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 column "Coach's Corner with Niigon"...

Clint served as the troupe's artistic director for some time.

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!

September 9th, 2006: The Improv Effect, or Why We Warm Up(by Clint Vrazel)
December 7th, 2005: Tips for Musical Accompanists from Yesand.com, suggested by Clint Vrazel
November 27th, 2005: An Essential Improv Skill: Narration!
October 24th, 2005: Three (More) Elements to Make Good Scenes Great!
October 18th, 2005: Top 10 Blind Spots Among Improvisers
October 10th, 2005: Surviving Bad Suggestions
October 5th, 2005: Long Form vs. Short form
September 28th, 2005: Rules of Improv
April 13th, 2005: Asking for Ask-Fors
March 3rd, 2005: Memories of the First Time… Mime, The Five Elements, and Beginning Games
February 12th, 2005: Four Simple Rules You Need in Improv Heaven