About this podcast
In this love letter to improv comedy, comedian Suzi Barrett deep dives with veteran improvisers about their journeys through improv, discussing the philosophies, theories, tips, lessons, and stories they’ve gathered along the way. If you’re a student of improv, you need this podcast. If you’re a superfan of improv, you’ll love this podcast. New episodes every Tuesday!
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 140 episodes
- Yes, Also - Michael Hitchcock · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 135Michael 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…
- Yes, Also - Alana Johnston · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 134Alana 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…
- Yes, Also - Chris Renfro · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 133Chris 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…
- Bonus Episode: Mental Illness + Comedy with Deena Nyer Mendlowitz · 26 min · Season 1Deena 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…
- Yes, Also - Jordan Myrick · 48 minJordan Myrick (Gastronauts, UCB) talks about intrusive thoughts, listening vs. anticipating, the reasons behind object work, lessons from UCB tourco, tactics for winning an…
- Yes, Also - Brennan Lee Mulligan · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 131Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dimension 20, UCB) talks about getting unstuck in shows, side coaching, his origin story, subverting expectation, juggling character games, playing awful…
- Yes, Also - Lilan Bowden · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 130Lilan Bowden (UCB, Asian AF) talks about early acting experiences, vulnerability, plot vs. game, removing conflict, kicking scenes into gear, callibrating differences in style…
- Yes, Also - Karen Graci · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 129Karen 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…
- Yes, Also - Billy Merritt · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 128Billy Merritt (UCB, WGIS) talks about midform, gift-giving, removing scenic blinders, subversive comedy, pirate / robot / ninja, gravitas plus absurdity, French scene Harolds…
- Yes, Also - Marshall Givens · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 127Marshall 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…
- Yes, Also - Hillary Anne Matthews · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 126Hillary Anne Matthews (Sentimental Lady, Queen George) talks about character lenses, curing perfectionism, the Harold rollercoaster, offstage connection, Slacker, dissolving ego…
- Yes, Also - Brad Morris · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 125Brad 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 · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 120Jazz 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…
- Yes, Also - Anthony King · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 123Anthony 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…
- Yes, Also - Jethro and Kristy Nolen - LIVE from Yes Ann Fest · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 122Jethro 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…
- Yes, Also - Mano Agapion · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 121Mano 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 · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 120Amanda Sitko (ASSSSCAT, UCB TourCo) talks about defining game, being an improv student again, personal genre, aging + improv, UCB tourco, lessons from amazing writers…
- Yes, Also - Lou Wilson · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 119Lou 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…
- Yes, Also - Philip Markle · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 118Philip Markle (Brooklyn Comedy Collective) talks about reframing "bad" scenes, the origin and philosophy of BCC, symbiotic space rentals, playing from the inside out, sustaining…
- Yes, Also - Jet Eveleth · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 117Jet 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 area…
