Coach's Corner with Niigon and Clint:

The group has been coached by Niigonwedom, a graduate student formerly of the OU English Department and now somewhere in Canada. Niigon hails from Canada where he was the Drama Department Head at Ecole Kelvin High School in Winnipeg, Canada. He was also the coach of the "Hot Stuff" Improv Troupe which was twice provincial champion, and finished in the top ten both times in the Canadian Improv Games in Ottawa, Canada. Niigon also holds a degree in Improv and Mime (among many others) from the University of Winnipeg. Niigon gives advice, hints, and thoughts about how to master the gorilla that is improv in his monthly column "Coach's Corner with Niigon"...

Coach's Corner Articles:

July 27th, 2007: Clint points us to an interesting article entitled The 12 Kinds of Commercials from Slate.com. Slate interviews an ad guru on the essentials of commercials. It contains a slide show and video with iconic examples. It could add some variety and truthiness to your commercials!

09 Sep., 2006: The Improv Effect, or Why We Warm Up (by Clint Vrazel)
07 Dec., 2005: Tips for Musical Accompanists from Yesand.com, suggested by Clint Vrazel
27 Nov., 2005:An Essential Improv Skill: Narration!
24 Oct., 2005: Three (More) Elements to Make Good Scenes Great!
18 Oct., 2005: Top 10 Blind Spots Among Improvisers
10 0ct., 2005: Surviving Bad Suggestions
05 Oct., 2005: Long Form vs. Short form
28 Sep., 2005: Rules of Improv
13 Apr., 2005: Asking for Ask-Fors
3 Mar., 2005: Memories of the First Time… Mime, The Five Elements, and Beginning Games
12 Feb., 2005: Four Simple Rules You Need in Improv Heaven