A mysterious new project…

I’ll admit, it was a bit of a mysterious announcement.

Recently I offered a free improv workshop in a Facebook post. Not very peculiar, so far.

The description was deliberately vague: ‘We will play scenes, I will give you feedback’. A little mysterious.

Also, the prerequisite was: participants should not have taken classes with me before. Only improvisers new to me were allowed in. More mystery.

Lastly, I was recording the entire workshop so I had them sign a quitclaim. Before knowing what it was about.

Curiosity. Question marks. Mystery!

The 12 lessons I learned from my teachers

Do you remember that one great teacher from your past?

And that one thing they said, that you always remembered?

When I pondered over this question, it wasn’t actually just one. My list of teachers kept growing. And with it, the list of lessons I learned.

I summarized the countless things I learned about performing into this list of 12 teachers, 12 lessons: