Posts Tagged ‘Aaron Krebs’

Some stuff I learned at Improv Camp

Twitter @USSRockNRoll / FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/ussrocknroll Written by Samantha Murphy a Westside Comedy Theater student and “life enthusiast.”   I’m not yelling at you, I’m yelling with you. You just haven’t started yelling yet.”   I always get shit from people because I didn’t find Wet Hot American Summer funny. I just ‘didn’t get it’ apparently. I came to [...]

Improv is not just Mak’em ups anymore, it’s so much more!

Twitter: @USSRockNRoll - FACEBOOK Written by Nick Armstrong – Director & Founder of Camp Improv Utopia and a member of iO West’s King Ten. There is no way to explain the feelings and emotions I went through over the past weekend. When I first started Improv Utopia a few years back I thought, “What a great [...]

Sidekicks with Aaron Krebs & Jeff Passino

Last night I watched a great show at the Westside Comedy Theater. It is called Sidekicks and it stars Aaron Krebs and Jeff Passino alongside a special guest. Last night’s guest was Lloyd Ahlquist. The way the show works is this. The three of them do a 20-25 minute long form set. As far as [...]

USS wins at Dels and why I love improvisers.

USS Rock ‘N Roll won the Del award for best Harold team last night at iO West’s annual Del awards. What does this mean?! It means we paid a lot of people to vote for us. But seriously folks… here’s why I love improvisers. I have worked for financial companies, production houses, multi-million dollar boutique [...]

We Have Lost the Art of Art by Aaron Krebs

Hi everyone. The Mouth here. This guest blog is brought to you by  the awesome Aaron Krebs. Aaron Krebs, from Texas by way of Chicago, has been involved with improv for over twelve years. He is part of the National Improv Touring Company, Mission IMPROVable, where he performed in such noted comedy festivals as: Chicago [...]

Level 5A: iO West

Welcome Jennifer Losi from LEvel 5 at the iO Training Center in Los Angeles, CA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the first day of level 1, I was asked “Why are you taking this class?” My answer was something along the lines of “because improv scares the crap out of me.” I studied theatre in college, and I [...]

What makes a great improv scene?

HI All. Mouth here. I asked Aaron Krebs, a great improviser, coach and teacher at iOwest to write a coaches/teacher POV blog for our website. Here’s what he’s got to say. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ What makes a great improv scene? By Aaron Krebs I hate answering a question with a question…however when recently asked by a student [...]

Level 1: iO West

In this new series, I have invited a different student from every level at iO to talk about their experiences as a student and give their point of view on the topic. Our first guest blogger, Russ Jones, came highly recommended from Aaron Krebs‘ level 1 class. Drop the man a comment if you can [...]