Masking is a common behaviour for autistic and/or ADHD people. It’s a trait that can be subconscious or conscious, and one we take on to suppress natural reactions, responses, physicality or expressions. This, of course, can affect how we position ourselves in scenes if we are trying to be the voice of reason and respond naturally and honestly.
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You can now access a PDF resource on this topic – Masking and character acting for both coaches and performers here:
Masking can help us in improv, but also adds a challenge sometimes. With careful consideration, pondering, and a whole lot of processing I believe it can inevitably make us stronger improvisers. And maybe win improv?
Listen to the episodes
This episode covers, in a mere 40 minutes of detail, the intersection of masking and playing the voice of reason in your scenes.
Refer to episode 6 for more info about neurodivergent masking and improv but instead about peas in a pod or character matching scenes:
And see this episode about finding the unusual thing:
About this podcast & links
This podcast is hosted/written/produced/etc by me, Jen deHaan, of StereoForest.com. You can blame me for the whole thing. You can submit your questions, heckles, comments, blame, more heckles, or even a voice note on the website. TALK AT YOU NEXT WEEK, IMPROV NERD FRIENDS!
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