The Backline - An Improv Podcast

It’s time to grab aposse!  YOU CAN'T IMPROVISE ALONE! But how do you go from a random smattering of people to a reliable improv family onstage?  Rob and Adam discuss creatingyour first improv troupe, finding rehearsal space, securing a coach, and how tomake your troupe stand out in your comedy community.  The guys also answer listener questions,discuss the Improvising Now book launch, and what it’s like to improvise with acomplete stranger.  Passive-aggressiveburns: 7 (Most of them very mean).

If there's one improv technique that Rob and Adam use more than anything else onstage, it's Game of the Scene.  Together they discuss their personal definitions, simple techniques to try onstage, and moves to avoid while trying to build patterns.  If you aren't well-versed in GOTS then this podcast is a must listen.  Also in the episode, ROB IS BACK IN THE BACKLINE STUDIO (Adam's weird apartment).  Leave us a comment on Facebook or Twitter @thebacklinepod

Ever have that feeling like you’re just going through themotions onstage?  Rob and Adam also feelthat way all the time!  Today these twobest buds discuss anxiety, comfort, improv trances, being in your head, andsome solutions to find freedom and play onstage.  Also, both Rob and Adam try something they’venever done in the podcast! Questions? Send them via Twitter @thebacklinepod

Time for real talk! You need some feedback about notes: good notes/bad notes, how to receivethem, what notes you should avoid, and what to do when a fellow improvisergives a note.  Rob and Adam chat about itall in this episode and respond to listener questions.  Together they also reflect on the best notethey were ever given by a coach/director/teacher.  Passive-Aggressive burns are bursting throughthe seams in this one!  Music by theBrunswick Project.

The scariest episode of the Backline to date!  Rob and Adam discuss the nature of fear onstage: Where does it come from?  Is fear a good or bad thing?  What does fear look like in new players?  Passive Aggressive Burns: #3.5 (Can you find them all?). Music by The Brunswick Project.

It's the first episode of The Backline!  Rob and Adam discuss getting started in the improv business. Together they outline steps from student of a beginner level improv class to becoming a "professional" improviser.  Rob and Adam remember their origin story, how they first met, and how they created their first improv troupe.  Passive aggressive burns in this episode: #4 (Try to find them all!).  Music by The Brunswick Project.