This hasn't happened for quite some time.
There is a very real possibility that I'm going to be overwhelmed with a nostalgic attack and find myself huddled in a corner, sobbing. If the show is in "the round," that will make it weird for one or two people. If it happens, I'm totally going with it.
There's also the very real possibility that I'm going to end up playing the easy jokes and flirting with the scandalous, two no-nos of improv. But that's what happens when you haven't done it.
If i don't get a chance to perform... well, that will be a shame. For me, at least. I'd hate to think what the current students at NGU would think of a large anachronism bumbling around on stage pretending to be funny.
But ultimately it boils down to a "hit it hard" moment.
I've been playing a lot of disc golf recently. So naturally I've tried to find all the help that I can get from youtube videos, pro interviews, and the rare bits of anecdotal stuff that you might run across in a Play It Again Sports or on the course. One particular piece of advice seems appropriate for the improv situation:
Always try to sink the putt.
Ok... you might be only slightly whelmed at that quote. But when you are trying to decide whether or not to lay-up in front of a basket for safety, it's better to try for the basket and deal with whatever happens when you get there.
It's better to just go for it and fail than it is to play for safety.
Game on.
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