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Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv, is a podcast that teaches Long-form, Narrative, Theatrical, Improvisation, or as we call it: Muprov. The hosts, Hal Munger and Julian Bernado are experienced and innovative Muprovisors, who are excited to spread the word about their favorite ways of doing their favorite activity. On the show they provided practice plans that you can use for your ensemble, teach fun formats, and chat with guests who bring a wide variety of perspectives! Intro Music By

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56:03

Shakespeare 03 - Em-O-tions and MUnologues - Muprov...

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/12/25

Happy Holidays! The Shakespeare train keeps on chugging, so turn out to the audience and let out a guttural cry and a stream of inner thoughts!

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58:27

Shakespeare 02 - Language - Muprov Musings 019

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/12/18

We dive into the Elizabethan language and grammar! For the grammar rules you can follow along with this page: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1teSwA7-5kqL7FJa6J-FU9DyITS1Y19zDumy75gRgufg/edit

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01:03:51

Shakespeare 01 - Lisa Rowland - Overview - Muprov...

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/12/10

What a treat to have THE Lisa Rowland on to kick off our Shakespeare series! She is truly the Shakespeare GOAT and no one would be better to give the overview of what this format will be like! Stay tuned! Over the next nine episodes we will be teaching you everything you need to know to put on your very own totally-improvised, Shakespeare Play! I hope this episode gets you pumped up and ready to dive into the language next week!

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01:16:44

Intimacy - Anna M - Muprov Musings 017

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/12/04

Anna Mistele joins the podcast to talk about stage intimacy and how to safely practice intimacy and touch in an improvised setting! Adding intimacy to your practice plan can really help people feel secure and confident with finding their own boundaries and learning each others! To see this work in action check out: Example one: Skip to 20:03 if you want to see your hosts do a grounded intimate scene on ice ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y_G9zNJv3Q Example two: see 21:10 to see your hosts do

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01:18:03

Commedia - Matt Chapman - Muprov Musings 016

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/11/27

Matt Chapman, clown extraordinaire, movement magician, and champion of introducing himself joins the Podast to give many words of wisdom on commedia, clown, game, movement, and teaching! This one was a really fun conversation for us and I hope you have fun listening!

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01:09:06

Stage Combat - Muprov Musings 015

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/11/20

Bye Bye Hero's journey... HELLO COMBAT!!! We got a little carried away with the technical stuff in this episode. Rather than a conversation about stage combat, it is more of a detailed list of how to do space object (mime + sounds) combat with various weapons and superpowers! I am going to try to upload the the video of this one on youtube in the coming days because the visuals will definitely help!

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01:14:35

Hero’s Journey 10 - Debrief - Will - Muprov Musings 014

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/11/13

Will Gutzman, Pro Improvisor, joins the pod fresh from his koi pond to debrief our recent show! We get in some meta stuff about how to debrief and give feedback in general, and also show you how we analyze a show after the fact! This is also the Sunset Show for hero's journey so we say goodbye to the format and hit the key takeaways! Its the last time that you will hear us say quadrant theory for a while so enjoy it ;)

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01:17:42

Hero’s Journey 09 - The Show - Muprov Musings 013

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/11/06

All the guests you met along the way come back on the podcast to put on an audio-only Hero's Journey show! A great demonstration of the skills that we have been talking about! We will follow it up with a debrief in the next episode!

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01:29:12

Hero’s Journey 08 - Practice Run - Muprov Musings 012

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/10/30

Hal and Julian do a practice run before the show playing all of the characters! Listen to a wild tale of magic rubies, talking badgers, the U.S. military, and opera zombies :)

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09:34

Not Muprov Musings

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/10/23

We don't have a full episode this week :(. But... We do have exciting news coming. The reason this episode is delayed is that we are trying to get some people together to demonstrate a full run of a show!

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01:08:40

Hero’s Journey 07 pt.2 - Tesuji - Anna W - Muprov...

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/10/16

We finished the story spine that we started in part one! It is absolutely epic so tune in to the first one to catch up if you missed it and then follow along! We have a little time at the end so strap in for Sign-off-palooza with late-night Hal and Julian!

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01:11:23

Hero’s Journey 07 pt.1 - Narrative - Anna W - Muprov...

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/10/09

Hero's Journey 07 might be our best episode yet! Anna Wang joins the podcasts to talk about how to understand narrative and make narrative choices. We start to make our way through a Giga-story spine in this episode... to find out what happens next tune in again next Monday! Apologies for the audio quality! We have a campus mic now so future guests should sound crisp and clear :)

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01:13:35

Hero’s Journey 06 - Enemies and the Ordeal - Muprov...

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/10/02

Hal and Julian talk about villains, when to bring them into the narrative and how to play them! They also explain the ideas of the Hero's ordeal and the Improvisor's ordeal and how you can combine them! Into and Outro music by Sebastian Hochman: https://open.spotify.com/track/1iktOn8ElJkhGSRXI7Afy7?si=b45514d69dc146e9

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01:12:19

Hero’s Journey 05 - Tests, Allies, and Betty - Daania...

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/09/25

Daania Tahir joins the podcast to talk about Tests and Allies, otherwise known as the fun zone! This is the most short-formy part of your hero's journey so expect lots of fun! Julian's mic broke right before this episode so his audio is a little off but it will be back up and running by the next episode!

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01:12:33

Hero’s Journey 04 - Thresholds and Texture - Kaelyn -...

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/09/18

Kaelyn Ong joins the pod for the fourth episode of our hero's journey series to talk physical improv, show texture, and threshold crossing. We throw in a little call to adventure too!

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01:12:28

Hero’s Journey 03 - Worlds and Worldviews - Muprov...

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/09/10

Hal and Julian talk about setting up your protagonist's worldview in their ordinary world!

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01:18:32

Hero’s Journey 02 - Music and Genre - Sebastian -...

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/09/04

For Episode 5 we are joined by talented Musical Improvisor Sebastian Blue to talk underscoring and genre. Get the information you need to add a musical improviser to your group and prepare them for the Hero's Journey, as well as the basics of how we approach genre! See Me Now: https://open.spotify.com/track/1iktOn8ElJkhGSRXI7Afy7?si=f89cc2703cc94e81 Last Five Years Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP4CVxxVJA4

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01:06:22

Hero’s Journey 01 - Overview - Muprov Musings 004

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/08/28

This is our first format episode for The Hero's Journey improv format. This overview episode will explain the basics of the format and give you a general idea of what your Heros' Journey show might look like! Show Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlGln8Yit-4

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01:02:58

Be Average - PRM - Muprov Musings 003

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/08/21

Patricia Ryan Madson, author of Improv Wisdom and founder of the Stanford Improvisers is interviewed about her 5th Maxim: Be Average. What a treat! Improv Wisdom: https://www.improvwisdom.com/index.html Music: https://open.spotify.com/album/0r4m4JQTjnnDfxSYllht9W?si=ZYxb5qprS9icazolVZke7g A New Play Night 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2qDjmWah6g&t=2s A New Play Night 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5lApi_65io&t=48s

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01:11:10

Yes and No - Simran - Muprov Musings 002

Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv ·

2023/08/14

Cohosts Hal and Julian welcome guest Simran Tandon for a debate about Yes vs No in improv. Tune in to hear their thoughts and pick which side you fall on! Links: The making of A New Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=861yDZ1jwwk Simps333: https://www.youtube.com/@SImps333 Intro music: https://open.spotify.com/album/0r4m4JQTjnnDfxSYllht9W?si=SdYY-B6fQCCX-hPDEJm9oQ

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