Ollie Rasini

23/01/2026 Our days in Paris flow on and through water. We are housed in Rue de Nantes, in the 19eme arrondissement, a “dynamic neighborhood that houses numerous artistic scenes, large green spaces, and unusual spaces.”  The most beautiful part of it is the Canal de l’Ourcq, a canal built by Napoleon in 1804 to bring drinking water to this part of Paris and enable navigation for shipping vessels that would avoid the Seine. It was opened for navigation in 1822, and it still contains 10 locks...

from "Improvisation for the Theater", Third Edition, p.114 GIBBERISH Developing Organic Response Through Gibberish Gibberish is an extremely valuable exercise and should be used through-out the workshops. For the director of the formal play, gibberish is a great aid in releasing players from the multitude of technical details surrounding the initial plunge into rehearsal and freeing them to move spontaneously and naturally within their roles. Gibberish is, simply enough, the substitution of...

Trio scene work, witnesses, passengers, the dynamic of three, and the impact of in-group vs. out-group in language. How does language create alliances and divisions in trio scenes?