Hello everybody! It looks like this wonderful little conglomerate of awesome is finally getting underway (YAY ANDREA!). This means that I ought to introduce myself. My name is Joseph Michael Ho, more commonly referred to as Joe Ho. I’ve been doing Improv for about 3 or 4 years officially and as cliche as it sounds, it really has changed my life.
I got my start at FM high school as a member of the FM Improv Club. This is where I learned basically all of the philosophy and basics of my improv. After I graduated I joined the Fredonia State Improv society at my college. I’m currently one of the frequent members there and I’m continuing to work at it.
Improv has helped me in so many aspects of my life it’s not even funny. It’s turned me into the person I am today and helped me become an adult as well keep the child in me alive.
My task is to help you (the devoted readers) learn to live your life with an improv influence to it.
As Andrea has stated there will be more to come later. I have plenty of improv related stories I can tell you and a lot of knowledge to share so stay tuned!
Hey guys! I’m Andrea Springer and one co-founder of HAS. I started doing improv as a terrified high-school freshman. I was dragged into the FM Improv Club by a good friend, and I’ve been going back ever since. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t love at first sight. It was mortifying near the beginning. I was certain I’d been inducted into a cult.
It didn’t take long, though, for me to warm up. (excuse the pun if you noticed it. XD) I had one successful scene and, bam, I was hooked. Being funny on stage, on my own accord, was and continues to be one of the most fun things basically ever. I was an active member starting my freshman year, and even more so during sophomore year. I then became vice president my junior year, and now as a senior I’m the president. It’s one of the most enriching satisfying things that I do, and even more than doing improv, I love teaching it.
Improv has given me so many things, ask my parents, teachers, friends, the change in me was really significant. As an 18 year old, I have a lot of confidence, quick wit, and flexibility that I would be seriously lacking had I not participated in improv. I learned how to trust. (more on that in a future essay) I learned how to communicate effectively, in a large group and also one on one. Although if you ask my theatre teacher, Scott Austin, the best thing it’s done is improve my posture.
So, for Here’sASuggestion, my goal, at least is to study improv theoretically, and especially to look at what it’s done for me and what it can do for you.
Thanks for reading, and I hope you check back later, the stuff will be a lot more intense and hopefully a little less gushy.