The storyteller was talking, and I was sitting around watching him in this skunk costume. I started to chase my tail, and I got a laugh. So I spent two hours chasing my tail getting laughs. It had nothing to do with the pageant, and I'm sure everybody hated me, but I loved it. Early each semester, Weaver takes his students for a walk on campus to observe people and invent stories about them.
Students keep journals and report about performances they've seen and events they've noticed.
That certainly can transfer easily to acting. I think that the ability to be awake and alive on the planet in the moment is the most important thing an actor has. Everybody's got to participate. It's truly a participatory class. I think it's as close as you can get to nothing but participatory.