Summary: Tara Defrancisco is a former member of the Second City Touring Company. She performs and teaches for iO Theater and ComedySportz in Chicago. She discusses several exercises she uses in her classes and workshops. We start by talking about What's in the Box? a short form exercise to help people make quick decisions and to yes and those decisions. Next we talk about an exercise where students initiate scenes as if they are expressing an important idea to a real person in their life. Last we discuss a couple of exercises designed to get students to make new and different character choices in their scenes.For more info on Tara, check out her website, TaraDefrancisco.com. Please leave comments about this exercise at KevinMullaney.com. And don't forget to become at fan of the podcast on Facebook.
