Protect your Improv Mind, and also - Jam with Jenice - #52
Newsletter #52 is written just for you. I rhyme only when in the mood.
Greetings improv friends!
It’s the 52nd newsletter, and it’s now coming at you from ImprovUpdate.com (formerly known as Flat Improv). It’s the same Improv Update from Flat Improv, just coming from its own domain. No other changes.
I know this week is a wild one for many of you (I write and schedule these in advance, so at the time of writing it’s prior to the impending wild). If you need to take breaks, take them. It’s important! And that is the theme of the video I’ve linked and embedded below. Protecting your mind.
It’s absolutely not political at all (maybe it will help with that break tho!), but it includes suggestions (not demands!) for protecting your mind in comedy spaces such as improv. Especially if your brain is wired in a statistically atypical way. In these spaces, taking breaks is one form of keeping your health as a priority.
Which is important for me, at least.
In this week's newsletter you will find:
Suggestions for Protecting your mind in Comedy & Improv in video, podcast, or written versions
A fun online improv jam with Jenice
Podcasts & Shows
This episode provides general suggestions to comedians, especially neurodivergent ones like us autistic and ADHD actors in comedy and improv, to protect our minds while engaging in comedy and with others in the community.
Checking in on yourself, in whatever spaces you’re participating in, is pretty good for mental health. These ten suggestions should be relevant beyond comedy communities, and will apply to people who aren't neurodivergent too. So even if you aren't autistic, for example, these should be relevant and hopefully somewhat useful.
Find the video for this episode (has my face, not just captions) embedded below (or at this link)
Find the written article for this episode here: NeurodiversityImprov.com article
Find the podcast episode here at NeurodivergentComedy.com.
The full episode video (with my talking melon) is here:
Improv Jams & Events
Improv Jams and Events: These are a fun way to get in reps, have fun, and meet new friends! They are online and free, so no matter where you are, you can attend.
Stay tuned for more jam listings, or see below and submit your own links to free jams for the community. Stay tuned for more online improv jams where you’ll sign up directly with your hosts coming up soon. Watch this space!
Flat Improv Online Jams
Remaining jam on deck for 2024! Sign up below to jam with JENICE which will be a ton of fun!
NEXT JAM:November 8 5pm PT - Jenice [Register Free]
Community Submitted Jams
Audio Online Improv Jams: Mondays 4-6pm PT and Saturdays 2pm-4pm PT on oozebear.com . Open to all!
Want to list your free online improv jam or workshop here? Just reply or comment with a link to the details and I'll add your jam here! Do it!
Improv & Comedy Livestreams
Comedy Livestreams that I think look pretty cool that happen to be coming up soon or available right now. Watching livestreams can be a great way to learn improv no matter where you are. That’s right, watching great improv is right up there with taking a class!
Nov 8th: Ultimate Improv Show [Livestream]
Nov 8-15th: Laughmasters [Livestream]
Nov 23rd: Gentleman’s Club: A fancy trans comedy show [Livestream]
Fact or Word of the Week
As per usual, here's yet another fact or word of the week…. this week we have a word.
WORD: Catacoustics….this is the science of echoes (or, reflected sound if you prefer to call echoes that).
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my warmest of regards and salutations,
Jen deHaan
ImprovUpdate.com | NeurodivergentComedy.com | StereoForest.com
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