The Organic School (TJ & Dave, Late Del)
1990s-present
The lineage that treats improv scenes as discoverable realities rather than invented games — slow, listening-heavy, patience over pace.
Known for
- TJ Jagodowski and David Pasquesi have performed a two-person hour-long improvised show weekly for 20+ years at iO Chicago.
- Theoretical stance: 'the scene already exists when you step on stage' — your job is to listen for what's true, not pick a game.
- Late Del Close moved toward this pole; his coaching in the 1990s increasingly de-emphasized the premise-first game-hunt.
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