Paul Vaillancourt Returns!

Friend of the Show, Paul Vaillancourt, returns to talk improv and instructing!

Jason talks with Paul about teaching improv, using tools without dogma, and staying flexible across different improv styles. They discuss collaboration and how relationship can be common ground beneath different frameworks. Paul shares how presence matters both onstage and in the classroom, emphasizing the idea of being “a student of your students,” adapting curriculum to the room, and developing a teacher’s voice over time. He describes shifting from “convincing” to “sharing,” releasing expectations, and focusing on the exercise’s aim while meeting students where they are, and Paul plugs his “14 Day Improv Accelerator” solo-practice course.

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