
Marshall Stern and Nancy Howland Walker host a series of podcasts about the art of Improvisational Acting in general and Zenprov, how Zen thought relates and helps you as an actor, in particular.
| Publishes | Infrequently | Episodes | 50 | Founded | 19 years ago |
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| Categories | Performing ArtsComedyArts | ||||

Inspired by a post by Lauren Morris on diversity and a comment by Ann Crippen, pointing out the need to deal with diversity issues in Improv. With our special guest Dale Smith, longtime Zenprov listener and Director of Marketing for SAK Comedy Lab in... more
With the election of Donald Trump creating a wave of strong reactions around the world politics is currently a very important and relevant subject to include in your shows. It is also a minefield that can leave people offended and angry and leave any... more
Our first post heart transplant episode talks about our experiences in the hospital and beyond with the greatest lesson we both learned from this experience. This is all about Surrender. We have talked about letting go and trusting in the past. This ... more
In September we received a request from a listener to do a short Podcast on the subject of Buddai which everyone thinks is the Buddha. You've seen the little smiling fat guy in Chinese restaurants? That's Buddai. In this short Podcast we will tell yo... more
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These two revolutionized my improv game. They showed me the difference between a contrived and authentic performance. Listen, Learn, Discover b*tches.
This podcast hasn't just made me a better improviser, it's made me a better person! Marshall and Nancy are highly entertaining hosts and I love their whole philosophy. I have most of the books on the subject and have taken classes with many different teachers from all over the world, but it's Marshall and Nancy's teachings that I always go back to. The best scenes happen when the performers are fully present and connected with each other.This podcast will help to give you the tools and philosoph... more
many a great takeaway to be had from this podcast! allot of stuff that works on allot of levels!
Always a pleasure to hear these. More please!
This podcast is poorly executed. Mostly, the ideas being discussed are not explained well. I expect it would be really useful for someone who is already familiar with the concepts. There are a lot of analogies made which, if you already know what they're talking about, give useful mental boxes to put things in and labels to use. But if you don't already know then it might just sound like nonsense. Not a lot of radical information is forthcoming. Also, it is difficult to listen to. Sentences are ... more
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