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Cindy Tonkin July 14, 2011
Day 3: armando and scene painting

Day 3: armando and scene painting

General comments about iO from the class: as others have noticed before, iO's shows...

Cindy Tonkin July 14, 2011
Day 2: musical hotspot, invocation, tag outs

Day 2: musical hotspot, invocation, tag outs

Day 2 started with musical hot spots, which we then used as an opening...

Cindy Tonkin July 12, 2011
Day one: patterns, monologues, confessions

Day one: patterns, monologues, confessions

So, day one of iO's summer intensive. There are 7 classes, 110 students. There...

Cindy Tonkin July 10, 2011
Last wed, more...

Last wed, more...

Hey, so i just discovered some notes from last wednesday's class that i hadn't...

Cindy Tonkin July 7, 2011
Example of a Revolution Song

Example of a Revolution Song

sophie found me the revolution song from South Park. For how to make this...

Cindy Tonkin July 4, 2011
wrapping it all up

wrapping it all up

this is the last of the second city musical improv posts. in a week...

Cindy Tonkin July 4, 2011
three person scenes, deconstruction and rhyming

three person scenes, deconstruction and rhyming

warm ups Santa Monica Pier in LA i think i blogged this warm up...

Cindy Tonkin July 1, 2011
rhyming and singing and such

rhyming and singing and such

This was Wednesday's class.i have dispensed with capital letters because the shift key is...

Cindy Tonkin June 30, 2011
new games and old ones

new games and old ones

note: this one's a little hurried: there is so much fun to be had,...

Cindy Tonkin June 28, 2011
Musical Improv - emotional stories

Musical Improv - emotional stories

Yay, Day 1 of Musical Improv at Second City Chicago, level 1. Taken in...

Cindy Tonkin August 21, 2008
The fat lady has sung

The fat lady has sung

The show was great! Our suggestion was polo. We made a polo mint. Which...

Cindy Tonkin August 19, 2008
The Last Post

The Last Post

Here as the last image from the US, LA International Airport (where the big...

Cindy Tonkin August 17, 2008
Welcome to Disney

Welcome to Disney

Well, I made it to Disneyland. I am sitting in the gutter in the...

Cindy Tonkin August 16, 2008
Surgery and History

Surgery and History

Spent the morning at the Surgical Science Museum and the Chicago History Museum. I...

Cindy Tonkin August 16, 2008
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Treasure Island, according to this sign, is America's most European supermarket. Hmmm. Not sure...

Cindy Tonkin August 15, 2008
Faith and Group games

Faith and Group games

I just love that the Faith Tabernacle Church is right next to an ihop,...

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