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Improv Comedy Connection

The Improv Comedy Connection podcast explores how to more deeply connect with audiences and co-performers in improv, stand up, sketch, and communication through comedy.

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01:10:48

Sheri Flanders

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/10/18

Sheri is an instructor at the Second City training center in the improv and music departments. She has performed at the Engaging Women Conference, been a guest on Vocalo Radio's Morning AMp Council of Feminist Thought show, and was a panelist for the Inside Jokes Comedy Conference hosted by Women In Comedy, and has appeared in numerous podcasts addressing wide-ranging subjects including art, equity, and criticism. Having performed in a variety of forms from Shakespeare to screen, Sheri is a member

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01:01:04

Flavien Reppert

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/10/04

In this episode, Whit and Flavien Reppert discuss Flavien’s beginnings in improv in the Match format to his current work at Le Théâtre de l’Oignon. This particular conversation includes a segment regarding the role that language plays in improvising – something that Flavien is particularly positioned to talk about as he not only has travelled to 27 countries, but has improvised in French, English, German, Portuguese, Italian and Spanish. The theatre/professional improvisation company he founded in

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01:09:02

Anna Ong

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/09/20

In episode 8, Whit talks with Anna Ong. Anna is a Singapore based Storyteller and Improviser. Anna's first exposure to live storytelling came while performing at an improv show in with The Magnet in New York City in 2018. That experience led to others, including at The Moth in NYC and with the Story District in Washington DC. Today she is the creator, host and producer of What’s Your Story Slam, a live storytelling competition show based in Singapore that focuses promoting a culture of personal

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01:11:09

Omar Galvan

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/09/07

Season 3, Episode 7's guest is Omar Galvan - an improviser, workshop facilitator and author originally from Argentina, but now residing in Madrid. Omar is a sought after instructor not only throughout the Spanish speaking world but throughout the world, generally. It is a treat to continue the increasing breadth of experiences in the improv world in the podcast with someone as thoughtful and insightful as Omar. You can get access to Omar's Yes, But . . . essay and also an electronic version of his

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00:56:54

Balasree Viswanathan

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/08/23

In this episode, Whit sits down with Balasree Viswanathan. Bala is an improviser based in Bangalore, India, where she is also the co-artistic director of Improv Comedy Bangalore and a performer with The Adamant Eves, India's first and currently only all-women improv ensemble. Improv is newer in India, and particularly Bangalore - and we discuss its developments and distinctives, inclusive of the specific experience she's had with The Adamant Eves. Bala has been improvising since 2016 and has

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01:07:32

Anne Libera

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/08/09

Get ready for a college level conversation in this one credit symposium with Anne Libera. Anne has worked with The Second City since 1986 and taught in their Training Center since 1991, but is also the Director of Comedy Studies for the Theater Department at Columbia College in Chicago where she teaches History and Analysis of Modern Comedy and Comedy Survey I and II. She is the author of The Second City Almanac of Improvisation and is working on a new book on what it takes to be funnier and other

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01:09:25

Kevin Mullaney

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/07/26

In this episode, Whit has a conversation with Kevin Mullaney, who so many will know from the Improv Resource Center, the associated podcast, and his training that has impacted thousands of improvisers. He was the first Artistic Director of the UCB in New York, but is back in Chicago. The subjects include a consideration of what Kevin’s dream curriculum and approach to improv training would be and what characteristics might be found a transcendent improviser. In addition, we spent time discussing how

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01:41:31

Shannon Dale Stott

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/07/12

Shannon Dale Stott is an improviser and instructor out of Austin, Texas. She’s brilliant, fun and thoughtful and was the inspiration I (Whit) needed to start recording interviews again. We spent a fair amount of time on matters of vulnerability and attunement in this conversation. In fact, we probably spent another hour or so afterwards discussing related topics. The notion of vulnerability training I think deserves space in every improv curriculum, and not just as a one off but something closer to

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01:23:55

Patti Stiles

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/06/28

Our second episode in Season 3* is with the incomparable, Patti Stiles! Patti learned improv and theatre at the famed Loose Moose Theatre Company in Calgary with Keith Johnstone as a direct mentor. She subsequently moved to Melbourne from where she works as an actor, improviser, director, instructor and playwright. Many in the improv community know all this, as few have traveled the world teaching and encouraging improv at the level that Patti does. This particular conversation occurred in early

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01:13:19

Jimmy Carrane

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/06/14

The Improv Comedy Connection kicks off Season 2 with Jimmy Carrane! Jimmy and Whit discuss what the early days of improv can teach us about the art form today, what the Art of Slow Comedy is all about, and how to grow in your career. Jimmy’s perspective on improv is an important one, given his many contributions to the art and his history going back to his time in iO, the Annoyance, his time with Jazz Freddy, work with Del Close, his podcast, Improv Nerd, his books (Improvising Better and Improv

