KEVIN ALLISON STILL NEEDS STORY PITCHES! Got a good story to tell for his show? To submit stories: First, look at the pitching guidelines on his site RISK-show.com/submissions. Next, email your pitches directly to kevin@risk-show.com with subject line “PITTSBURGH PITCH.” This show’s theme is TERROR. Come on SCITizens. Let’s flood his inbox. Please pass this on to friends […]
Arthur Simone Character Workshop Recap
Last week, SCIT welcomed actor, improviser and artist Arthur Simone of Coldtowne Theater in Austin, TX to the stage for a workshop on “character.” Simone took us through different exercises on discovering a character, emoting that character, and informing that character in a scene. At the beginning of a scene, Simone explained, there is a moment of […]
Take Five with Arthur Simone
Arthur Simone is an artist, actor and co-founder of ColdTowne Theater in Austin, TX. A graduate of Oberlin College, he has studied improv at Chicago’s Improv Olympic and has appeared on-screen in Days of Delusion, Jigsaw, The Evil One, A&E’s Faith of My Fathers, Big Momma’s House 2, and has been featured on the series Friday […]
Shake Off the Nerves, It’s Showtime
I was equal parts nervous and excited about the class show. I perform in a musical context much more often than in a theatrical one; and often, I wake up the morning of the gig totally freaking out and wondering why I ever thought I could play in front of an audience. Unexpectedly, when I […]
Comedy in the Absurd and Class Show Prep
Throughout the last eight weeks, there has been a series of highs and lows. There were moments where I felt a click and thought, “Aha! I get it!” Then, the next week, I found it difficult to think of anything interesting and thought that I hadn’t made much progress at all. After last week’s click […]
Finding Inspiration with Monologue Deconstruction
Similar to last week’s class, I was frustrated with myself for not thinking of funnier punch lines or interesting ideas throughout the majority of class. I didn’t have any new ideas at all. It seems crazy to say that because I have twenty-two years of life experience to draw from, and yet, when I walked […]