React Honestly (Over Rules)
Napier's prescription: respond to what's actually happening in the scene, drawing from your authentic emotional reaction, rather than applying a learned rule.
Known for
- Premise of Improvise: Scene from the Inside Out — rule-based improv leaves performers 'powerless to play.'
- 'The Rules don't matter. They leave improvisers powerless. Take care of yourself; the rest follows.'
- Does not reject craft — rejects the idea that craft reduces to a rule list.
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