Before I went on stage for the last improv show I had, my instructor asked each of us for one thing we wanted to focus on while performing.

This is a simple challenge to see if I can rewire my brain.

One of the most interesting rules of improv — if there are such things — is the maxim, “If this is true, then what else is true?

Here are the two most important lessons I learned during my Level I improv classes.