This past fall I have been busy working with area improv groups as a consultant and coach for their troupes. I am proud to announce that my 1st collaboration troupe will be making their debut performance December 9th (Wednesday) at Drunken Monkey Cafe in Orlando, FL. The troupe is DROLL ACADEMY which features Orlando performers Dan Collins and Adam Sharf in a two-man improvised show. My role is that of director/coach/consultant to DROLL ACADEMY.
These two performers have been a blast to work with. They are very eccentric personalities that truly bond well together as they explore suggestions from audience members and create scenes based on those ideas. Working with Dan and Adam, we hope to live up to our motto: "Two guys doing real life in a made up way." They desire to explore life and the myriad stories audience members share in a way that's fun, relatable, energizing, and organic. My job as a director/coach is helping their vision to reality by sharing theatrical techniques to aid their shared sense for character/relationship based stories. As I culture the technical aspects of the show, I am mindful to not spoil the natural charm, empathy, playfulness, and humor Dan and Adam naturally posess. They are very charming! And extremely smart!
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DROLL ACADEMY.Hope to see you at the Drunken Monkey in Orlando, FL on Wednesday night very soon. And as always, please support live theater!
I am an actor/improviser from Orlando, FL. I actually reside in Windermere, just outside of Orlando however still close to it all. I work at Walt Disney World and SAK Comedy Lab full-time as a performer. I also collaborate with Offsides Improv Troupe, an entertainment group specializing in improvisational/sketch comedy. My day gig is at Walt Disney World where I perform in a dinner show titled The Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show @ Disney's Polynesian Resort. I enjoy cooking, having a clean home (when that happens), and socializing with fun people.
Among other subjects that I will blog about, none is more passionate for me than improvisational theatre. Improv allows me to give others a great time. As I mature in this art, I realize how much more important it is to take care of yourself and giving and allowing your scene partners the best experience. If you make it about audience and your scene partners, you become less self-conscious and you enter a realm where you simply live in an effortless state of play. Joy! Bliss! Laughs! Relatable! Honest! Heart! Human! Connection to something deeper...that's what improv does for me.
