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Ben Schwartz Talks Finding His Voice Through Improv and Learning Bombing Isn’t So Bad

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When someone talks about improvisation, odds are your mind goes to what is known as short-form; theater games or quick scenes, the sort of performances popularized by “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and seen in small theaters.

Most people have seen – or been in – groups like this. Long-form improv, as the name implies, offers a different challenge. Rather than taking suggestions throughout a show for different scenes, performers only take a few suggestions at the top of a show and proceed to perform the rest of the show based on those.

While there may be several scenes within a show, the idea is that they are all related to those initial prompts. While it may be high-risk, it’s also high-reward for both audience and performers – a good long-form show is a rush like no other.

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