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Articles by Brad Fortier
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Could I have a suggestion?: Improvisation techniques in the adult classroom
October 25, 2009 by Brad Fortier
“There are people who prefer to say ‘Yes’, and there are people who prefer to say ‘No’. Those who say ‘Yes’ are rewarded by the adventures they have, and those who say ‘No’ are rewarded by the safety...
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Longform Improvisation: an adapting secular ritual
July 11, 2009 by Brad Fortier
Introduction In this article, I will be analyzing Long Form Improvised Theater performances through a lens of ritual. Improvisational Theater is a theatric performance whose textual...
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Communitas and Liminality: essential conditions for and byproducts of improvisational theater.
July 05, 2009 by Brad Fortier
Introduction Whose Line Is It Anyway?, The Upright Citizen’s Brigade, Saturday Night Live, and a host of other modern popular comedic fare all draw roots from the North American tradition of improvisational...
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Applied Anthropology Meets Applied Improvisation
July 01, 2009 by Brad Fortier
It seems that there are two professional communities who are focused on organizational, cultural, and policy development that are unaware or uninformed about one another. Applied Anthropologists have...
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Improv: understanding humor and empathy
June 23, 2009 by Brad Fortier
If you were stuck on a desert island with only one other person, would you rather be on an island with someone who was far too serious and seemed to have no interest in or understanding of ‘you’...
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Improv can save the world!
February 17, 2009 by Brad Fortier
It was a spring day back in 1996 that I began my training in improvisational theater (improvised theater, improv, what have you). Many of my friends had suggested that I’d be good at it, and I was looking...
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