Upstate Improv

Improvisor of the Month

1) Favorite Improv Game/
Moment? 
Blind Freeze. This is 
probably the first game I 
ever learned, and it has 
always been my favorite. 
With my back to the 
action of the scene I can 
hear the reaction from 
the audience as well as 
whatever sounds my fellow 
improvisers provide. I 
have absolutely no idea 
what I am about to do or 
what I am about to walk 
into. I just know that
whatever happens is pure 
improv. If something 
comes from it that’s 
great. If not it was a 
noble try.

2) Biggest comic 
influence?  
Life is my biggest 
influence. I can’t help 
but to feel that these 
crazy experiences are 
funnier than anything 
that can be written.

3) What is Your Favorite 
Milli Vanilli Song?
I just googled Milli 
Vanilli.  So however I 
answer this question, 
it’s going to be wrong.
I was hoping for a 
perfect score. Darn, 
there goes my 
scholarship.
(Just so you know Amber,
Milli Vanilli was old 
folks' Ashlee Simpson, 
only with good singers.)

4) Who was you most 
memorable teacher? 
Mrs. Jean Toole of 
Liberty High School. 
I cannot say enough 
about this fabulous 
woman. She is passionate
about teaching and 
encouraging her students;
she is talented, hard 
working and deserves a 
round of applause.

5) Improver or 
Improviser? 
 Improvtaganist
 Improvable
 Improvadent
 Improvagent
 Improvartist(ry)
 Improvaerilist
 …fine none of my 
inventions seem to work.  
I like improviser.  (It 
feels more upscale)
(Elitist!)

6) Dream Improv team to 
work with?  
If I could pull Lucille 
Ball, Neil Patrick Harris, 
my uncle Paul, Captain 
Jack Sparrow, and Dr. 
Seuss, along with some 
of my current improv 
team mates onto one 
ridiculously amazing 
improv team, I would cry 
tears of joy. Also I feel 
we could create world 
peace.
Or SNL
 or Second City
 or Disney Improv.
(An Improv team with Dr.
Seuss, That would be Neat.
Better than Mrs. 
Fiddledebuess Who plays 
on the guldetureat)
 
7) Favorite place to eat, 
sleep, and use the 
bathroom?
a) I like to eat alone, 
in crowded places.
b) I like to sleep 
outside under the 
stars, preferably 
around a mountain or 
lake (I also enjoy long 
walks on a beach and 
candle lit dinners).
c) I like to use the 
bathroom in designated 
human waste departure 
centers commonly 
known as a toilet, john, 
or Lou. I find them more 
convenient than digging 
a hole somewhere.
(I'm not sure, but I 
think we officially 
became a dating service.  
Well in that case, guys 
if you want to date 
Amber her reference 
number is 9247065.  
Please use this number 
in the email.) 

8) Most memorable improv 
moment? 
The first thing that 
comes to mind is a 
deadly improvised 
teacup that managed 
to put a good friend 
of mine on crutches. 
I wasn’t actually a part 
of this game, but I 
watched horrified from 
the side as that 
invisible teacup did its 
damage. Although this 
teacup ended his 
performance in this show, 
the show went on and the 
reality of the danger of 
improvised props will 
always live on with me.
(And now we all know.  
And knowing is half the 
battle.  Amber 
that is another reference 
that you're going to have 
to google.)
   
9) If a book was written 
about your life, first of 
all would anyone actually 
read it, secondly who 
would play you in the 
movie adaptation that 
would surely be made 
because Hollywood can't 
come up with there own 
ideas?   
Understandably, Hanna 
Montana has been dying 
to portray me in her next 
movie. However, I am not 
sure I want to let this 
happen. At the moment I 
don’t know that anyone 
would want to read a book 
about me.  I plan to 
change that as I keep 
working at making this 
life stretch to its full 
potential.  Hopefully 
after living a 
theatrically rich life 
full of love and faith, 
after hiking the 
Appalachian Trail, 
traveling the world, 
and making a 
difference in the lives 
around me, there will 
be something 
noteworthy to write 
about and later film 
because Hollywood 
can't come up with 
their own ideas.
(Ahh to be young and full 
of dreams.  Would someone 
dash them already?)

10) In 10 words or less 
what is your philosophy 
of improvisation? (Eat 
your heart out James 
Lipton!)
Have fun, support others, 
take chances, enjoy 
laughter, improve 
improvisation.

Amber Grayson

Walking Shadows and Chuckleheads

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