Masking and Performance: Being a grounded character
Have you had an issue being the voice of reason in scenes? Grounding a scene? Learn what's "normal", weird, and how it can mess with our heads when doing scenes
Jen deHaan
Jen deHaan founded StereoForest in 2024 to focus on creating comedy podcasts, audio dramas, and audio fiction series that blend scripted and improvised material. Jen has taught long form improv classes at/with World’s Greatest Improv School (WGIS), Compass Improv, Highwire Improv, and Queen City Comedy. She was also the WGIS Online School Director, and hosted a lot of improv jams.
Finding the unusual thing (and communicating better in scenes)
Noticing the unusual at the top of an improv scene can be hard. Learn when and how to do it, especially if you're unusual too. And for everyone: this is how to communicate better with scene partners.
Neurodivergent observation makes improv scenes better (ft. Isolation)
We're excellent at observation due to our traits and The Neurodivergent Experience. Learn how to get even better at noticing details to level up skills like finding patterns & making connections.
Hyperphantasia, Visual Imagination & Improv
Notice your skills in visual imagination and visual processing to make your scenes even better. You don't need hyperphantasia, either.
Masking and Improv – Being the voice of reason
Have you had an issue being the voice of reason in scenes? Grounding a scene? This episode discusses what's "normal", weird, and how it can mess with our heads and scenes.
Committing to YOUR weird brain in improv
We are neurodivergent, and we can bring our best to scenes in so many different ways. How to commit hard to YOU, and reject self-comparison to others.
Fast and Slow Edit Moves in Improv
How does your neurodiversity (especially top-down and bottom-up thinking) affect the way you edit, and how and when you do so in a scene or set?
Masking and Performance: Character Matching (Peas in a Pod)
Are you a neurodivergent who masks? What are some of the common ways this influences your acting, improvising, and performance? Learn how neurodivergent masking can help in your peas in a pod or character matching scenes
On Misophonia & Improv with Sabrina Banes
Learn about misophonia - what it means to have this condition, and how it affects your improv practice.
Top-down thinking in improv for bottom-up thinkers
Top-down thinking your second beats and game when you are a bottom-up thinker. What does that look like?