Editing Improvisational theatre (section)

==Applying improv principles in life==
Many people who have studied improv have noted that the guiding principles of improv are useful, not just on stage, but in everyday life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/embracing-the-dark-side/200908/everything-i-need-know-i-learned-improv|title=Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Improv|work=Psychology Today}}</ref> For example, [[Stephen Colbert]] in a commencement address said,<ref>Stephen Colbert 2006 Commencement Address at Knox College [http://departments.knox.edu/newsarchive/news_events/2006/x12547.html Transcript] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204204531/https://departments.knox.edu/newsarchive/news_events/2006/x12547.html |date=2020-12-04 }}</ref>

{{blockquote|Well, you are about to start the greatest improvisation of all. With no script. No idea what's going to happen, often with people and places you have never seen before. And you are not in control. So say "yes." And if you're lucky, you'll find people who will say "yes" back.}}

[[Tina Fey]], in her book ''[[Bossypants]]'', lists several rules of improv that apply in the workplace.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.women2.org/tina-feys-rules-for-improv-and-your-career/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109232959/http://www.women2.org/tina-feys-rules-for-improv-and-your-career/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-01-09 |title=Tina Fey's Rules For Improv… And Your Career |work=Women 2.0}}</ref> There has been much interest in bringing lessons from improv into the corporate world. In a ''New York Times'' article titled [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/business/02unbox.html "Can Executives Learn to Ignore the Script?"], Stanford professor and author, [[Patricia Ryan Madson]] notes, "executives and engineers and people in transition are looking for support in saying yes to their own voice. Often, the systems we put in place to keep us secure are keeping us from our more creative selves."

Applying improv principles is also commonly used to enhance ideation in teams and groups.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NathanMinns |date=2022-10-24 |title=How Improvisers Effectively Ideate In High-Stakes Situations |url=https://greenlightimprov.com/how-improvisers-effectively-ideate-in-high-stakes-situations/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=Green Light Improv |language=en-US}}</ref>