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The 8th and final week of the Improv 101 class at ComedySportz Portland. Even though it is the last class, it seems that most of the class are going to continue coming to the farm team. It will be just like old times on a different day.
Today, we played 1 warm-up game and then a single game filled the rest of the 2 hours. The warm-up game had us alternately clapping and stomping our feet to a rythm. While that was happening, we called out our own number and then someone else's number. Deceptively difficult. I found it easier, the faster we got.
The game we played was "Doors." We had 2 rooms on stage, each with a person in them. Someone would go through a door into each room in turn. While in the room they would interact with the owner of that room, in the situation they concocted. The owner of the second room would vacate and so we made it through the entire class.
We only went through 1 time which was a shame. I had a hard time with this game. I believe it was due to the lack of relationship in the situation. A dentist chair is ok, but on its own it doesn't have any intrigue. A son as the dentist working on his dad has much more drama.
One "rule" of improv is that you don't waste any time getting to know the other characters. We are meant to already know the other person. Noone cares about us getting to know each other. I believe this caused me a problem. I limited who the people I knew could be. They could be anyone, President of the United States, Britney Spears, My Son, etc.
Although I am a little dissapointed with my performance this week, I feel I learned more than if I hit the ball out of the park. Next time I play the game it is going to be all about relationships!
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