I always wanted a show like this: UCB teachers performing the Harold. They push the Harold so hard at UCB, but the people who teach you to do it don’t do it anymore. And I don’t know about you, but I always like it when I can see the person instructing me do the thing they’re teaching. So this is good.
There’s one show in March, with no mention of who’s in it yet, but I’ll probably check it out. Though I do wonder who will be in it… I’d really like to see people do it who haven’t in awhile, like someone in the Smokes or Shitty Jobs or some of the Asssscat regulars. You can get reservations here:
I’m working on my thesis about Del Close and so I decided to rewatch this 1986 profile on Del.
Every time I watch this I get something new out of it.
Fascinating. I love the idea of being the best version of me. In 101, that’s an idea that certainly had a lot of pull to me, and it’s what began my improv addiction.
And I love his comments that he encourages players to be a version of themselves (and not play characters), because characters are ultimately just a subset of their real personality.