Yes, Also

Rachel Van Nes (Bitchin, Your Brain on Improv) talks about competition vs. collaboration, JTS Brown, sharpening premise play, tips for satire, three dimensional listening, incorporating improv into therapy, why fight scenes happen, accepting endowments, combatting burnout, bespoke exercises for specific pitfalls, and more!

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Host: Suzi Barrett

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Michael Hitchcock (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show) talks about The Groundlings in the 90's, bringing yourself to the stage, collecting characters from real life, collaborating with Christopher Guest, being funny vs. jokey, navigating improvised movies, helpful character development exercises, mashup shows, TV writing with an improviser's spirit, and more!

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Alana Johnston (UCB, Mae Martin and Friends) talks about Canadian Improv Games, regional styles, becoming a hybrid player, complementary teammates, getting on the same page in a scene, improv on screen, getting out of your head, career noise, peas in a pod scenes, a novel approach to narrative shows, and more!

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Chris Renfro (Oh Mary, Artistic Director of UCB LA) talks about their start in music, trouble with game, passive audience inclusion, the theatrical side of improv, creative Harolds, ASSSSKETCH, the gift of pressure, AD challenges, Harold auditions, producing the SNL showcase, and more!

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Host: Suzi Barrett

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Deena Nyer Mendlowitz talks candidly about her experience with mental illness, performing improv and stand-up in mental health facilities, and the ways that improv has saved her life. Her new stand-up special (Shrimp Catcher) gives her comedic take on depression, was developed / performed while she was hospitalized, and is available on Youtube now! (link in show notes)

If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, you are not alone. Call 988 or Text HOME to 741741.

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Jordan Myrick (Gastronauts, UCB) talks about intrusive thoughts, listening vs. anticipating, the reasons behind object work, lessons from UCB tourco, tactics for winning an audience, auditions, food + comedy, serving the whole, televised improv, NY / LA, and more!

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Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dimension 20, UCB) talks about getting unstuck in shows, side coaching, his origin story, subverting expectation, juggling character games, playing awful people, depiction vs. endorsement, his favorite books, Dimension 20, his process as a DM, a hot take on Yes And, and more!

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Lilan Bowden (UCB, Asian AF) talks about early acting experiences, vulnerability, plot vs. game, removing conflict, kicking scenes into gear, callibrating differences in style, starting an indie show, generational hierarchy, different effects of career success, Asian AF, and more!

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Karen Graci (Second City Tourco) talks about choosing a creative life, formative improv lessons from Chicago, shifting a show's momentum, scenic safety levers, craft vs. art, the best approach to auditions, sketch writing, intelligence vs. logic, revealing a character's humanity, helpful exercises, and more!

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Billy Merritt (UCB, WGIS) talks about midform, gift-giving, removing scenic blinders, subversive comedy, pirate / robot / ninja, gravitas plus absurdity, French scene Harolds, accessing specifics, game shift, improv + Alzheimer's, and more!

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Marshall Givens (UCB, Second City) talks about the gift of neurodivergence, doing tech for improv shows, letting go of doing it "right", applying notes into shows, imposter syndrome, learning how to coach, comparing curriculums, his new favorite exercise, filling out a world, and more!

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Hillary Anne Matthews (Sentimental Lady, Queen George) talks about character lenses, curing perfectionism, the Harold rollercoaster, offstage connection, Slacker, dissolving ego, a sense of drama, non-laugh reactions, texture, revealing character through object work, and more!

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Brad Morris (Bluebird Improv, The Reckoning) talks about his comedic DNA, grounded characters, how aging has changed his improv, institutional dogma, the payment tradeoff, patient play, pace and texture, getting inside of a show, The Reckoning, subverting a game, and more!

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Jazz Lewis (UCB, Crowdsourced Comedy) talks about the improv scene in Salt Lake City, reading corporate audiences, underlining games, support tactics, a great top-of-show idea, emotional mapping, playing vs. talking, set / reveal, consequential premises, an LA improv hack, and more!

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Anthony King (Beetlejuice, Jury Duty presents: Company Retreat) talks about an under-used form, Improv Everywhere, being the AD of UCB, writing Broadway musicals, early improv hurdles, cultivating opinions, how to have more fun in shows, avoiding debates, the misuse of callouts, show running Jury Duty, Tracers, and more!

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Jethro and Kristy Nolen (iO, Boom Chicago, co-founders of Arcade Comedy Theater) talk about Chicago in the 90's, bending the space, short form helping long form, making Harold your own, the unexpected yes, do's and dont's for running a theater, jobs for improvisers, dealing with friction, the reality of auditions, keeping spaces safe, and more!

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Mano Agapion (UCB, Drag Her) talks about committed acting, finding your personal voice, Bad Drag Race, using comedy to heal, world-building, tips for writers, genre play, Smartypants, improv lessons from drag shows, and more!

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Amanda Sitko (ASSSSCAT, UCB TourCo) talks about defining game, being an improv student again, personal genre, aging + improv, UCB tourco, lessons from amazing writers, Harold-style sketch shows, taking a show to Fringe, punk rock comedy, reframing failure, and more!

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Lou Wilson (Dropout, UCB) talks about Comedy Sportz, group mind, using the audience, Dimension 20, a fun original opening, the downside of playing for fans, a remedy for nerves, Game Changer: one year later, an epic live show moment, and more!

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Philip Markle (Brooklyn Comedy Collective) talks about reframing "bad" scenes, the origin and philosophy of BCC, symbiotic space rentals, playing from the inside out, sustaining long scenes, the components of all good improv, 5 ways to access a character's deal, tips for AD's, split scenes, and more!

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