Improv Obsession - Conversations About Improvising Better

Improv Obsession - Conversations About Improvising Better


Latest Episodes

25: Rene Gube
October 15, 2012

RENE GUBE is on the show! You know him from the stunning UCBLA Harold Team, John Velvet. You also know him as one of the charismatic hosts of Room 101. Rene sits down and talks with me a bit about playing things real in scenes, and working to the best of

24: Craig Cackowski
October 07, 2012

Craig Cackowski is on the show! You know him as the improv guru from iO West. We talk about character, and the idea that I never understood, playing yourself as a character! He talks about how doing improv right will deliver comedy. I admit (once again) t

23: Zach Reino
August 26, 2012

Zach Reino who you know from Kid Grift, and his rapping improv team Murdercliff is on the show. We talk about the importance of loving your team. The challenges and fun of joining harold night. Most of all though, Zach lets me know how much he hates Banga

22: Steve Szlaga
August 12, 2012

Steve Szlaga is here! You know him from UCBLA Harold team Scandal! He and I talk about the one thing you listen to this podcast for, Running! Seriously we talk about running for a little bit. But then we talk about the one school in Los Angeles I know not

21.5: Dan Oster
August 07, 2012

Here's a brief Perl of Wisdom from our last guest Dan Oster. He highly recommends the Mick Napier book, Improvise: Scene from the Inside Out. Subscribe. Rate. Comment. Enjoy. Thanks for listening guys.

Episode 20.5: Jonny Svarzbein
July 31, 2012

A Micro-Episode. By popular demand, the Jonny Svarzbein Perl of Wisdom. Or is it a Pearl of Wisdom? Subscribe, rate, comment, enjoy.

21: Dan Oster
July 29, 2012

DAN OSTER is on the show. He’s the first guest I’ve ever had who’s not mostly a UCB performer. He’s a coach and a player over at The Improv Space in Westwood. He was a player at Boom Chicago and had a stint on MadTV. We talk a lot about organic im

20: Jonny Svarzbein
July 22, 2012

We’re back! This episode is with Jonny Svarzbein, you know him from UCBLA’s Rough Cut, and he co-hosts The 11th Hour show and Tuesday Night Thunder. We talk about the indie LA improv scene. Jonny also talks a bit about what a good cagematch is. And be

19: Tara Copeland
June 04, 2012

Tara Copeland stops by my room and we make LOVE...ly conversation about improv. We talk about loving improv, loving our teammates, loving our scene, loving in scenes, making love in scenes. Tara encourages everyone to just do musical improv and she also t

18: Alex Fernie
May 20, 2012

Alex Fernie is the guest this week. He’s one third of the Cagematch juggernaut Convoy. He’s also a member of one of the early UCBLA harold teams Sentimental Lady. Fernie talks about the specifics of specificity, like that one can never be too specific

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