For those of you just tuning in, I decided to take Improv classes, and
last weeks post mentioned how suprised I was that its a "team" sport -
you really have to rely on your team mates to give/pass lines in a way
that works as a team. Room is filled with 15+ ppl, aged 25 - 45, various
walks of life. Slight majority female.

This week was like being in grade school. For highlights: we did silly
games like "follow me". The game goes like this: A team of 4 stands up
and is given some idea to mime. Person 1 does some mime action. The next
person repeates it, and adds to it. And so on. Sounds silly, but it was
fun, and it drove home the point that you gotta pay attention, have to
interpret and build on what the prev ppl did.

After that silliness, we did "circle time clapping". You clap, turn to
the person on the right, and synchronize a clap. They turn and do the
same. Damn was it tough to get 'syncd'. The purpose was to learn to
follow the lead, and give a lead.

Lastly, we did "Yes And...". The toughest of the night. Pairs of ppl
take the stage. Person #1 gives a phrase "We are going shopping". Person
#2 has to repeat the phrase, tack on "...and, " plus their own phrase.
Now #1 repeates this phrase plus tacks on their own. This repeats for
5min. Oh, and you can never contradict, or question, the phrase given to
you. It was hysterical because things just went off into complete
silliness, and it was really hard because your first inclination is to
"object", but the lesson is to learn to accept what was given and work
with it "as-is".