Musical Improvisation

I observed a couple of really interesting workshops at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo today. They were improvisational music workshops for cellists and violinists, taught by Sera Smolen from Ithaca, NY. Sera turned out to be a really cool lady. As soon as I...

Saturday Night Dive

The title refers to one of my characters from tonight’s show. I was the hyperactive kid who broke things by bodyslamming them. I got a little bit carried away with it, and was taking a full run at things, diving on them while screaming, “BODYSLAM!!”...

Absence

Yeah I know. I said I’d be better about updating my journal, and I haven’t. I guess I just haven’t had much to say lately. A lot of stuff has been happening, but I in general didn’t feel like talking about it. It’s much of the usual, I...

Acting out

Since starting improv, I’ve been approached a couple of times to audition for acting roles. I’ve always ignored them. I’m not sure why I’m reluctant to go. I don’t have any formal acting training. All of my training is in improv, which is...

Cream and butter

Jen wanted pasta with Alfredo sauce, so I looked it up on the web. Seems like the recipe is mainly heavy cream, butter, egg yolks, olive oil and grated cheese. Oh yeah… there’s a touch of salt and nutmeg in there too. I think I’d be too guilty to...

Blue skies

Well, we tried to do a Saturday Night Jive show last night, but there wasn’t enough of an audience to make it worthwhile. To make matters worse, there were barely enough cast members present to perform. The problem is that KPR doesn’t have time to produce...