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		<title>NOON Saturdays Comedy For Teens</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHERE: Broadway Comedy Club 318 West 53rd Street, NY NY 10019 WHEN: SATURDAY February 18, 25; March 3, 10, 17, April 21, 28; May 5, 12, 19 TIME: NOON &#8211; 2pm (2 hour class) TUITION: $20 at the door; $75 for 4 admissions. Click here for discount admissions ($15/50) in advanced This class is great for young comedy veterans and those interested in trying out the art form for the first time. Drop in once for fun or come back time and again to build confidence and performance skills. CLICK HERE and read why every school should have IMPROV in their programming! This class will focus on Improv Techniques, Stage Techniques, and intro to some of the games played by the professional cast of EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH and IMPROV 4 KIDS. Past students (Once turning 18) currently intern with cast and hold stipend positions running tech and rehearse with professional cast, preparing for professional gigs. It is our ultimate goal to have a professional quality Under 18 cast to send out for community outreach and public showcases. Participants and and adult guest are invited to stay for our 3pm show. (Additional tickets just $7.50 at https://admin.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/9424005/prm/walter101) The instructor, Walt Frasier, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Added Shows NYC Schools Winter Break Feb 18, 19, 22, 25, 26 3pm Improv 4 Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s Right. We sold out shows every day the week after Christmas, so we are adding showsagain. Similar Schedule added for Spring Break 2012. Presidents Day Weekend and NYC Schools Winter Break Schedule&#8230;. BUY NOW TICKETS FOR JUST $7.50 (reg $20-35) Saturday February 18 3pm (Also Teen Comedy Class NOON) Sunday February 19 3pm Wednesday February 22 3pm Saturday February 25 3pm (Also Teen Comedy Class NOON) Sunday February 26 3pm Click here for full schedule and tickets https://admin.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/718535/prm/walter101 Saturdays March 3, 10, 17, 24 3pm (Also Teen Comedy Class NOON) Spring Break 2012 Saturday March 31 3pm (Also Teen Comedy Class NOON) Sunday April 1 3pm (Also Teen Comedy Class NOON) Wednesday April 4 3pm Saturday April 7 3pm Wednesday April 11 2pm Saturday April 14 3pm Sunday April 15 3pm EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH has now played over 3500 professional shows to crowds at top comedy clubs  - Currently at the Broadway, Formerly at the NYC / NY Laugh Factory, Improv, Caroline&#8217;s, Gotham, Boston,  Ha, Rascals, Don&#8217;t Tell Mama&#8217;s, Off Broadway and colleges as LMAO, and K-12 schools as IMPROV 4 KIDS, Corporate Events, festivals, fairs and family events (Weddings, Bar / Bat Mitzvahs, Scouts) . Since 2009, our teachers have lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE LETS CHILL MOVEMENT</title>
		<link>http://waltfrasier.com/blog1/2012/02/11/the-lets-chill-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the explanation for extreme nuts from the left and right continually rising to power is that those of us somewhere in the middle do not get passionate enough to be considered a powerful voting block. The left and right decide who will best defend their side of what they see as black and white (not referring to race here) issues and then hope we will side with their guy/gal being closer to the middle that we independent thinkers will swing. We have the TEA PARTY on the right. We have the OWC hippies on the left. I think it is time we had a strong represented movement from the middle called CSP, or the COMMON SENSE PARTY. Common sense tells us we need to fix the economy. Common sense tells us we need to fix education. Common sense tells us we need to have freedom for ALL. Common sense tells us we need to fix Lobby Money and Super Pac influence over politicians. Common sense tells us we no longer want to hear two sides of an argument spin the facts into lies both sides can use to get elected. So join the Common Sense Party and promote true equality. NOT Communism. Just SANS BS. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read this and you know why EVERY school should have Improv in their classes!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COPY OF REPORT from Speech teacher at Queens School to Principal regarding our first day of classes last Friday!!! &#8220;OMG it was awesome! Truly one of the best activities I&#8217;ve ever seen take place here at Summit! We gave them a very large group of kids to work with, and they handled them wonderfully. The way that they related to the kids was terrific, and the activities they led worked on so many pragmatic language skills in SUCH an effective way, including increasing the kids&#8217; awareness of their bodies in space, body proximity, eye contact, voice, and generally how others perceive them from their non-verbal cues. They also did word association and one-word stories that involved verbal expression and required kids to follow a story line. Almost all of the kids looked like they were having a fantastic time, and it was an activity where the shy kids could get to interact with others in a very structured (hence comfortable) way. At the end I spoke to the three members of the improv group and raved about how great they were and told them the specific ways that the activities helped our students. They asked me a number of questions, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Clip from Improv Show &#8211; &#8220;Bad Musicals&#8221; Blues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.eightimprov.biz for more info. Improv Blues song by Eight is NEVER Enough from a live comedy show in Times Square. Now in it&#8217;s 10th season, Eight is NEVER enough performs shows off broadway and tours colleges, schools and theatres nationwide. Category: Entertainment Tags: improv comedy blues songs musicals broadway singing shows performances theatre events new york city nyc funny Improvisational Theatre Broadway Theatre Musical Song Humor New York City Sketch]]></description>
