How to "obey" the timing and choreography of comedy while remaining in the moment

One of my greatest pleasures in life has been performing comedy. I delight in the euphoric feeling of when a joke hits, the tension before the audience gets in on it, and the process of figuring out how to achieve that beforehand. Next to comedy, another one of my greatest joys in life has been studying the Meisner technique, an acting modality that asks us to forget results and stay in the moment, never knowing which way things are going to go. As the prolific Meisner teache

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