Posts Tagged ‘Michael Patrick O’Brien’
A Long Ass Email
Posted by Piebenga | Filed under Resources for improvisers, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, Writing Staff
Twitter @USSRockNRoll / FACEBOOK Written by Mark Piebenga (Staff) – More from Mark can be found at www.wikipiebenga.org or follow him at @wikipiebenga. Something I noticed during a show this week: at some point, it doesn’t fully matter what exactly the two players are doing for a scene to work. With a bedrock of general [...]
Camp Improv Utopia: An Interview with Levin O’Connor
Posted by dandy | Filed under Interviews, News, The Dandy
By Nick Armstrong – I’ve had the great pleasure of performing on a team called iO Repertory with Levin and I have to say some of the most magical moments onstage in my career have happened with him performing the JTS Brown. Levin is a true artist when it comes to Improv as best shown [...]
7 Minutes In Heaven
Posted by dandy | Filed under Outside Projects, Videos
Michael Patrick O’Brien is a writer from SNL, a great improviser and the coach of my first Harold team, Rattlesnake High School. He has created a real great web series called ’7 Minutes in Heaven’ where he interviews various celebrities in the close quarters of a closet, then they kiss at the end. Here is [...]
Learning from Teaching
Posted by dandy | Filed under Historic Improvisers, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Dandy
My biggest hope as I walk into every class that I teach is that I am able to give back as much as I get out. I have been fortunate to get to study improv with some amazing teachers, truly inspiring and brilliant people. But the best classes, the ones I have learned the most [...]
Black Cats and Rabbits
Posted by dandy | Filed under Guest Blog, The Dandy
The below entry is the first guest blog from Michael Patrick O’Brien. POB was recently hired as a writer on Saturday Night Live and we on USS Rock N Roll are very proud of him. On a personal note, Pat is one of the most influential artists that I have ever been lucky enough to [...]