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		<title>Keep an action going!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doing some paperwork for CHFF Laugh It Out program, I think of why we keep up an activity doing Improv. Beyond the typical reasons given by Improv teachers and directors. When you direct a scripted work, one of the first things a director and actors works out is the business of a scene. We have words from the author, but we must develop a scene from the words. Beyond simple blocking, we develop activities and possibly fidgety actions for our characters. Than a prop master, costumer and scene designer come in and help create our world. Once we are in dress rehearsals with all of the pieces in place we refine the business. The most boring performance just involve two actors talking without movement. The best writer, directors and performers can find a way to make this work on some level but it will never be exciting. In Improv we have nothing to start. It is up to us to work together to create the business during the scene. To often we worry about being funny or thinking of what to say. All the time keeping an activity will do all the work for us. Create your characters, and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Presidential? Why Newt?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the 1960s Russian and other former leaders thought Kennedy was week. He was a US Media darling but when push came to shove would he be a strong leader?  TV and Internet has changed what many in the US consider Presidential. Mistresses and underhanded practice is more transparent. It is easier than ever to call out the BS. Many people prefer news that resembles TMZ over Walter Cronkite. Too often NEWS is entertainment not journalism. Sound bytes trump actual facts. Journalist think themselves more important than the story. So called experts are mostly staff from failed campaigns. And too often the public follows the narrow field of information presented by a few instead of watching entire debates or reading a full story of facts. Last Thursday, say what you want about Newt Gingrich, but he is saying all the things &#8211; right or wrong &#8211; the right way. When Gingrich was asked about comments form ex-wife by John King, Newt burried John King. And you can tell by John Kings defensive response, Newt  put Mr. King on his heels. At the debate, John King looked like a teenager that was scolded. On his following TV appearance, he seemed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feb 18, 25, March 3, 10, 17 Teen Comedy Class (ages 9-17) Saturdays Noon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHERE: Broadway Comedy Club 318 West 53rd Street, NY NY 10019 WHEN: SATURDAY February 18, 25; March 3, 10, 17, April 21, 28; May 5, 12, 19 TIME: NOON &#8211; 2pm (2 hour class) TUITION: $20 at the door; $75 for 4 admissions. Click here for discount admissions ($15/50) in advanced This class is great for young comedy veterans and those interested in trying out the art form for the first time. Drop in once for fun or come back time and again to build confidence and performance skills. CLICK HERE and read why every school should have IMPROV in their programming! This class will focus on Improv Techniques, Stage Techniques, and intro to some of the games played by the professional cast of EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH and IMPROV 4 KIDS. Past students (Once turning 18) currently intern with cast and hold stipend positions running tech and rehearse with professional cast, preparing for professional gigs. It is our ultimate goal to have a professional quality Under 18 cast to send out for community outreach and public showcases. Participants and and adult guest are invited to stay for our 3pm show. (Additional tickets just $7.50 at https://admin.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/9424005/prm/walter101) The instructor, Walt Frasier, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Headed Man Improv Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many ways to play this game but the one thing in common, two people act as one, moving and talking as one person. This takes a lot focus and requires listening to your partner as well as other scene partners. VARIATION ONE Perform a scene with one player acting normally while two other player talk and move as one player. VARIATION TWO Perform a job interview. One person interviews the Two Headed Man. (SEE VIDEO BELOW) VARIATION THREE For either of the above, have the single person be another two people as one but instead of talking in unison, talk alternating words (Similar to one word story or three headed expert)]]></description>
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		<title>Scenes From A Hat</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Team Game, Fast Paced, Mini Scenes Have the audience write down a series of statements or suggestions for scenes. Have a hat or bucket to keep all the slips of paper. Get the whole team involved. Line up shoulder to shoulder up stage OR on the far stage left and right. MC will pull a suggestions for a scene. One player will step forward, possibly pulling up a one or more players to interact with, and present a quick (1-4 lines) idea of the scene. Play 2-3 scenes for each suggestions Maybe 5-7 suggestions each time you play the game Although I use it in classes often, I currently do not have a video of our troupe doing this game. Here is a classic Whose Line Is It Anyway clip]]></description>
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