Say Yes, Say Who, Say No | Will Hines

The fundamentals of good improv acting, in order: SAY YES to your partner's offers at all times. SAY WHO you are, no matter how crazy things have gotten, And the most controversial but most crucial: be willing to say "no" to keep the intelligence of the scene HIGH. We'll do a lot of scenes that are an intense practice of agreeing with each other, but making big internal decisions to know who we all are! And a little "no" to keep it real. Walk out a better more confident improv actor from a teacher who had no natural talent and had to learn all this stuff from scratch.

Will Hines

Will has been teaching long-form improv since 2004 at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, at both its New York and Los Angeles branches. He's published a best-selling book on improv called How to Be The Greatest Improviser on Earth. He's also a working comedic actor and has appeared on many terrific television programs (Brooklyn 99, Search Party, Broad City, Inside Amy Schumer). He's a frequent guest on some big podcasts, including Comedy Bang-Bang, Improv4Humans, Hollywood Handbook as well as the 99 podcasts he's produced himself (Screw It We're Just Gonna Talk about the Beatles, I Will Write Your Book, Screw it We're Just Gonna Talk About Comics) Pretty cool!