{"id":16356,"date":"2022-07-03T21:36:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T02:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communityuuchurch.org\/uua\/?post_type=uu_services&#038;p=16356"},"modified":"2022-09-15T19:28:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T00:28:25","slug":"yes-and-zen-the-art-of-improv-comedy","status":"publish","type":"uu_services","link":"https:\/\/www.communityuuchurch.org\/uua\/services\/yes-and-zen-the-art-of-improv-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, And: Zen &#038; the Art of Improv Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Improvisational comedy, like life itself, can\u2019t be done solo. It requires the interactions of at least two people\u2014and often many more. The Golden Rule of real, active, happening-right-now improv is \u201cAlways Yes\u2014And!\u201d It means, support the idea of your partner in comedy, then expand on their creation. We\u2019ll ponder what our real-life interactions\u2014even our conflicts\u2014might be like if we reminded ourselves to respond to our interlocutors with the spaciousness of \u201cYes\u2014and!\u201d<\/span> Music by Claire Miller.<\/p>\n<p>Click on this link to view the videos of our service on YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL2YyWsW4vASJgP6ToL5ytZjXlOdcDPH_T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video Link<\/a><br \/>\nClick on this link to view our YouTube Channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/CommunityUUChurchofPlano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/CommunityUUChurchofPlano<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improvisational comedy, like life itself, can\u2019t be done solo. It requires the interactions of at least two people\u2014and often many more. The Golden Rule of real, active, happening-right-now improv is \u201cAlways Yes\u2014And!\u201d It means, support the idea of your partner in comedy, then expand on their creation. We\u2019ll ponder what our real-life interactions\u2014even our conflicts\u2014might &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communityuuchurch.org\/uua\/services\/yes-and-zen-the-art-of-improv-comedy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Yes, And: Zen &#038; the Art of Improv Comedy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"uu_service_speaker":[227],"uu_service_topics":[282],"class_list":["post-16356","uu_services","type-uu_services","status-publish","hentry","uu_service_speaker-minister-kristen-cervantes-guest-speaker","uu_service_topics-celebrating-blessings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yes, And: Zen &amp; the Art of Improv Comedy - Community Unitarian Universalist Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.communityuuchurch.org\/uua\/services\/yes-and-zen-the-art-of-improv-comedy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yes, And: Zen &amp; the Art of Improv Comedy - Community Unitarian Universalist Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Improvisational comedy, like life itself, can\u2019t be done solo. 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