Posts Tagged ‘Chicago’
Tips for Success
Posted by dandy | Filed under Coach's Corner, Historic Improvisers, Resources for improvisers
Twitter @USSRockNRoll / FACEBOOK This was written and posted on Facebook by Mick Napier last Friday (6.1.2012) in preparation for the upcoming Second City, Chicago open auditions. Mick is a founding member of The Annoyance Theater, the author of Improvise and one of the most important teachers and performers of improv anywhere. He is also [...]
Consider These Dinosaurs
Posted by Piebenga | Filed under Resources for improvisers, Writing Staff
Written by Mark Piebenga (Staff) – For more from Mark go to www.wikipiebengs.org How about this drawing by a six year old kid in the after-school program at Rowe Elementary where I work? They are stencils, and he decided randomly on two colors. He may have just laid a big stencil down and colored [...]
USSRR Insider with Erica Gowland
Posted by dandy | Filed under Interviews, USS Show Review
Written by USS Rock N Roll’s Erica Gowland aka The Vac. USSRR will be celebrating 5 years of playing together in a special live event on Tuesday, May 8th on the iO West Mainstage at 10:30pm. We hope you will join us for FREE PIZZA, DRINK SPECIALS, PRIZES & MORE!!! As the newest member [...]
Talking Del Close and the Early Days of Chicago Improv with SNL’s Alex Baze
Posted by dandy | Filed under Guest Blog, Historic Improvisers
We really enjoyed this article written by Will Hines for www.splitsider.com on April 17th and wanted to share it with you all. This is the first in a series of columns and interviews in which I’ll examine improv comedy and how it affects the comedy scene in general. I’m saying “comedy scene” because even [...]
10 Things you can do to get the most out of your Improv Class.
Posted by dandy | Filed under Guest Blog, Resources for improvisers, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv
Written by Jimmy Carrane. Jimmy is the host of the podcast Improv Nerd, co-author of Improvising Better. He teaches The Art of Slow Comedy in Chicago, for more information you can go to: www.jimmycarrane.com. 1. Find out who the teacher is before you sign up. An institution is only as good as its teachers, and you [...]
Mike O’Brien in the Chicago Tribune
Posted by dandy | Filed under Big Ups - Other improv teams that rule, Interviews
This is a re-post of an article that appeared in the Chicago Tribune on April 04, 2012 Written By Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune reporter Mike O’Brien is 35 and single, lives in New York and works as a staff writer for”Saturday Night Live.”He is earnest and polite, comes from a long line of South [...]
90% of improvising is mental. The other half is physical.
Posted by Piebenga | Filed under Resources for improvisers, Writing Staff
Written by Mark Piebenga (Staff) — You can read and learn much more about Mark at www.wikipiebenga.com. I think that about a third of a being good improvisor is being an invested human being. Another third of it is being a good listener. And then the final third is being a real weirdo, [...]
Inside Joke Chicago
Posted by dandy | Filed under Big Ups - Other improv teams that rule, News, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv
As an improv blogger myself, I spend some time cruising around the internets and reading over other, similar or related blogs – there are lots of them. Last week my computer led me to this one, Inside Joke Chicago, and I enjoyed it so much I wanted to pass it along to our readership as [...]
My Ex Was Real Christmassy
Posted by dandy | Filed under Writing Staff
By: Mark Piebenga (Staff) My artist friend Andrew Salomone has a hacked knitting machine (as in computer hacked) on which he can take images from a computer and transfer them into yarn patterns. There’s an incredible video of the process on his excellent website here: Andrew Salomone Video Apparently he was with my artist [...]
Gettin’ to know: Just The Funny; Miami, FL
Posted by dandy | Filed under Big Ups - Other improv teams that rule, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Dandy
In addition to performing at this years Chicago Improv Festival, I was fortunate enough to be asked to direct an apprentice team. Every year a number of teams are given to opportunity to come to CIF and spend the weekend working with a coach. I was paired up with a great group out of Miami, [...]
