Stephanie Wier and Bob Dassie perform at the 2009 Phoenix Improv Festival on the Herberger Theatre Center stage.

You and five people step on the stage with nothing, trusting everyone in the room to listen and give what they can to the performance. Together, you are there to write, stage and perform a one act play that has ...Read More

What does collaboration look like?

stephaniehorn: There are two versions of Phoenix — the Phoenix known by Phoenicians and the Phoenix perceived by everyone else in the country. The last few years have been a bit of a battle for the city’s national reputation. Regardless of ...Read More

#PHXDC: challenges and gifts

I have spent the last 6 years working for or in the Office of the President at ASU. I started as a student worker when I was an undergrad, working on ridiculous charts and terrible Powerpoints. Now I am an ...Read More

Final Countdown

Since I finished the Torch improv training, I've thought a lot about what it means to me to be a trained improvisor *bum bum BUM*. Mostly, the day after the graduation showcase looked like any other day prior. My hair ...Read More

Trust us

Next performance: Unicorn Warpath (I'm in that!) and Apollo 12 present Spooky Story Time at The Trunk Space! Wednesday, October 27, 8 pm, $5. Bring toiletries to donate to Lodestar! Read More

Spooky Story Time!

In January 2009, my friend from college asked me if I would participate in an improvised movie in downtown Phoenix. My heart simultaneously flew into my throat and sank into my toes. I had done improv in college while studying ...Read More

How to infiltrate an improv community

This has been an amazing weekend, which I will be sharing in a few posts this week. But for now, video from Marc Oxborrow's session with his band The Haymarket Squares. His session was about connections between being a musician ...Read More

Phoenix design week changed me. Again.

Forward, September 29-October 2

Onward and Upwards! Jose Gonzalez and I are running a workshop on improvisation and collaboration at this years Phoenix Design Week. I am really excited about this opportunity. Design Week has really helped pull together a lot of people in the ...Read More

Forward!

Come see my Level VI showcase: August 4, 11 & 18 at 8 pm. It's $5 at Space 55. Read More

Improv of the Future

No trouble here

I have been creatively stuck over the last two weeks, which can be a depressing thing to go through. So one way that I try to find a path through this is to break a rule. My brain feels like ...Read More

Draw on your furniture

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