Thursday, January 21, 2010

Second City in Atlanta

The show at the Alliance Theatre we attended during the holidays was my first exposure to live improv theatre. What a wonderful performance! The references to Atlanta experiences and scenes made me feel like a native Atlantan, though I am not.

What I most took away from the show in terms of teaching practice, is the how powerful improv methods could be if applied in the classroom. What would be the best way to go about translating this to a classroom experience? How would you keep students on task and engaged in producing the sketch? Definitely an explorable topic!