How to apply the rules of improv to everyday life

Life Kit

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🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Improv comedy is about more than making people laugh. It can help performers be more creative and self-assured — and combat anxiety, both on and off stage.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Life Kit from NPR.
0:03.3	Okay, caveat like I have just taken one improv class recently after two years.
0:08.0	It's not getting anything.
0:09.1	So I'm a little bit rusty.
0:10.8	I'm trash.
0:11.7	I'm trash at improv.
0:15.3	But we're going to embrace all of that and we're just going to have fun.
0:19.0	Okay, where should we begin?
0:21.0	I'm Oluwakami, a Ladisui.
0:23.2	When I moved to New York a couple of years ago, I do myself until all the New York things.
0:28.2	I saw shows on Broadway, went to the ballet, took a bus to the beach.
0:33.2	It came a regular at my birthday.
0:35.2	I even signed up for an improv class.
0:38.2	We're going to write a letter to someone.
0:39.2	We have to go one word at a time and I am going to start.
0:45.2	Dear Mrs. Johnson.
0:49.2	How are you?
0:52.2	That's Clay Drinkung.
0:53.2	He's the author of Play Your Way Scene.
0:56.2	120 improv inspired exercises to help you calm down, stop spiraling and embrace uncertainty.
1:03.2	I am writing to you because I need help.
1:13.2	Playing this game with him transported me back to my improv classes.
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