Gettin’ to Know Ryan Gowland
Posted by Brary | Filed under Interviews, The Brary
Ryan is a longtime improviser at iO here in LA and back in Chicago. That’s where I first saw him. I’ve been a fan ever since. Every Tuesday USS Rock N Roll has the pleasure of sharing the 9 o’clock hour with Local 132, Ryan’s smart and funny ensemble. I recently asked Ryan some questions about his background and his thoughts on improv. His answers are well worth a look.
How did you get started in improv?
I think my interest started probably like a lot of people – doing improv games in high school drama class. At that point, my experience with improv was pretty much limited to the British version of *Who’s Line is it Anyway?* Growing up in San Diego, there wasn’t much improv around, and if there was any I certainly didn’t know of it. I started a sketch group in high school, and I guess we basically improvised as we wrote.
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USS wins at Dels and why I love improvisers.
Posted by Plague | Filed under News, The Plague
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 gyms, for CEO’s, for people with money, and for people with celebrity. But I have never… while working at any of these places, looked around and thought, “holy shit” these people are all geniuses. Not once have I worked with someone that made me feel slightly in awe because they were super smart, or super funny, or super anything really.
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