared flasks of tea, the silences, the decades of friendship. This is the story of what happens in between the arrivals and departures, a tale of two men driven by a passion to complete a collection and the hope that they can finally finish. Performed by Mike Burton (Stupid, Atom Improv), Mark Smith (HOOF!, The Fly, A Wake and Taxi Tales) and Fergus Wynne this spontaneous theatre event is like no other. The show features compelling storytelling, a cavalcade of characters and live DJ'ing. Who: Wing It Impro What: Gricers Where: Unity 1 When: 8:30pm - Thursday 7th of May

Hal Munger interviews Stephen Longstaffe a solo improviser who will be performing Shakespeare on the spot. Stephen and Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. The world clearly hasn’t enough Shakespeare, so this solo show improvises some more from audience suggestions. Your host (former university Shakespeare lecturer and current idiot) will transform whatever the Liverpool muses bring into new iambic speeches and dialogues by some of the bard's most famous characters. It could get silly. No asps, daggers, or skulls are permitted in the venue, but feel free to bring another hitherto unknown Shakespeare prop along! Who: Stephen Longstaffe What: Shakespeare on the Spot Where: Unity 1 When: 6:00pm - Thursday 7th of May

Hal Munger interviews Emily Rose part of the duo who make up the music improv shows 'Play it Again'. Emily and Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch this show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. They are immortal lounge performers, cursed to provide light entertainment forever! ​Give them your sultry suggestions, they’ll give you beautiful ballads and mesmerising musical pieces. Laugh and sing along as these eternal entertainers play it again, and again, and again… "A jazzy little minx of an improv set" - Remix Improv Festival What: Play it Again Where: Unity 1 When: 8:15pm - Friday the 8th of May Age range: 16+ Performed by: Sam Marshall & Emily Rose

Cheetah T John and Mantis Make their way through the Wilkerson estate... This one has an epic battle at the end. This episode wraps up the first batch of Animatia episodes! We will be back with more in March, but in the meantime, check out the Liverpool improvisation Festival interviews that we will be posting throughout February!!!

This episode has the craziest ending.... After last time we had the idea to do a bottle episode that followed Beatrice through the nightclub. We had no idea how out-of-hand things would get :). 

Topher gains some valuable information, Beatrice gets involved with some bad actors, and we see where the lake portal leads. We promise that the audie quality issue will be fixed on the next episode, sorry about it cutting off!

The plot thickens in the second episode of Animatia... If you want this to make sense... go back and listen to the first one!    Suggestions for this episode were Water Strider and Rhino. 

The first episode of our improvised television series. The only thing we decided in advance was that all the characters would be animals and that the show would begin with a car chase.  For this show we received the suggestions:  Cheetah, Gopher, Canada Goose, and Peacock.

We discuss our plans for our next format on the podcast, a serialized improvised audio show!

Julian and I have been off the podcast for the past month, so on this episode we dive back in to Muprov Musings and catch each other up on what we have been learning in London and San Francisco. 

After an extended break, we are back to talk about our recent experience at the Fringe. John Mistele is guest! Sorry for the audio quality on this one! 

The Glorious GOAT we are interview this week is none other than Lisa Rowland! We have always looked up to Lisa when she was our teacher, but assumed that she was just the best improviser that we knew. As we have traveled the world and seen more improv, it turns out that she is one of the best in the whole world too! Lisa has served as the artistic director of BATS, was the only improviser chosen from the USA to be in the cast of Impro Amsterdam 2024, and Status magazine (which is a GOATed publication) included her on a short list of improv teachers who deserve Three Michelin Stars. But don't just take our word for it, give it a listen to see how great sausage is made!

The second part of the interviews that I got from Flock Festival, this episode features the voices of the international guests who had come from far and wide to take part!  It includes interviews with: Liam Webber Chris Mead  Maria Ramis Auri Itämäki Isabel Brodie Adria Lerma Katy Schutte Phill Spear Lê Kim Thanh Julia

This special live episode, I interview great improvisers while they play the dutch game of Sjoelen. Flock Theater in Amsterdam is the best improv theater that I have seen anywhere in the world, and I hope these episodes will shed some light on how it runs! This is the first in a two part series of interviews from Flock Festival in Amsterdam, with the first one focusing on local talent and members of the Flock Community.  This first episode features interviews with:  Gael Doorneweerd-Perry Laura Doorneweerd-Perry Tanine Dunais Mark Bulthuis Mateusz Barczyk Hal Munger Thom Roelofs Babbette Hinterleitner Jeroen du Chatinier Rosanne Eschweiler Daniel Potts Gerit Scholz    

Dr. Mark Smith joins the podcast for the first episode of our GOATs Series, where we interview great improvisers to try to understand how they got to where they are today. Mark is the artistic director of the Liverpool Improvisation Festival, has a very substantial body of work in improvised and scripted theater, and he wrote his doctoral thesis on how improvisation can be applied to devised theater. If you are interested in the blending of improvisation and theater, this episode is for you!

A duo show, recorded live at the Unscripted Shakespeare Festival featuring Hal Munger and John Mistele! This is the audio of the show that we are bringing to the Edinburgh Fringe this year. Julian is adjusting to his new job, so he will be back on the podcast soon to begin an exciting new series but in the meantime I hope you enjoy the Flicker of the Flame: Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyOKc7C5lu0

For the final episode of our A New Play series, Julian interviews Hal about directing A New Play. 

