inroducing the one-day crash course
This is what learning improv in one day feels like. (Photograph: Matthew Porter.) Hey! This is exciting! On October 18th I’ll be teaching the first-ever...
what's it worth if it's free?
Fourteen is just the number of chairs you needd, apparently. New Improv for Introverts session starts Wednesday! (see below) Thanks to those of you who...
last free class of the year
Maybe comparing improv classes to what happens to Alice isn’t the best marketing strategy? Much to consider here. Hey spuds,The headline this week is that...
east side invasion + mercury monthly
Candid photo of the latest Mercury Monthly workshop (Credit: Pamela Colman Smith) It’s here! Next Monday (8/18) we plant the Mercury Improv flag on the east...
improv for introverts comes roaring back
The iconic Mercury Improv customer, back again. Very straightforward this week: There are TWO sections of Improv for Introverts currently enrolling. One...
level 2 wants you
Level 2: more fun than fighting in World War I There are a few open slots left in the Level 2 class that starts tomorrow. It’s already a fantastic group of...
mercury heats up and expands
The thermometers could symbolize either the two new Introverts classes or the two Mercury Improv locations, with symbols you can never say for sure Hey all,...
three new classes (and a new location)
A metaphor for three new classes, just waiting for someone to fill them. Hi friends, things are happening! Like, for instance: The first Level 2 class in...
the return of level 2 (+ mercury monthly)
Level 2 means submitting to a power greater than yourself. (Not ME, improv. Jeez.) Okay! Enough people have asked about Level 2 that it’s happening, probably...
mercury monthly returns (again)
The bicycle equivalent of trying to explain why a joke is funny No newsletter last week and a short one this week because (a) I was moving and (b) it’s a...
for the budget-minded
Johnny CASH, get it? … never mind.* The main cool thing this week is that the next session of Improv for Introverts opens next week(6/25), and it’s one of...
mercury monthly returns
A deconstructed bike is probably a terrible metaphor for a class about improv, because after you take it apart you can’t ride it anymore Hey all, just a...
in this economy?
Friends, I’ve been doing some business-y poking around (that I definitely should have done long ago), and I’ve discovered that (a) I’m spending more than I...
word of mouth
A paint-by-number painting of a ‘50s lady using a Mercury Improv—branded phone and address book to convey her love of improv class to her friends Hey folks,...
improv: improvement
Everything you need to go for a ride Heads up: There are three slots left in Tuesday’s Mercury Monthly workshop. It’s already a great group but it would be...
what it does vs. how it feels
Ted Chiang’s metaphor for AI (see below) You can practically taste the excitement this week, because not only are there two sections of Improv for Introverts...
briefly
This image is supposed to suggest someone leaving quickly but I’m not sure it does that Just the facts this week. Here’s what’s happening: Two new sections...
introverts assemble (a paradox)
An introvert in her natural state Another edition of Improv for Introverts is starting this Thursday! If you haven’t taken it yet, it’s time. This is Mercury...
get back in the pool
Would you rather be the swimmer or the person watching someone else swim? This is a metaphor about taking improv classes. If you’ve already taken a Mercury...
the mercury improv abundance agenda
Eden before troublesome regulations infringed on the original abundance mindset So much stuff coming up! (Okay, five things, whatever.) The Mercury Monthly...