By Sonnjea Blackwell
Not every day is a Long Beach improv day, you know. For example, today's an O.C. day. Kinda like yesterday was Pi Day, only this one doesn't come with heartfelt well-wishes from geeky engineer and math types. Anyway, every so often, I make the trek to Orange County to experience traffic, visit friends and see how rich people live. Cuz that's just how I roll.
The truth is, H2G isn't ALL about Long Beach, much as I like to claim it is. Three members of the troupe actually live in Orange County, and a lot of our students come from Orange County every week to get their 2-hour fix of improv and silliness. So we just wanted to make sure those of you living south of Seal Beach know that Held2gether doesn't judge you for that.
Actually, the whole point of improv is not to judge anybody or anything, ever. Someone (including you) could say something in a scene that seems wrong or stupid or nonsensical on the surface, but it's up to the rest of the players to make sure it makes sense. And the truth is, it's the "mistakes" that lead to the most hilarity. So you learn to accept people and situations just the way they are. And that makes life much easier to deal with, in my oh-so-humble opinion.
Want to learn to accept others and yourself for who they are, even if they come from a whole different county? Come to our 1/2-day improv workshop this Sunday (pre-registration at the website is required).
