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Trusting Yourself More - The Reactive Approach

Posted by Ben Swoboda on Monday, March 17, 2014, In : Performance tips 
Let's get real. There are two reasons you don't care about the "Proactive Approach." 1) You're a human living in USA 2014 so you don't have time. 2) You're an improviser, so planning is for lames.

Okay, point taken. (Please don't get mad if I don't entirely agree with you, but what is important is that I have felt the way you do right now.) Regardless whether you do or don't take a proactive approach, the following might be useful to you.

Here are CORE's nuggets for getting rid of the creeping ...
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Baseball and Improv: How to Make it Intense

Posted by Ben Swoboda on Saturday, October 22, 2011, In : Performance tips 
162 games in the regular season. The game ends either after nine innings, or after a tie ends, whichever comes first. And what do the innings consist of? 90% of the game is an interaction between a batter, a pitcher, and a catcher that goes like this: Pitch. Catch.

Occasionally, there is a swing. Only about 1 out of 4 at bats result in a batter getting on base. According to the ERA or the average starting pitcher, each team will probably score 4 runs or fewer, per game.

People call this a bori...
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Don't Give Up... On Paris Hilton?

Posted by Ben Swoboda on Friday, December 10, 2010, In : Performance tips 

Don’t Give Up on Paris Hilton

“Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.”

When Conrad Hilton spoke those words, he probably did not imagine that his great-great granddaughter Paris would one day become a celebulante, renowned for her mistakes. But let’s put all the dross from her history aside. What has she been able to accomplish with her status and money by 2011?

·          TV show
·    ...

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The Anxiety Dream and Parkway South

Posted by Ben Swoboda on Friday, December 3, 2010, In : Performance tips 
Hello Doctor. I submit for you today Exhibit A, B and C.
 
Exhibit A

Most of us have had anxiety dreams. Ever had dream where you walk into class to take an exam and you realize you did not study? Or better yet, show up to perform the lead role in a play and realize you do not know your lines?

Exhibit B
If you improvise, you probably have had a conversation that goes something like this:

    OTHER PERSON: So where are you going?
    YOU: Improv rehearsal.
    OP: Improv rehearsal?
    Y: Yes
    OP: I...
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Defeating The Yap Monster

Posted by Ben Swoboda on Friday, November 26, 2010, In : Performance tips 
This past weekend was the Quad Show at Parkway North. All of the four schools came together and battled for the title of, well, winner. (There's not really an incentive for winning. It's more about making the audience happy.) One scene in particular stood out to me for reasons that wouldn't stand out to the audience.

Hunh? Let me lay it out for you.

Here's the scene: Shortform. Blind Line. Four students on stage at the same time. The plot is three children want to buy a nuclear submarine and a ...
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Gorking Out Vs. Stage Presence

Posted by Ben Swoboda on Friday, November 19, 2010, In : Performance tips 
In general, you are confident. You always choose your words wisely and delivery them eloquently. When people describe you, they use words like classy, composed, and posed. When you walk into the room, other people smile your way because - gosh darn it - you make them feel better about themselves, just by proximity.

What is above describes no one I know.

I have known people who come close to this description in one way or another, but when you get down to it, we're all broken people. It's part ...
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