About

Hi. I’m Darren. By day, I’m a data analyst intern studying to be a data scientist.

By night, I write about myself at 1df.co and teach improv. Ask me about Corporate Improv Workshops.

Follow me on Twitter and Instagram.

Here are some things I’ve written:

• “Hey Darren, what are you reading?”
• Words Are Magic — why I write
• Repeat after me — On shows good and bad
• A corporate workshop on joke writing I created

Improv Stuff:

• Class Notes:
  • 2022 Improv Syllabus & Class Notes | 2021 | 2020 | Lockdown
  • Advanced Improv notes
• Useful Resources & References
  • List of Every Performance Improv Game Darren Knows
  • Improv Games You Can Play Over A Call During A Coronavirus Quarantine
• Essays on Improv on Medium
  • Why I teach Improv
  • If you do Improv, you should do Kudos
  • You are all terrible Improvisers (but that’s okay)
  • Ye Joye of Improv (+ Morgan Schneiderlin)
  • My cowardly Improv story
• An Improv Instructor Prepares:
  • Part 1 — Learning while Teaching
  • Part 2 — Three books you should read to get better at Improv
  • Part 3 — My secret Improv training techniques, revealed!
  • Part 4 — Looking through the four Eyes of Improv (Audience, Director, Mimic, Learner) 
  • Part 5 — Live well, it is the greatest preparation (Coming Soon)