Ignore the half-setup IKEA stage. The energy and willingness in this set is grand.

Patrick’s Improv Reflections – 09/30/15 Show→

Generally speaking, what can we do if we’re not having fun in improv?  Well, we can examine the reasons.  Was it just one bad show?  Are we just having a bad streak?  If that bad streak continues, then perhaps we need to examine deeper issues.  Are we not playing in the right environment, with the right people, with the right format?  Do we need to take a break?  Due to the nature of improv, there are going to be off nights, shows which aren’t as fun, where we don’t get that high.  But if it’s continually happening, then perhaps there is something greater at work that is worth thinking through.

When you’re happy and comfortable with yourself and not so worried about trying to be a tough guy, you’ll make the most out of anything and make it work.
William Regal on what makes a wrestler successful (or an actor for that matter)

Deny the Mistake→

Everything you do on that stage is correct. If you forget a character’s name, you’d better keep forgetting it because your character has a bad memory. If you stumble on stage, barring an actual medical emergency, you’d better keep that stumble as part of your character.

People often do improv trying to be funny and I say listen, funny comes from surprise and I think the best funny comes from when you surprise yourself. And to have those ideas that you’ve never thought you would ever say or anything like that suddenly come out, I think that’s when the true voice happens and then when we all get to laugh together in that moment including the person who just said that, blurted that, made that choice whatever it is.
Asaf Rosen on finding the true voice on Improv Nerd E172.