Let’s create a fun/safe space for ALL to play and thrive. Similar to Walt Frasier’s corporate team building and leadership workshops! We start every New York Improv Theater edutainment with our three guiding principals:
- My #1 Rule:
HAVE FUN but NEVER at another’s expense! - Improv #1 Rule: YES AND…
Always say yes (unless someone is hurting you physically, emotionally, etc NEVER say yes to that) and follow up with words and actions of support. - #1 Skill in Comedy?
Listening!!! Listening with your eyes. Listening with the willingness to change!
Everything else is ego and insecurity getting in the way of our characters, our stories, our creatitivy, team and leadership abilities. Once you let go of what is right or wrong, we can start to play to our best intelligence.
TRYING to be funny, clever or even “good”, are functions of ego & insecurity. I tell students DON’T TRY TO IMPRESS ME. You will never impress me that way. Instead LOSE yourself in the work. Give yourself to the scene. Make big bold choices of WHO WHAT WHERE but don’t get lost in little things like words. Because when we THINK we stop listening. Listen with your eyes, maintain a ninja like focus and watch the magic happen.
Walt Frasier, Teacher
With over 30 years of experience in theater, comedy, and television, Walt Frasier is the Artistic Director of Improv Theater LLC, a leading edutainment center known for its high-impact comedy shows and workshops. His extensive career includes performing comedy sketches on MTV’s Stankervision, Late Nite with David Letterman, TruTV’s Friends of the People, and HBO’s Pause with Sam Jay. As an actor, Walt has appeared on NBC’s Blacklist, CBS’s Blue Bloods, USA’s Royal Pains, Netflix’s Lilyhammer, and NICK’s Naked Brothers Band, in addition to numerous commercials, industrials, and live performances worldwide.