Tuesday, March 27, 2012
improv-is-easy: Welcome back? It’s not like out of the 400+ people who auditioned, someone ranked #65 and I screwed them over with some privilege. The auditions don’t work that way (I don’t know how they work, but they’re not like that). They’re subjective AND they’re about comedy, so it’s all a matter of opinion and personal likes. And just because you didn’t make it to the second step of getting on a house team doesn’t mean you can’t make your own team and have a lot of fun and success. There’s a lot of joy out there, but you have to create it. In the words of Dr. Henry Jones, “Indiana, let it go.” All this unhappiness won’t result in making you feel any better. To quote Conan O’Brien… Please do not be cynical… it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get, but if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen. I’m telling you, amazing things will happen. This is the last time I’ll respond publicly to your anonymous questions, but seriously, if you wanna talk, I’m at kirk.damato over at the gmail. Make up a fake address if you’d prefer to stay anonymous. PS: You can also bring up anything you want on that online survey that was sent out with audition confirmations. Dear Anonymous, I will gladly, for no fee, coach you and your team (if you have one) for free. We can just run dozens of scenes. I will follow each scene up with if I thought it would have gotten you a call back. I will also give you notes on you attitude within the practice: Do you watch others attentively, are you open to hard note, to you try to institute notes even when you disagree with them, are you supportive, do you share stage time, to you listen. Because… eeep!… all of that counts. I know! Weird, right? Anyway, I will do all that for FREE. (You will need to book and pay for the rehearsal space.) - Chris Scott

improv-is-easy:

Welcome back?

It’s not like out of the 400+ people who auditioned, someone ranked #65 and I screwed them over with some privilege. The auditions don’t work that way (I don’t know how they work, but they’re not like that). They’re subjective AND they’re about comedy, so it’s all a matter of opinion and personal likes.

And just because you didn’t make it to the second step of getting on a house team doesn’t mean you can’t make your own team and have a lot of fun and success. There’s a lot of joy out there, but you have to create it.

In the words of Dr. Henry Jones, “Indiana, let it go.” All this unhappiness won’t result in making you feel any better.

To quote Conan O’Brien…

Please do not be cynical… it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get, but if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen. I’m telling you, amazing things will happen.

This is the last time I’ll respond publicly to your anonymous questions, but seriously, if you wanna talk, I’m at kirk.damato over at the gmail. Make up a fake address if you’d prefer to stay anonymous.

PS: You can also bring up anything you want on that online survey that was sent out with audition confirmations.

Dear Anonymous,

I will gladly, for no fee, coach you and your team (if you have one) for free. We can just run dozens of scenes. I will follow each scene up with if I thought it would have gotten you a call back. I will also give you notes on you attitude within the practice: Do you watch others attentively, are you open to hard note, to you try to institute notes even when you disagree with them, are you supportive, do you share stage time, to you listen. Because… eeep!… all of that counts. I know! Weird, right? Anyway, I will do all that for FREE. (You will need to book and pay for the rehearsal space.)

- Chris Scott

Posted at 10:20 AM 61 notes Reblogged from improv-is-easy

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    I agree with all that has been said about this (at least by those I follow), but I wanted to add how much I appreciate...
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    As a baby improviser, I’m being taught that watching and learning from bad moves is as valuable as figuring out how to...
  4. youarepurepotential reblogged this from jonbershad and added:
    Cagney, Kill Your Darlings, DeCoster - ‘nuff said. If that work isn’t worth at LEAST a callback, I’m a dingle-berry’s...
  5. theangeladee reblogged this from britajames and added:
    This is my response in the form of an acting lesson
  6. britajames reblogged this from talkingimprov and added:
    Anonymous, I bet you’re feeling really bad about your life right now. Takeaway from this lesson: improv is about...
  7. bananacalamari reblogged this from thrillcox and added:
    This anonymous person is a joke, right?
  8. talkingimprov reblogged this from chrisreblogs and added:
    Let this serve as a reminder to improvisers to always build up, not break down. Be good citizens of the theatre.
  9. thrillcox reblogged this from kellyqehudson and added:
    Man, rejection hurts bad. I feel ya on that, anonymous, but don’t let it bring out this side of you because it doesn’t...
  10. jonbershad reblogged this from kellyqehudson and added:
    Anonymous isn’t even good at being an audition asshole. Everyone knows the proper asshole etiquette is to complain about...
  11. kellyqehudson reblogged this from chrisreblogs and added:
    Dear Anonymous, You’ve made yourself appear very bitter, naive and uncool. Leave it to the people in charge to make...
  12. chrisreblogs reblogged this from improv-is-easy and added:
    Dear Anonymous, I will gladly, for no fee, coach you and your team (if you have one) for free. We can just run dozens of...
  13. justinericgrace reblogged this from corypalmer and added:
    I was feeling real bad about my audition, until I realized I could be this motherfucker on top of it.
  14. thisisdavestumblr reblogged this from shortmikeshort and added:
    Ive found that ultimately, it’s more rewarding to improve my own skills than gripe about the powers-that-be. Sure, it...
  15. corypalmer reblogged this from improv-is-easy and added:
    Let’s all take a moment to be thankful that this person won’t be on Harold Night, because this toxic attitude would ruin...
  16. waaaamorgan reblogged this from poupak and added:
    c’mon people. its obvious to see kirk is like, the worst guy ever. i’ve known this for months now.
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  18. poupak reblogged this from mullaney and added:
    I was so angry last night when I read this that I had decided not to reblog this and answer. I admire Kirk for being so...
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    If there’s anything...can yell you about Kirk it’s that he will gladly screw anyone
  20. shortmikeshort reblogged this from improv-is-easy and added:
    I’ve seen things like this before; it’s really easy to lash out than to look at oneself when one fails. I’ve been...
  21. spotastic reblogged this from improv-is-easy and added:
    response for you. Go Fuck Your Face. -Shannon O’Neill improv-is-easy:
  22. mullaney reblogged this from improv-is-easy and added:
    Auditions are a process for selecting people. They are not a contest where you compete and win, and therefore get cast....
  23. larhunter reblogged this from improv-is-easy and added:
    I don’t usually engage in online aggression, but y’all need to leave Kirk the fuck alone. He is amazing and fantastic...
  24. what-i-learned-today reblogged this from improv-is-easy and added:
    first round of Harold Auditions, there is zero doubt in my mind...he would have absolutely...
  25. katiesimon reblogged this from markdowling and added:
    If someone offered me a first round bye for Harold auditions, I would take it in a goddamn second, and I’m no Kirk...