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The Improv Class by JOHN CONNON

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  • Charles Davies:
    23 Nov. 2020
    “ We recently produced The Improv Class as a Zoom play for Crossroads Theater Shed as part of our ten minut play festival and it was just the perfect piece for us. We have been teaching improv, so to see that aspect of the play in conjunction with the twist at the end, made it especially powerful, and great to work with. Our youth actors had a great experience working on this piece. Also the casting is flexible which is great! ”
  • Jack Levine:
    21 Nov. 2020
    “ JOHN CONNON’s play, “The Improv Class”, reminded me of my own experiences as an improv performer. I found the dialogue ‘right-on’ and was ready to give a ‘thumbs-up’ for the play until - the ending blew me away! This is a really good play! ”
  • Lainie Vansant:
    21 Nov. 2020
    “ Great characters with a great twist. Bonus for good roles for mature actors makes it an excellent little piece worth producing. I saw it at the Crossroads Theater Shed's 2020 ten minute play festival and enjoyed it! ”
  • Mike Solomonson:
    19 Sep. 2020
    “ Anyone who has had some acting training can relate to the challenges of improv when one partner seems to be set on their own "agenda," so that familiarity brings about a lot of humor as the play initially unfolds. Then we get the twist, which pulls us in a new direction--just like the curve ball that can occur in improv. John Connon's script also has the benefit of having great flexibility in how the parts are cast. ”
  • Anna Chichester:
    21 Aug. 2020
    “ This play gave me WHIPLASH. What started out as a comedic rehashing of improvisational concepts that brought me back to my early days of short-form improv led to a beautiful depiction of the complexities of hardship and relationships. What is interesting to me is the juxtaposition of the nature of improv and the medium of scripted storytelling, and the payoff that serves the audience once we understand its depth. Absolutely amazing. ”
  • Julianne Jigour:
    20 Aug. 2020
    “ A beautiful and unexpected exploration of learning how to live with and love someone whose experience of the present and past is changing in painful ways. ”
  • John Minigan:
    19 Aug. 2020
    “ A beautifully wrought piece that moves us from improv to real life and moves us from laughs to deep recognition. As Player really learns to play, to give up control, and enter his "Scene Partner's" reality, they move to genuine empathy and care. Funny, surprising, and heart-rending. ”
  • Alexander Perez:
    19 Aug. 2020
    “ An all too familiar frustration to beginner improv aficionados elegantly transmutes into an unexpected parable about love, patience, and care. Connon's masterful manipulation of tone here is worthy of every bit of praise it receives and beyond. ”
  • Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn:
    19 Aug. 2020
    “ I got to the last couple of pages of this seemingly goofy and slapstick play highlighting the pain of doing improv with an inflexible partner...and then I gasped. Fighting tears, I got to THE END. This was BRILLIANT. I can't believe how real it suddenly got and I have to give major kudos to Connon. I hope this play gets so many productions and awards. It deserves it. ”
  • Kate Danley:
    19 Aug. 2020
    “ What a WONDERFUL play with so much packed into thirteen pages! I did improv for years and was laughing along with painful recognition of acting with unhelpful scene partners, and then the whole play takes a turn into a gorgeous, heartbreaking, and heartfelt situation so many are dealing with. What a gem! ”

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