Imagine. Believe. Breathe. Start: it is OK to be exactly who you are.
Who are you?
Work with that.
-- doug smith
a full-tilt creativity generator
Imagine. Believe. Breathe. Start: it is OK to be exactly who you are.
Who are you?
Work with that.
-- doug smith
You've been asked to design a city. Why does it look like and what is it like to live there?
- doug smith
One person spins the wheel and whatever "rule" emerges the ensemble follows. Spinner may also write the rule largely on a white board, or alternatively, hold up a large card with the choice revealed.
CHOICES:
voices only
pentatonic
no key
major key
minor key
melody
refrain
recitative
percussion
whole notes please
low as you can go
softly
classic-ish
romantic
12-tone
minimal
show biz
folk
funk
freaky
left
right
center
bulbous
zapparific
horns to the moon
marching band
polka
reggae
tough
genre bending
Two characters share the stage with one rule: no talking for at least one minute.
Oh, and no pantomime! They may move actually objects. They may move each other. They may pace, stare, and show that they care, but no talking for at least one minute.
Acting is more than words. Improv is far more than comedy.
I keep thinking that I have to be as good as everybody else in everything else that everybody else does, but I don't. And, neither do you. That's why -- isn't that really WHY there is more than one of us?
-- doug smith