Improv Resource Center Podcast

This week our guest is Celeste Pechous, teacher at Second City in LA and at BGB Studios. We talk about the importance of supporting your fellow players, coaching seniors vs coaching teens, and pitching sketches. Subscribe in iTunes For more episodes visit ircpodcast.com Find out more about Dosage Improv. Please consider supporting the IRC podcast at patreon.com/mullaney Kevin Mullaney's Improv Boot Camp in NYC in August 2017 Classes at the Improv Resource Center

Nick Armstrong, camp director of Camp Improv Utopia, is our guest this episode. He is the Artistic Director at Mi's Westside Comedy Theater. He talks with host Kevin Mullaney about the Groundlings's Sunday Company, teaching JTS Brown, the Pack Theater, playing blindfolded, creating a bible for a new team, camp and theimprovnetwork.org. Subscribe in iTunes For more episodes visit ircpodcast.com Camp Improv Utopia The Improv Network Please consider supporting the IRC podcast at patreon.com/mullaney Kevin Mullaney's Improv Boot Camp in NYC in August 2017 Classes at the Improv Resource Center

Amey Goerlich talks to Kevin Mullaney about improv exercises and concepts. Amey is the host of the Indie Cagematch in at UCB East and an independent improv teacher in New York. We talk about Krompf, pummeling, improvising with your eyes closed, bad rap warmups, half ideas, button lines, teaching film to 5 year olds, e-Improv, and bonsai tree houses. Subscribe in iTunes For more episodes visit ircpodcast.com Please consider supporting the IRC podcast at patreon.com/mullaney Find out about Amey Goerlich's workshops at ImprovTrainingHub.com See Amey's films she made with 5 year olds Kevin Mullaney's upcoming workshops

Karen Graci is a coach and performer at iO West. We talk about about coaching Harold teams, openings, group games, short form, and Vertical Harolds. She can be seen performing with King Ten at iO West. Special thanks to Camp Improv Utopia East where this podcast was recorded. Subscribe in iTunes For more episodes visit ircpodcast.com Please consider supporting the IRC podcast at patreon.com/mullaney Sign up for my Improv Bootcamp in NYC via kickstarter Come to Chicago for Improv Bootcamp in July or August. Take my class at the Clubhouse in LA. Find out more about Camp Improv Utopia.

Jack C Newell is director of the films Close Quarters, How to Build a School in Haiti and Open Tables. He is head of TV, Film & Digital at the Second City Training Center and a graduate of Columbia College Chicago in film/video. We talk about using improv to make movies, the job of the director and his latest feature which seamlessly weaves improv into the fabric of the film. Subscribe in iTunes For more episodes visit ircpodcast.com Please consider supporting the IRC podcast at patreon.com/mullaney Find out more about Mid Coast Improv See Jack's work at JackCNewell.com Visit the Facebook page for Open Tables

Ric Walker, Second City instructor and member of the Improvised Shakespeare Company is our guest. We talk about reacting emotionally, clown work, developing shows and more. Subscribe in iTunes For more episodes visit ircpodcast.com Please consider supporting the IRC podcast at patreon.com/mullaney For more info on the New Zealand Improv Festival

Mick Napier, the Artistic Director of the Annoyance Theatre is our guest. We talk about nudging students to get better, breaking out of your habits, playing without making sense, presenting long form, improv auditions and Martin de Maat. To support the IRC podcast, visit patreon.com.To find out more about Mick Napier, visit The Annoyance Theatre.You can subscribe to this podcast in iTunes. We have two new $10 an episode supporters: Bearded Men Improv & Bob Mann who'd like you to know about OKC Improv in Oklahoma City.

An interview with Kevin Reome, teacher at the Second City Training Center in Chicago. We talk about how to treat students new to improv, using you statements and being the guy that everyone wants to improvise with. See Kevin's video improv project called Facetime Improv.

Kevin interviews improv teacher and performer Dave Razowski. Dave is a former Second City mainstage performer. He teaches improv in LA. Find out more at http://www.davidrazowsky.com/

Rachael Mason, Second City teacher, talks about giving gifts, emotional responses vs. clever lines, 10 minute scenes, playing against type, deconstructions, invocations, bad habits and stage combat.

Paul Grondy has been teaching at iO in Chicago since 1997. He teaches students how to do the Harold and so we talk about Harold structure, the principles of group work, being tender and heartfelt, knowing what you know, and group things.

Anthony Atamanuik talks about how classrooms can affect a class, ninja improv, finding your improv spirit house, care and detail in space work, framing devices, monoscenes, and improvised movies.

Jodi Lennon talks about using improv for character development, object work, hot seats and simulating sex on stage. Find out more about Jodi at http://jodilennon.com/

Megan Johns teaches improv at the Annoyance Theater and is a member of the New Colony Theater company. We talk about Annoyance newbies, hybrid improv classes and using improv to write plays.

Joe Bill teaches Power Improv Workshops in Chicago and around the country. He is one half of BassProv and SCRAM and has taught for the Annoyance and iO Chicago.

Recorded live at the People's Improv Theater in New York, the guests are Ed Herbstman, Porter Mason and Nate Starkey

Evan Linder from the New Colony describes the process they use to create original plays and musicals using improvisation.

Craig Cackowski from iO West and Second City in LA talks about doing scenes from imaginary plays, feeling scenes before you know what is happening, La Ronde and the North vs. South Harold.

Armando Diaz, founder of the Magnet Theater, talks about connecting with your scene partner, initiations, using improv to write and how to teach better.

Jimmy Carrane talks about grounded scenework, the third choice, reality transaction scenes, commitment, silent scenes, side coaching and group therapy.

Will Hines and John Frusciante from the UCB Theatre in New York discuss the game, improv simulators, an improv sabbath and things to steal from Ian Roberts.

Kurt Braunohler from the People's Improv Theater discusses solo improv, image streaming, viewpoints and Caligula.

Lillian Frances, owner of the Laugh Out Loud Theater talks about auditions, teaching kids, using your warmups well, and yes-anding life.

Susan Messing performs and teaches at iO Theater and at the Annoyance in Chicago. We talk about Busby Berkeley, Doublemint Twins, Caligula and more.

Billy Merritt performs and teaches at the UCB Theatre in LA. We talk about premise based harolds and his character based improv forms where he gets students to create a single character over eight weeks. We also discuss the cube edit and the hawk edit.

Caitlin Tegart is a sketch writer and director for the UCB Theatre in NYC. We discuss how writers can help themselves by not worrying about how good an idea is, that instead they need to simply get their ideas onto the page.

Tara Defrancisco is a former member of the Second City Touring Company. She performs and teaches for iO Theater and ComedySportz in Chicago. She discusses several exercises she uses in her classes and workshops.

Kevin Hines teaches improv at the UCB Theatre in NYC. He talks about exercises he uses to get students react quickly and realistically in their scenes. He also describes the form of his recent performance class and how he rehearsed for it.

Matt Donnelly from Improv Vegas and The PIT discusses two improv exercises he uses in his workshops.

Jill Bernard from HUGE Theater and Comedy Sportz in Minneapolis talks about exercises she uses in her classes.

Rich Talarico from iO West shares a couple exercises that he uses in his classes.