If you need clarification, many academic texts can break down the differences between short-form (CCL) versus long-form (UCB) improv, but here’s my attempt. Short-form improv is based on games, short scene structures predetermined before the show, and you improvise within them. You could see the same structure multiple times with different results. Long-form improv is unstructured; the group creates the show as they are doing the show. No two shows will play out the same way. There is more nuance than that, but this is not that book. Suffice it to say that neither is better, and both can be
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