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The two most important words in improv.

Show your love for theatre nerds!

The first rule of improv is accepting and building on ideas. "Yes, and..." are the two simple words that liberate creativity.

It is always now. Stay present, and live every moment fully.

Grown-ups need to play too! Remind yourself (or your friends) with this shirt.

Improvised plays by good friends for good friends

Improvisers can practice their object work with this mug. But avoid pouring hot liquids into this one! amandarountree.com

Being born was a big one, but we get others, right?

If improv is YOUR jam, preserve that feeling by telling the world with this tee. Your friends will be jelly.

Storytellers start stories with "Once upon a time..." Improvisers do too, but using just one word at a time.

Great improvisers are great listeners, great supporters, and great collaborators. So many improvisers know that improv helped make them the wonderful people that they are. Interested in maybe taking an improv class? Please check out amandarountree.com

Great improvisers cut with scissors, not fingers. Also see "guns" and "phones." amandarountree.com

The two words improvisers say a lot.

Being present on stage and off.

There are many reasons why you and lots of wonderful people you know are amazing. Here's a reminder that it's nice to recognize it.

The very first idea comes from the audience. amandarountree.com

Show off your adaptability, you improviser, you!

The same traits that make really great improvisers also make really great humans. Good improv makes good people. amandarountree.com

Whether your medium is music, theatre, dance, or something else, share that you create spontaneous art!

There's too much pressure to talk, am I right?! And besides, any drama teacher will tell you that words are overrated. Reaching silently with emotions is better any day.

As improvisers, we only know one joke; it goes something like this... "185 ____ walk into a bar. The bartender says, 'we don't serve ____. And the _____ say, something funny." You fill in the blank, and we'll fill in the something funny. Now, can we get a suggestion...?

The Unscripted Shakespeare Ensemble performs completely improvised plays in the style of William Shakespeare. Produced by Amanda Rountree & Friends. Show your support by purchasing one of these products!

Support your love of improvised plays by good friends; for good friends!

Whoosh is the best onomatopoeia for while you're playing an improv game, wishing on a shooting star, or just when you're running out of a room.

A favorite improv game! Say it with me....

Learning a new skill as an adult can sometimes be difficult and even frustrating. This is something I tell my students. Often we don't even realize we're doing this. It's important to check in with ourselves. What challenges us today, might not challenge us tomorrow. Be kind to yourself. amandarountree.com

If Blake was speaking to be improvisers, this is what he'd say. But improvisers aren't the only ones who benefit from collaboration. Why do you think so many sales people bring in improv facilitators to help them out? Maybe they should change their own mantra.

Who needs a plan?

The pandemic has improvisers from all over connecting online to connect virtually with our altered spontaneous play. We're improvising in scenes, but also doing the best we can to "yes and" our reality.

Is it an improv game, a tongue twister, an inside improv joke, or all of the above?

Merp is there when all other words fail.

Hallmark Family Christmas of a Lifetime is an improvised show in the style of a corny Christmas movie. One of these shows was set in the small town of town of Ornament Mesa. Show your love of the season by buying this merch. Mayor Mayers on his mare would approve!

A Hallmark Family Christmas of a Lifetime is an improvised show in the style of a made-for-tv Christmas movie. The special online performance on 12/12/2020 involved making your special Christmas wish on the first snowflake to fall on the town's stalagmite. You had to be there. If you were, celebrate by purchasing one of these fun items! amandarountree.com