Wednesday, March 20, 2019

David Shepherd's Journals by Michael Golding

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David Shepherd (October 10, 1924 – December 17, 2018) the co-founder of Playwrights Theatre Club, Compass (forerunner of Second City), t...
Sunday, February 3, 2019

David Shepherd and the ImprovBoston Festival by Michael Golding

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My close friend and mentor for 46 years, David Shepherd, the father of improvisation, passed away on December 17, 2018. He was 94 years o...
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Sunday, July 1, 2018

A Canadian Improviser in New York by Michael Golding

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"This is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best - make it all up - but make it up so truly that later it will happen that ...
Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Guns, Education and Improv by Michael Golding

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Due to budget cuts at high schools who normally host El Camino College’s after school outreach courses, I was not offered any assignmen...
Saturday, October 7, 2017

Improvising with my Father By Michael Golding

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The last format I worked on with David Shepherd (co-creator of Compass and the Improv Olympics) was Life-Play, improv games designed to...
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Thursday, August 3, 2017

It's All About The Where by Michael Golding

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  I recently conducted a teacher training workshop at an improv festival, where most of the participants were unfamiliar with the wor...
Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Character Hot Seat Interview by Michael Golding

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Character Hot Seat Interview is a game I employ during the first few sessions of my college high school outreach workshops with at-ri...