Listen first
Your next line is in what they just said.
Why the scene died
Because you both had an idea, and neither of you heard the other one.
How we work
Listen, accept, build
The most common beginner habit is composing your next line while your partner is still talking. The audience can see it, and the scene stops being about anything.
Once listening is real, the rest follows quickly: relationships establish themselves, the unusual thing becomes obvious, and heightening has somewhere to go.
Playing is the only way to practice it. Every session here is scenes on your feet with immediate notes, which is why reading about improv never seems to help anyone.
Our principles
Three beliefs behind the method
Make your partner look good
Scenes work when nobody is competing.
Not therapy, not casting
A performance practice, coached honestly.
Shall we play a scene?
Twenty minutes, free, on where your play gets stuck.