Monthly Archives: March 2008

Get Up on ABC News.com

Props to my BFF Lauren Zinn for including us in this story about SXSW. http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/BusinessTravel/Story?id=4402173&page=4 www.merlin-works.com

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Graduation Show Last Night

I directed the graduation show for the Level 3 class at the Hideout last night. The group did a great job. They were playful, listened well, took risks, and had fun. They were so sweet…

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Sir Ian McKellen Explains Acting

This is so brilliant, I don’t even know what to say. I’ve watched it about 6 times so far. Ricky Gervais’s character, Andy Milman, in hopes of bringing some credibility to his acting career, comes…

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Putting Some Fun Back Into 9 to 5

These articles keep coming, more and more. And I just see them in the NYtimes. Who knows where they are in other publications. This article is about all the research pointing to the benefits of…

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Merlin Works In the Austinist

I just got a great write up from Eric Seufert in the Austinist. Go ahead and click through to the article and recommend it. Or make a comment! March 5, 2008 The Merlin Works Institute…

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The Best Movies Are Meant to Be Memorized

There is something about improv in this article, but I don’t know what it is exactly. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/magazine/02wwln-medium-t.html?ex=1362027600&en=364a6d295a1964d6&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink Something about movies before VHS, when you would see them only once or at least only in the…

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Applied Improv in the New York Times

My friends Gary Hirsch and Patricia Ryan Madsen from The Applied Improv Network are featured in an article in the Sunday New York Times Business Section about the value of Improv Training for Businesses. Can…

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