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Your Improv Brain

Your Improv Brain is a show that helps you understand your brain (and body!) to be a happier, better performer. I"ll also explore the intersection of improv comedy, neurodivergence, and the science of performance. Episodes cover how different brain types, including neurodivergent and neurotypical minds, experience comedy and performance. The show discusses creating supportive environments and understanding cognitive differences in improv practice. Your Improv Brain also explores how

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Episode 8: Committing to YOUR weird brain in improv

Your Improv Brain ·

2024/01/08

We’ve all heard those sayings like “do not compare your chapter 1 to their chapter 6.” But that can be pretty hard to do. Especially when we get notes that relate to our brain wiring! Maybe we’re reading from, or writing, a completely different book. It can be hard when our brains are so different in a word that’s constructed for a different (neurotypical) wiring altogether. And here we are up on a stage with everyone watching us. Yikes.But… it’s possible to find our own way, with what we got, and

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Episode 7: Fast and Slow Edit Moves in Improv

Your Improv Brain ·

2024/01/01

This episode was inspired by a discussion I had with another improviser about fast and slow edit moves. They were told by a teammate to edit faster. The answer I gave them was a bit of an opinionated monologue infodump, and I was told I should turn that monologue into a podcast. So here we are. What we're talking about today is edit moves, with focus on the speed of those edit moves and what it might have to do with your neurotype (ALL neurotypes. This means YOU.) That once you are confident and

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Episode 6: Masking and Improv - Peas in a Pod Scenes

Your Improv Brain ·

2023/12/18

Masking is a common behaviour for autistic and/or ADHD people (or those of us who are both). It's sometimes referred to as camouflaging, mimicking, or being a social chameleon. You might mask subconsciously - you might not even realize you do it! But it's essentially suppressing your natural reactions, responses, physicality or expressions in order to hide some of your natural behaviours or instincts. Your first reaction.Masking can help you fit in with the crowd, make social connections, or avoid

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Episode 5: On Misophonia & Improv with Sabrina Banes

Your Improv Brain ·

2023/12/11

Very excited about this ep! This week I am joined by Sabrina Banes, an improviser who has a condition called misophonia.Sabrina Banes is an improviser and Tarot reader who lives in Brooklyn with her two cats, Shumai and Althea. She currently performs with her longform indie teams, Jace Spam and Dolly Lana, and with her Improv College narrative house team, Oops! We Fell In Love. Find Sabrina online: Instagram and Linktree.In this episode we discuss what misophonia is like to experience, how it

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Episode 4: Top-down thinking in improv for bottom-up...

Your Improv Brain ·

2023/12/04

If you are a bottom-up thinker, there are certain techniques in long-form improv that might work better if you try to do top-down thinking instead. Why would you do such a thing? And When?Game and second beats might be challenging to a bottom-up thinker. You need to get used to wrapping up a bunch of details into a single idea, gist, or synopsis regardless of what direction you think in. The synopsis is where top-down thinkers start! Maybe it’s faster doing top down for this?This episode includes a

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Episode 3: Bottom Up Thinking & Plots in Improv

Your Improv Brain ·

2023/11/27

Bottom-up thinking or bottom-up processing is common way for autistics to process information. It’s wired into our brains and affects EVERYTHING. How does this type of thinking affect doing improv scenes, especially when it comes to plots? In particular… when you weren’t expecting a plot, and suddenly things get plotty? Bottom-up thinking affects how we follow sets, pull in information, process, and make decisions. So if we’re trying to follow plotlines but are focused on the details before the big

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Episode 2: On Being Perceived (on the Improv Stage &...

Your Improv Brain ·

2023/11/20

The sense of being perceived is all about the activity you are doing when you are being looked at by other people. Having strong feelings about this kind of perception is common particularly with the autistic neurotype. And it can sure seem illogical or contradictory at times, too.And… people look at you in improv… a lot! Learn about what being perceived means to neurodivergent improvisers. What is it? How does being perceived work for humans in an improv class, and on an improv stage? What could

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What is neurodivergence?

Your Improv Brain ·

2023/11/12

This episode details what neurodivergence is, and why it’s relevant to improv. I include a couple of examples in there. Check out the transcript tab on this page to see the text version of this episode. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jendehaan.substack.com

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Hello, Neurodivergent Improvisers

Your Improv Brain ·

2023/10/31

Introduction by Jen to the new FlatImprov podcast. We're starting with the intersection of neurodivergence and improv. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jendehaan.substack.com

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