Apologies for the upload delay, Hal was running the UnScripted Shakespeare Festival! We are right back at it debriefing the final two nights of A New Play! Our intro music by Sebastian Blue Hochman famously comes from night four! Night Three watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y_G9zNJv3Q Night four watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5lApi_65io

We rewatched nights One and Two of A New Play and talked through how they went!If you haven't seen them go check them out! A New Play Night One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjeb4BI1o-0 A New Play Night Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2qDjmWah6g&t=19s 

Our third episode about the physical improvisers gets deep into the specific techniques that we developed for A New Play. Many of these techniques never made it into the performances, so this is the first time they are available to the world!

Live interviews with the cast of Taxi Tales from the Liverpool Improvisation Festival! Taxi tales was an incredible show created and directed by Dr. Mark Smith that tells the story of twelve taxi rides over the course of one night. An enormous thank you to everyone involved with LiF for making this such a magical experience!  You can find out more by following @liverpool_improv_festival on instagram or visiting https://www.liverpoolimprovfestival.com/  Guests: Josie Throup @josiemakesitup @Drunkclassicsmanchester Adrià Lerma @adria.lerma Samuel Pownall @samuelpownall Anthony Saldana @anthonya.saldana Diana Brown @dianalynnbrown3330 Shotgun Theater: https://thepit-nyc.com/events/shotgun-theater/  Diana's workshop: https://www.thornandpetalstick.com/event-details/rogues-ruffians-and-wiley-wits-improvising-bawdy-characters-in-the-style-of-shakespeare     

Lana Tleimat, the assistant director, producer, stage manager, costume fabricator, and pain sink of A New Play puts on one final hat: podcast guest. 

Physical Improviser Kaelyn Ong comes on the podcast to talk about her experience working in A New Play and what she has done since. We explore the role of physical improviser as amplifier and Kaelyn talks about how she treats physical improvising like animation!

Jayda Alvarez, one of the five character improvisers from A New Play, joins the podcast to answer all of our questions! Jayda brought a lot of her theatrical knowledge to A New Play, so this episode is not too dissimilar from the early conversations we had in making it.

So how do you improvise a show where the structure itself is improvised? Simple... Know all structures! 

Anna W is back by popular demand to talk about her signature move: monologues! She is truly a monologue master so listening to her talk is pure joy. Monologue's ended up being one of the defining features that distinguished ANP-prov from regular improv and I am so glad we were able to do such a deep dive on them. Such a nice episode! 

TW: Child abuse and sexual assault. This episode is a rare LIVE interview with two of the most brilliant impro minds out there! Impro Amsterdam reliably curates the best improvised shows that I have seen anywhere in the world, and standing out from the pack this year was Festen. Based on the movie by the same title, Festen takes place over the course of a family dinner during which one member of the family reveals that they were abused by another as a child. The show is political, dramatic, healing, and unlike anything that I had ever seen improvised before. I was lucky enough to interview the show's creators, Aymeric Desjardin and Charlotte Méniére in a nearby wine store. If you want to find more of their incredible work you can visit the website for their Théâtre de L'Esquive in Bordeaux or go to Aymeric's website.  https://theatredelesquive.fr/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabYuhqmODz1i0pcBKLBWAB64tOHx8zpFHZXtifBzDgTiuNZaZ1v5w5KGnY_aem_sOb4FUCO-hLXv-1teDKzlw  https://www.aymericdesjardin.com/   

In practicing for A New Play we sought to expand the world of what is possible to improvise! To do this we broke away from the traditional "rules" of impro and rebuilt our own looser guidelines to play by. In this episode we also talk about how you can safely explore and expand the comfortable boundaries of of contact, combat, content, and intimacy. I you are interested in having your shows feel more like scripted theater, it is important to adapt the safety procedures from theater so that they work in an improvised setting!

In this episode we explore the subtle difference in thought process the separated A New Play improvisation from other types of improv. If you are wondering why this is such a challenging form, here is your answer, but the payoff for learning to play in this way is enormous :)

Sasha Sokolova joins the podcast to talk about the biggest innovation of A New Play: The Physical Improvisors. If you want some brilliant insights in to how to add movement, visual artistry, and technical elements to your improv, tune in to here what Sasha has to say! To apply to take the 3 day workshop at the UnScripted Shakespeare Festival, got to https://www.thornandpetalstick.com/festival and fill out the individual application!

Read along with this one: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/5/25851/files/2016/02/taoteching-Stephen-Mitchell-translation-v9deoq.pdf or listen to the full text: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7sIyojwbx9eaKqkoPL3DDH?si=1dadcab6edf44c79 

At the far reaches of the possible, A New Play, is unlike any other improvised piece of theater. In this first episode we break down the vision for creating the show, and the ways in which we dreamed of expanding the the art form of improvisation. If you also have the dream of elevating improvisation into the realm of theater, tune in to this season to see how we tackled each problem and made this dream a reality! Check out the visuals here: https://youtube.com/watch?v=861yDZ1jwwk&t=186s  Apologies to the Brave Little Toaster, which, as it turns out, was a book. 

Everyone's favorite award show :0 This one is a little self indulgent, but was delightful to make! Congrats to everyone who won a Mu-ie this year!  Thanks to Limited Resources for inspiring this episode (and honestly the whole podcast)  Also, I realized we missed the Tesuji of using the delayed Tesuji point to bring it to a tie... That is why it is such an important concept.

Goodbye Slasher, Hello reflections on what we learned!