February 2012
1 post
August 2011
2 posts
My guest post for lauraroeder.com, “Improv Tips for Entrepreneurs”, dropped today. Use improv comedy skills to boost your creative output - even on your own!
Give it a read & let me know what you think.
- Jay
July 2011
6 posts
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Click “Like”, enjoy my welcome video & introduce yourself. See you there!
- Jay
Session 1 of GET PHYSICAL! for the iO Theater Summer Intensive is sold out. A second session has been added on Saturday, July 30th.
Contact the iO Training Center to reserve a spot: classes@ioimprov.com or (773) 880-0199.
GET PHYSICAL! for regular iO students happens on Saturday, August 20th. Hope to see you there!
I plan to lose 30 pounds just from teaching this workshop 3 times in a row. Realistic?
- Jay
I am teaching my GET PHYSICAL! improv workshop especially for iO Theater Summer Intensive students.
Friday, 7/22, 12pm-2:30pm. $20.
Contact the iO Training Center to sign up: classes@ioimprov.com or (773) 880-0199. Not a summer intensive student? You’ll get your chance in August! Stay tuned…
When plugged into the Improv Matrix we can do anything we want. So why are we standing in a line talking – again? From blocking a simple 2-person scene to creating full-cast spectacle, emotion will be our guide to creating scene work – that moves. Talk less, do more, go further. GET PHYSICAL!
“I LOVED your workshop!! It was awesome, and I still have the carpet burn to prove it! :-)” – Amanda Chapel Hill, NC
“Jay’s energy is infectious and his ability to read and critique scenes is one of the best I’ve worked with…his coaching is like injecting improv adrenaline straight into your mind veins.” – Bethany Chicago, IL
“Thanks a bunch for a GREAT class! I learned and re-learned a lot thanks to your brave, profanity-laden insights.” – Steve Chicago, IL
“I loved the positive energy and positive approach…Longer longer longer. More more.” – Hannah Oxford, England
June 2011
6 posts
Michelle Obama (via soul-surfer)
May 2011
21 posts
I originally typed “Faceboof” and then “Faceboog.” I am a total Faceboof.
” Being on these shows doesn’t necessarily catapult you into fame, but your family and people you went to high school with think you’ve become a rock star.”
- AC Newman
miw:
lotsa words, lotsa links…just the way I like my internet journalism.
also raises some interesting question about the value of music on late night talk shows. If it doesn’t really help the show…or the artist…then…who exactly is it for?