In case you have been living under a rock (read: not paying attention to me as you probably should be), you all know that this past Saturday was my very first improv class.
One down, seven to go.
I think I bit off a bit more than I can chew with this one.
No, I don’t believe it either.
Let’s just start off by saying I woke up extremely early to ensure that I wasn’t late to my 10:00am class. By early I mean 6:00am. I don’t get up that early on a weekday so I was pissed. But I was on time. And freaked out, honestly. Nearly in full-on panic mode.
There are 12 other peeps in the class from all over the place. Different home towns, occupations, backgrounds, sexual orientations, you name it. We are all different.
I figured the first class would be a lot of talking about how the class would go, etc., then we’d get to leave early. Nope. We did real improv shit, guys. Like legit exercises and games and such. Noises, imitations, you name it.
Overall, I’d say it went well but yea…this is seriously a big deal. I don’t mean “I’m a big deal”, I mean more of a “omg…this is serious and everyone is taking it as life and death and we have a motherfucking show at the end of the 8 weeks”.
What did you do this weekend?
Awesome! I remember when we would have improv days in theatre in highschool…I used to freeeeeak out and want to skip those days. But then, I would really get into it and would leave the class those days feeling AWESOME. Some really creative great things can come out while doing improv- I think you see a side in yourself you don’t usually see! I can’t wait to hear more about this class!
xo Kayla
Haha you are going to be so great!!
This is sounding intense! And someone better be filming your show at the end of this because I want to see it!
You have a show–you had better film it I want to see it.
If I was you I would be having a panic attack toob but I bet you are doing way better than you think 🙂
I bet you were hilarious!
Improv is no joke man. I was a theatre major in college and my entire freshman year acting class was pretty much all improv. You think it’ll just be fun and games but people take that shit seriously. We even had a few criers. You just never know what’s going to happen in an improv class.
kudos to you!! improv classes have always intimidated me when I took acting. I’m sure you’re going to be shining in class 😉
holy shit balls I commend you for doing this! I’m sure you are freaking hilarious!! You got this girl…xo
That’s awesome! I would be way too nervous to do something like that!
I’m so excited to see what happens at the end of this class. Like, I’d like to come down to NYC to see your show, but I know you probably won’t allow that so I won’t. But just know I so would.
Girl, it’s going to be so much fun.
I’m a new reader, but I have to tell you that I am right there with you… not with improv though… with soccer, which is pretty bad, too.
The boyfriend convinced me to join a recreational co-ed league because it would be “fun”. He didn’t mention that our teammates are walking gatorade sponsors who eat, sleep, and breathe the sport. I played in 5th grade (…which basically consisted of picking grass and eating air heads), so I’m far from a good addition to the team.
Good luck with improv though! Your posts have been hilarious, so I’m sure you’ll be a star!
i would shit my pants.
like ‘i need to change my pants because you just asked me to make baby noises in front of people shit my pants’
I always loved in improv in high school. I was a drama nerd. Can you tell? Prob not. 😉
It’s scary though, but once you get into it and see that everyone else is acting like a gorilla it become a lot of fun. What’s one of the rules? Something like never say no? Listen to it! You’ll end up loving improv!! I can’t wait to hear more about it.