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Cindy Tonkin August 15, 2011
A flowchart which determines what kind of scene you are in

A flowchart which determines what kind of scene you are in

Miles Stroth's genius is unbounded.He does, however, prefer to use words to explain things.I...

Cindy Tonkin August 14, 2011
Day 2.5 with Miles

Day 2.5 with Miles

I spent some time last night putting together a flowchart for identifying what kind...

Cindy Tonkin August 10, 2011
Day 2 with Miles

Day 2 with Miles

ok, correction to yesterday's blog: there are in fact 5 types of scenes: 1....

Cindy Tonkin August 10, 2011
Miles: Day one - straight absurd

Miles: Day one - straight absurd

First day of the final week.  It's all gone by so fast. I could...

Cindy Tonkin August 8, 2011
More harold

More harold

week 4, days 2 and 3 i think. stick with the first offer: if...

Cindy Tonkin August 7, 2011
Week Four: the harold day one

Week Four: the harold day one

so this is a summary of day one of week four.  things got too...

Cindy Tonkin August 1, 2011
three times makes a pattern...

three times makes a pattern...

Chicago Fire Academy is apparentlyon the site where the great chicagofire started... turns out...

Cindy Tonkin July 29, 2011
Just Yes!

Just Yes!

Exercises: Just yes – one person talks about something they care about, the other...

Cindy Tonkin July 28, 2011
plenty of time

plenty of time

day 2, week 3, with barry hite long form improv operates on entropy. if...

Cindy Tonkin July 27, 2011
personal histories

personal histories

the objective is to make your scene partner safe enough to bring in their...

Cindy Tonkin July 25, 2011
Get Physical with Jay Olson

Get Physical with Jay Olson

extra workshop on Friday called "Get Physical".included some variations on short form games which...

Cindy Tonkin July 25, 2011
Busby Berkeley

Busby Berkeley

day 4 of week 2 - last day of this week. girls in millennium...

Cindy Tonkin July 20, 2011
if you were cool you would be in a band: improv's not for cool people

if you were cool you would be in a band: improv's not for cool people

so the amazing blinding flash of the obvious from lisa linke's workshop on saturday...

Cindy Tonkin July 17, 2011
advanced scene analysis: beginnings, middles, ends

advanced scene analysis: beginnings, middles, ends

did a great workshop today with lisa linke. she was clear, prepared, had plenty...

Cindy Tonkin July 15, 2011
Day 4: validate, don't invent

Day 4: validate, don't invent

today we played our first full harolds. some of the scenes were great. some...

Cindy Tonkin July 14, 2011
Day 3: armando and scene painting

Day 3: armando and scene painting

General comments about iO from the class: as others have noticed before, iO's shows...

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