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Is “Whose Line Is It, Anyway?” Completely Improvised?

Improv LibraryMar 18, 20242 min read

Are they making it all up? The short answer is, “Yes.” The longer answer is, “Yes, but…” While every moment of Whose Line is improvised, it is also highly adapted for television. What this means is, for every 22 minutes…

How To Divine a Person’s True Personality

Improv LibraryMar 10, 20242 min read

If you want to know someone’s true personality, play a game with them. Related to the well-known (and wrongly-attributed-to-Plato) quote, “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation,” we have…

What’s the Secret of Great Improv?

Improv LibraryMar 2, 20243 min read

Ask 25 improvisers what the secret is and you’ll get 50 different answers In our book, The 5 Elements of Improv, we outline the major points that serve to enhance and develop the improv experience, taking your scenes to the next level.…

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