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01:32:05

COVID-19 Summit -- Improv on the Other Side

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/05/25

This is the final session of the COVID-19 Summit. In this conversation, we focus on what the current season that may help us "re-start" for the betterment of improv and improvisers on the other side of quarantine. While we discuss where we're at in the moment, this is more of a forward looking conversation with a high interest in the art of improvisation. Panelists: Joe Bill (USA), Beatrix Brunschko (Austria), Jimmy Carrane (USA), Omar Galvan (Argentina/Spain), Stacey Hallal (USA), Inbal Lori

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00:58:36

COVID-19 Summit -- The Globalization of Improv Part 2

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/05/08

In this continuation of a conversation among improvisers around the world, we discuss the implications and possibilities associated with increased globalization in improv - but also topics such as retaining one's cultural identity and context in their performance and the unique challenges of learning and performing in something other than your first language. Panelists in Part 2: Joe Bill (USA), Nick Byrne (Australia), John Gebratatose (USA), Hellena Jang (South Korea), Kaisa Kokko-Palmer

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01:29:21

COVID-19 Summit -- The Globalization of Improv Part 1

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/05/08

This is the first of a two-part conversation among 13 improvisers from 10 countries and 6 continents about the impact and implications of globalization on the art of improv. Recognizing that we are still under unusual circumstances and that live, in person, in theater improv will return, the panel discusses how we all might consider the world of improv which we now know is both smaller and larger than we understood before the present health crisis. Panelists: Oluwadmilola Apotieri-Abdulai (Nigeria),

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01:01:57

COVID-19 Summit -- The Technique, Texture and Tech...

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/04/27

This second of two episodes on online improv, guest hosted by Jules Munns, features a panel of Von Daniel, Amey Goerlich, Elana Fishbein, Roy Janik, Whit Shiller, and Jay Sukow discussing technique, texture and tech in doing online improv. In addition, the discussion provides an encouraging look at the role online improv can play in today's and tomorrow's global improv community. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/improvcomedyconnection/message

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01:03:07

COVID-19 Summit -- The "Why" Behind Online Improv

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/04/20

In this first of two episodes on online improv, the panel (Von Daniel, Amey Goerlich, Elana Fishbein, Roy Janik, Jules Munns, Jay Sukow, Paul Vaillancourt, with Whit Shiller as moderator) discuss the "why" behind doing online improv. We consider the community, performance and training aspects of putting improv and improv training online, and talk a little bit about how this medium might stay in play when we can return to on stage improv and training more fully. --- Send in a voice message:

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01:50:44

COVID-19 Summit -- How the Improv World Is Responding...

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/03/30

This conversation hosted by Whit Shiller with Joe Bill, Holly Mandel, Ed Morgan, Rebecca Northan, David Razowsky, Patti Stiles, and Jay Sukow, is simply a conversation about how each is doing individually and how our improv communities and the global improv community are doing in the face of COVID-19. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/improvcomedyconnection/message

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01:14:11

Dave Razowsky

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/02/16

Dave Razowsky joins Whit for the finale episode of Season 1 -- and it's a great conversation! Dave shares from his long, deep history and thoughtfulness in the art of improv and acting -- with his history going back to Geese Theater Company and its programs for prisoners, moving on to Second City, Improv Olympic, an involvement with the predecessor to the Annoyance and so much more. We also get a sneak peek into Dave's upcoming book - "A Subversive’s Guide to Improvisation" - and how it pulls

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01:08:53

Michael Golding

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/02/02

Michael Golding visits with Whit in episode 14 - and it's a deep dive into the history of improvisational theater in the US. In particular, we discuss Michael's mentor, David Shepherd, and his role in the very beginnings of the Compass Players, Second City, iO and the Canadian Improv Games. Michael has a wealth of insight into these early days and the mind of one of the more important people from the very beginnings of improvisational theater in North America. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:52:50

Andy Goldberg

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/01/19

Andy Goldberg is one of the founding member of Off the Wall — a short form team that has been performing since 1974! — and is also the author of Improv Comedy which is now in its second edition. Andy and has been featured in such TV and films hits as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Golden Girls, The Goodbye Girl, Full House, and the Practice. Over the course of his improv career, Andy has improvised with scores of fantastic improvisers and well known entertainment personalities. One of them, Robin Williams,

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01:08:51

Ken Davis

Improv Comedy Connection ·

2020/01/05

Ken Davis joins Whit for episode 12 of the podcast. Ken has been a motivational and inspirational communicator, comedian, humorist, trainer, and mentor who has impacted millions of lives over the course of his 50 year or more career. With respect to communication, specifically, Ken has developed the SCORRE Method and related materials to help speakers communicate more clearly and powerfully. While the focus of communication and improv or stand up might be different, establishing goals for a show or

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