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Yes, Also - Alana Johnston

Alana Johnston (UCB, Mae Martin and Friends) talks about Canadian Improv Games, regional styles, becoming a hybrid player, complementary teammates, getting on the same pa

Yes, Also - Chris Renfro

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, creati

Bonus Episode: Mental Illness + Comedy with Deena Nyer Mendlowitz

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 sa

Yes, Also - Jordan Myrick

Jordan Myrick (Gastronauts, UCB) talks about intrusive thoughts, listening vs. anticipating, the reasons behind object work, lessons from UCB tourco, tactics for winning

Yes, Also - Brennan Lee Mulligan

Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dimension 20, UCB) talks about getting unstuck in shows, side coaching, his origin story, subverting expectation, juggling character games, playing

Yes, Also - Lilan Bowden

Lilan Bowden (UCB, Asian AF) talks about early acting experiences, vulnerability, plot vs. game, removing conflict, kicking scenes into gear, callibrating differences in

Yes, Also - Karen Graci

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.

Yes, Also - Billy Merritt

Billy Merritt (UCB, WGIS) talks about midform, gift-giving, removing scenic blinders, subversive comedy, pirate / robot / ninja, gravitas plus absurdity, French scene Har

Yes, Also - Marshall Givens

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, impost

Yes, Also - Hillary Anne Matthews

Hillary Anne Matthews (Sentimental Lady, Queen George) talks about character lenses, curing perfectionism, the Harold rollercoaster, offstage connection, Slacker, dissolv

Yes, Also - Brad Morris

Brad Morris (Bluebird Improv, The Reckoning) talks about his comedic DNA, grounded characters, how aging has changed his improv, institutional dogma, the payment tradeoff

Yes, Also - Jazz Lewis

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

Yes, Also - Anthony King

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 i

Yes, Also - Jethro and Kristy Nolen - LIVE from Yes Ann Fest

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 H

Yes, Also - Mano Agapion

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,

Yes, Also - Amanda Sitko

Amanda Sitko (ASSSSCAT, UCB TourCo) talks about defining game, being an improv student again, personal genre, aging + improv, UCB tourco, lessons from amazing writers, Ha

Yes, Also - Lou Wilson

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

Yes, Also - Philip Markle

Philip Markle (Brooklyn Comedy Collective) talks about reframing "bad" scenes, the origin and philosophy of BCC, symbiotic space rentals, playing from the inside out, sus

Yes, Also - Jet Eveleth

Jet Eveleth (Adsit & Eveleth, Clown Church) talks about the power of simplicity, life as source material, how to love despicable characters, expanding a scene's surface a

Yes, Also - Gareth Reynolds

Gareth Reynolds (The Dollop, We're Here to Help) talks about sustaining scenes, Comedy Sportz, his journey from Milwaukee to LA, onstage etiquette, back line support, his