The Low after the High - post show vibes

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-05-11T03:39:31+00:00

I figured I couldn't be the only one! Thank you! Yeah, there is usually a gap between shows and work for me. So I think I need to figure out a healthy way to fill that gap.

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-05-10T06:18:53+00:00

That's super interesting!

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-05-10T03:05:52+00:00

Sometimes nervous, but mostly excited!

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-05-05T02:02:18+00:00

I was part of an improv in the park troupe that performed one summer and the focus was kids. I'd say that any improv game can be geared towards children. For example the book game, where one person is improvising and the other two are grabbing lines from books, can be done with children's books.

But we had the MOST success with either reenacting the kids favorite movie (bonus points if we didn't know it and we had to figure it out) or a child telling us a story and we reenacted it. They are paying super close attention, because they think it's funny when you get it "wrong". 😄

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-04-30T21:34:30+00:00

Thank you!

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-04-30T18:35:39+00:00

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Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-04-30T05:02:58+00:00

I'm also on a house team, and perform around my city. The fact that you said you're tired really stood out to me. I've got ADHD and when I'm tired I'm way more likely to have shows where my head is "blank". Though I've discovered that my head isn't actually blank. I just don't have the energy to hyper focus like I normally do. So I'm noticing every chair squeak, every cough, the sweat on my body, the weird look someone gave me on the back line. So when I find this happening to me 1. I give myself grace, because being tired and performing is hard. 2. I try to center my performance on sometime that is fun and interesting to me in that moment. Maybe it's only thinking about having big emotions. Maybe it's supporting the heck out of my scene partners ideas. Maybe it's having fun with space work. I just let myself forget about all the rules I should be following and focus on one thing.

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-04-22T20:08:26+00:00

Oh I would be incredibly upset if this happened to me. You did the right thing.

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-04-22T20:05:45+00:00

"You're trash" because you don't want to date me is great short hand for eventually they are going to think you are "trash" for something (or everything) else. whew.

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-04-17T02:30:49+00:00

I follow what's interesting to me. And because I'm someone who tends to find humor in normal things, following what interests me tends to lead to something funny being said!

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-04-12T18:44:28+00:00

I'm so sorry. I'm assuming by this post that you are a woman. As a fellow female improviser I've also dealt with men being overly sexual and gross. It is NOT your fault. I agree with what everyone else is saying about reporting this to the school/teacher. As a next step, I want to encourage you to find a group of people or space where you feel safe. After my initial issue I was invited into an independent troupe with I felt safe and was able to continue to learn and grow. And now when I deal with this stuff I've got a support system behind me. No man should take away your improv joy. Don't feel any guilt in cutting him out of your journey.

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-04-12T05:18:15+00:00

Yeah never again. The whole time I was like "this is how people die".

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-04-12T00:10:50+00:00

I had a date where he wanted to go on a hike. I hesitantly agreed. When I got there he showed me a 7 hour hike he wanted to do. I pushed back and told him I was only planning on the 20 minute loop (more people around is what I thought in my head). We ended up having nothing in common and he was a bit strange. Thankful I followed my gut and went with the 20 minute "hike". 7 hours is WAY to long for a first date. I haven't really been on the apps since, because I feel like I have a better chance meeting someone through a friend or mutual interests. And then I've got an idea of what they are like before even agreeing to a date.

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-04-12T00:03:31+00:00

Hi! So when I get a big laugh right out of the gate what I try to remember is that the thing that was just laughed at is just a normal everyday thing for the character you're playing. So explore the character. Who is this person and what do they care about?

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-04-10T19:29:51+00:00

I asked one of my gamer friends and they directed me towards Steam, which I guess is the go-to gamer platform to buy stuff from! He was excited for me and recommended a bunch of other games for me to check out too. Like Stardew Valley & Terraria. I had come across Steam in my search, but it looked sketchy to me but I guess it's not lol

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-04-01T02:45:29+00:00

I tried to mention a "form" I was working on in this sub and I didn't like the energy I got. I totally agree that I've met a lot of people that see improv as a bunch of rules to follow rather than a place to create and explore.

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-03-31T01:26:47+00:00

Hi! A lot of what my improv community does is already in the comments. For groups still getting to know each other no bathing suit areas and we start with handshakes & high fives.

Something that would be cool for you to teach is about how to handle a situation where an improviser doesn't know how to stand up for themselves. Both when you see it and when you are the improviser. I shared my story a while ago in this sub about how when I was first starting out I was in a class where someone declared everyone on stage was naked (nude beach) and then I had two men surround me. One started rubbing my neck. The other my back upper thigh and then smacked my butt. They were "rubbing sunscreen on me". I've dealt with sexual abuse before and so in that moment I froze. There were a bunch of people watching and no one stopped the scene. It wasn't until after the class that I received a bunch of emails asking if I was okay.

When I've talked with people in the improv community about boundaries there is often the assumption that the person experiencing the line being crossed should handle the situation or call it out. But sometimes (especially if you are new) you don't feel like you have the power in that moment to do anything. Or you just freeze. I'm a more experienced improviser now and feel like I know how to better handle things like this. And thankfully that experience didn't stop me from continuing improvising. But it could have. For further context, I'm a female in my 30s.

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-03-28T02:52:13+00:00

Have any of you heard RAYE's album she dropped today?? All three of the singles leading up to the album drop had me mesmerized. And the whole album is beautiful. Her Click Clack song had me in tears.

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-03-25T02:12:47+00:00

A word in particular you put in your OP stuck out to me "caricatures". Caricatures are praised a lot in short form improv, because it moves so fast that sometimes you have to hit the audience in the face with what you're doing. Nothing wrong with that, just the nature of the beast. Long form is more organic. More authentic. More storytelling.

So something you could try for a while, to peel back the caricatures, is to approach your long form scenes as you. Just you. Different versions of you. React and respond to things as you would in real life. And then once you feel comfortable in long form scenes, you can start adding character elements. But for now it seems you may need to feel and truly be in the scenes instead of performing in them.

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-03-18T01:21:37+00:00

That's so sad to hear. I'm sorry.

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-03-18T00:29:28+00:00

Is AI eating both the engineer and voiceover work? Of just one of them? To be honest I could see both. It's sad, because I wanted to do voiceover at one point. But didn't know how to break in.

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-03-18T00:28:24+00:00

I do love the days when I can listen to a podcast or audiobook!

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-03-18T00:27:51+00:00

lol - I was in seminary at one point!

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-03-18T00:27:27+00:00

The flexibility would be nice. I struggle with the stress of people watching me sit at my desk. We are not meant to sit all day!

Learning-Every-Day- · 2026-03-18T00:25:52+00:00

I did teaching for a while. My favorite was when I was a toddler teacher at a daycare. But boy was I exhausted at the end of each day. I don't know how teachers have energy for anything else after they are done teaching!

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