Friday, April 25, 2014

Field Trip Feedback form NYC Teacher

A letter from a host teacher from Apollo Charter School regarding their field trip yesterday to EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH at the BROADWAY COMEDY CLUB

"Hello Amelia (Fowler), Thank you and all your colleagues for your VERY entertaining performance.

Our scholars, parents and all the teachers truly enjoyed the creativity and laughs.

This was our best trip this year! I will recommend this trip to all my teacher friends!!

Can't wait to return next year!!

Thanks,"

Apollo Charter School









Improv 4 Teens & Improv 4 Kids (Grades K-5) by Eight Is Never Enough deliver hilarious shows and fun workshops every day for K-12 schools, camps and family events. So fun students do not realize they are learning valuable life skills. We are on track to present 600 shows for K-12 audiences in 2014...


CREATIVITY
Creative Writing and Thinking
We free minds, make students curious about life and turn on creativity

COMMUNITY
Team Work
We teach similar workshops to corporate teams form fortune 500 companies and local businesses. We say "Why not teach these valuable skills to students soon entering the work force" 

LEADERSHIP
We teach valuable skills that many students are not getting in school these days. Self Confidence, Public Speaking, Listening, Focus, Eye Contact all help students do better in school AND eventually get better jobs. These skills help students in job interviews and climb the ladder





Friday, April 11, 2014

NO CLASSES APRIL 19 & 20 - Attn all students/parents SPRING BREAK 2014 Schedule of NYC events

Happy Passover & Easter

We are suspending Classes the weekend of Easter. We will have classes and shows this weekend.
Teen Leadership Workshops for NJ Chabad
EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH performed a show and
then taught Team Building to teen leaders
that help disabled students. Second program
presented in two years to the NJ Chapter.

THIS WEEK from 8 Improv...

Saturday April 12
 - 11am & 12:30 Comedy 4 Kids Classes
 - 3pm SHOW Fun for the whole family

Sunday April 13
 - 3pm SHOW Fun for the whole family
- 5pm IMPROV 4 TEENS Class

Wednesday April 16
 - 5:30 Improv Class (Teens 16+ Welcome)
 - 7:30 LMAO Improv Show
         (18+ unless with parents)

Friday April 18
 - 1pm SHOW - NO food Service.
          NO ADDITIONAL PURCHASE
          REQUIRED at this performance

Saturday April 19
NO CLASSES
 - 3pm SHOW Fun for the whole family
 - Look some of our actors in disguise. We are helping URBAN GREEN WALK promote their event. Our crew will be dressed in all white morph suits. If you see one, see if you can guess who it is...

SUNDAY APRIL 20 NO SHOWS/CLASSES

Monday April 21
 - 1pm SHOW - NO food Service.
          NO ADDITIONAL PURCHASE
          REQUIRED at this performance

STAND-UP COMEDY 7 nights /week all over NYC
CLICK HERE for various clubs and discount tickets


When you don't know.... FAKE IT!!! Then go learn it...

Improvisational Players need to know everything about everything, right?

YES! But you can fake it. As an Improv performer YOU KNOW EVERYTHING. Or at lest we pretend to know everything. If you do not know much about a certain subject. Pretend. Fake knowledge is funnier than the truth anyway.

BUT If you are challenged by something the audience throws your way, after the show go look it up. With the internet these days, there is no excuse to not constantly expand your knowledge. And the more know the better you will be about playing any scene.

NEW TO IMPROV? Then I do not expect you to know everything. I certainly do not. But I am always brainstorming new ideas for World's Worst so I am better prepared for the next time I am stumped.

Pretending to know... So here is the thing... If you pay attention and focus, you can seem a lot smarter than you are. Or perhaps you can actually realize your true potential.

As soon as you shy away and get scared of being ignorant or looking foolish, you look ignorant and foolish.

As soon as you puff up your chest with air and confidence and think "I GOT THIS!!!" You got this!!!

We are not brain surgeons or rocket scientists. Lives are not in our hands. If we fake it, the audience is entertained.  If we pretend, we are being actors. If we exaggerate the truth we are being comedians.

BE FEARLESS!!!

When you are fearless on stage you surprise yourself every time. After the show people will say - "WOW You guys are fast on your feet. Witty." Right after I felt like I stumbled through barely getting by (on the inside).

THEN as soon as you get off stage, return to earth. Go to your journal.

What did the audience throw you you did not know?

What stumped you?
Sports?
Politics?
History?
Science?
Celeb News?
Classical Literature?
Movies?
Music?

NOW GO TO WIKI!!! I should be paid by WIKI to advertise LOL but seriously this resource is endless.

I can't stand when I see an Improviser say two shows in a row - "I have no idea about that" NO EXCUSE. Most even have internet on their phones. LOOK IT UP between shows.

First of all - you should NEVER say that on stage. If nothing else it freaks out your scene partner. It seems as if you are giving up BEFORE the scene even starts. Just saying that is wasting time you could be brainstorming for ideas. But you are also turning off your own creativity.

NEVER be phased by a scene suggestion. Any suggestion you get should set off the creative juices. Throw yourself into brainstorm mode.

If self confidence does not come easy to you, FAKE IT!!! Practice pushing your limits little by little. Take some chances. Every time you get up in front of a group it gets easier. Every time you read in class it gets easier.

Every time you shy away and let fear get the best of you, you doom yourself to a life of fear. Trust me. AS someone that teaches workshops to kids, teens and adults. I see people held back by their own fears every day. I wish I could fix everyone. I cannot fix anyone. This has to come form with in your self. I can only hope to inspire you to take some chances.

But just like as an Improv player my choices will not kill anyone... Take chances to overcome fear of public speaking and being creative never hurts or kills. Most fears we have are invented in our own head. We are our own worst bully.

Always be looking for ways to improve yourself and your knowledge. Don't be lazy. Otherwise, others will just pass you by left and right. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.

A B C

ALWAYS BE CREATING

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

EMPOWER YOURSELF TODAY

Monday, April 7, 2014

Tuesday April 8th at 8pm Improv at the #Broadway #Comedy #Club

LIVE FORM TIMES SQUARE, NYC!!!
Hilarious interactive Musical Comedy based on audience suggestions and participation!!! No two shows are ever the same. EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH presents LMAO Off Broadway

Tuesday April 8, 2014 at 8pm
Broadway Comedy Club
318 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019

Live comedy 7 nights / week. Click here for $5 tickets


8 Improv at Montclaire State University



Friday, April 4, 2014

April 12 Showcase in Cherry Hill

Come find Walt Frasier and the cast of EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH showcasing and promoting Improv Shows for Southern Jersey and Philly Area schools. Later this summer we will be performing at the Sports Center!!!

7 Days / Week Field Trips and Private Shows
Touring Nation wide to K-12 Schools, Colleges, Corporate Events, Clubs & Theaters

Great Vendors and Performances


Hilarious Outtakes of scene from new sketch #Bridgegate Scandal with #Ch...