Lights Up Improv

There's a great improv book that I must recommend: "Improv at the Speed of Life" in which author/improvisers T.J. and Dave put their fingers on the heart of improv: discovery (not invention) through Listening with a capital L.

Here's a link to my radio hour with Tory Ryden. I spilled my soul about what improv means to me:

http://wgan.com/podcasts/52817-positively-maine-david-lagraffe/

5/28/17 Positively Maine: David Lagraffe | Newsradio WGAN
David Lagraffe joins Tory Ryden to talk about the world of improv on this week's Positively Maine!

5/28/17 Positively Maine: David Lagraffe | Newsradio WGAN David Lagraffe joins Tory Ryden to talk about the world of improv on this week's Positively Maine!

I love this quote by Robert Brault: "You never get people's fuller attention than when you're listening to them." Improv is all about listening and then responding with the next simple thing. It's not about inventing something clever.

I love this quote from Robert Brault: "You never get people's fuller attention than when you're listening to them." Improv is all about listening and responding with the next simple thing. Improv is not about inventing clever things.

Hi everybody! Check out my interview with Tory Ryden this Sunday morning!
"Please join me this Sunday morning at 11 for Positively Maine IMPROV!!! My guest, the very gifted, trained actor David LaGraffe. He runs a school of improvisation in the Greater Portland area called "Lights Up Improv!"
David shares the value and virtue of improv: the unconditional welcoming of the present moment…and how it can heal. I even give it a whirl--on air!
Everything you never knew about improv: what it is, how it works and why you might want to jump in. This Sunday morning at 11 on Positively Maine…brought to you by Auto Europe and Shipyard Brewing...live stream from anywhere in the world on WGAN.com,
News Radio WGAN 105-5 and Am560"

Summer Lights Up Improv Classes begin in June!
"You have created this amazing world where we can accept our vulnerability and have fun doing it – that is an awesome experience and I appreciate you for it. Thank you for being the master of FUN and acceptance (Tshirt or cape to come later)"
Celeste Sartor (student)
For more info visit: www.lightsupimprov.com

Improv Classes in June “Taking your class makes me more playful, more confident and more willing dive into a situation, rather than second guess myself." C. Oppenheim

New improv classes are coming up! Sign up at www.lightsupimprov.com

In improvisational scenes, I and you hover then... ignition! The scene IS the relationship, and now we are the scene. (I think.)😳

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Spring Improv Classes

May Improv Classes     This class is highly interactive and explores the dynamics of the interpersonal. The improvised scenework and “games” used in class are sometimes comical, sometimes serious, but always fascinating.

March Improv Classes

Spring Improv Classes     This class is highly interactive and explores the dynamics of the interpersonal. The improvised scenework and “games” used in class are sometimes comical, sometimes serious, but always fascinating.