Improv for the Podcast Improv for the Podcast #42: Jaymie Parkkinen and Liam Clancy
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Aug 9, 2023 Join improv instructors Jaymie Parkkinen and Liam Clancy as they delve into the world of duo improv with their project, The Park. They explore the importance of trust and tension in their performances, uncovering how experimentation fuels creativity. Discover their unique approach to short-form shows, using repeated suggestions and physicality to engage audiences. Plus, they reveal practical tools for improvisers, emphasizing the value of rehearsal and breaking traditional rules for a fresh take on the craft.
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Duo As Experimental Platform
- The Park is a flexible two-person improv duo that began as rehearsals and evolved into shows with recurring twists and residencies.
- Their work emphasizes experimentation over fixed form and varies from intimate theatrical runs to short-form competitions.
Question Rules To Find Possibility
- Jaymie and Liam treat rules as tools to question rather than commandments, using curiosity to discover new possibilities in improv.
- Breaking or bending rules revealed unexpected creative spaces and renewed their sense of limitless play.
Tendencies Over Fixed Form
- The Park has no strict form but shows recurring tendencies: inanimate-object play, snap edits, repetition, heavy physicality and prop use.
- These tendencies make their work feel less like contrived improv and more naturally inspired.