Posts Tagged ‘UCB’
Primordial Sort of Tar and Ooze of the Subconscious
Posted by dandy | Filed under Guest Blog, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv
Written by Erik Voss – Erik is a proud member of the Mainstage Harold team Natural 20 at iO West. Yes, it still exists. ——————- In my short time in the iO West community I have become increasingly aware of a closeted distrust of Harold openings. If we don’t “hate” them, we are at least [...]
“Improv sounds like Music” and “Teacher, I got a question?”
Posted by dandy | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, Writing Staff
By Bryan Truong (Staff) When people find out that I have studied from so many improv schools they often ask me. What’s the best improv school? who’s the best teachers? I can talk about this for days. So this is a short hand of my perspective on some of the classes I’ve taken and [...]
Chicago v LA
Posted by dandy | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv
I’m so, so, so sick of this. Last Tuesday night I was having a pee before the USS show at iO West and, as I like to do while peeing at iO West, I was checking out the posters. I saw one for North By Northeast, a show that features Chicago and New York improvisers [...]
Cast vs. Vibe
Posted by mouse | Filed under Shows, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Mouse
Get it? As I’ve mentioned before, I recently started writing sketches for Maker Studios, which produces content for a number of YouTube-based channels as well as a consortium channel. Writing for different channels and styles works as creative exercise, where I have to bounce from different types of humor, storytelling and characterization. It has also [...]
UCB Podcast with John Lutz
Posted by Trapper | Filed under Interviews, Resources for improvisers
John Lutz is a veteran improviser from Chicago. He is a writer for SNL and plays the part of Lutz on 30 Rock. You can hear a great interview with him on this UCB podcast. Click the link and find podcast number 2. He talks about the forms four square and the JTS Brown. [...]
24 hours of Improvisation!!!! This Weekend!
Posted by Trapper | Filed under News, Shows, The Trapper, Uncategorized
USS Rock N Roll is proud to be participating in the Second City That Never Sleeps. This is a 24 hour improv performance for charity. USS Rock N Roll will be doing the 6:30am to 9:30am shift. Taking the stage with improvisers who at that point have been on stage for 9 HOURS! Here are [...]
Laugh lessons: What today’s top comics learned at Second City
Posted by Plague | Filed under News, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Plague
I’m reposting an article from The Chicago Sun-Times here by Mike Thomas who’s written a book on Second City. I think it’s great that Second City gets so much attention for the talent it breeds. But I wanted to make a case here for the underdog… iO. After living in Chicago doing improv for over [...]
Level 5: UCB NYC
Posted by Plague | Filed under Guest Blog, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Plague
::Applause:: for Zachary Norton from UCB NYC’s Level 5. Zach Norton is a college textbook editor and UCB-trained improviser living in New York City. He performs every three weeks at the Richmond Shephard Theatre with his comedy troupe, Maybe Sherman, and recently started a blog about self-education at www.autodidactopsimath.tumblr.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Let me preface this post by saying that [...]
Level 4: UCB NYC
Posted by Plague | Filed under Guest Blog, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv, The Plague
We continue our series of student guest bloggers from UCB New York this week with Katie Simon from level 4. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Like many, many others, I always harbored a secret desire to be on Saturday Night Live when I grew up. And like many, many others, I wasn’t the most hilarious person I knew, so [...]
We’re Going Steady But We’re Not In Love
Posted by Mouth | Filed under Guest Blog, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv
Hey Guys. Mouth here! This is a guest blog from performer and coach, Jeff Hawkins. Currently you can see Jeff perform in the groups Billyhawk and Wikipedia Live at iOwest. He also coaches the ADT harold team, Fraternity. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I think you blend a great bit of “Love of the art” with a nice dash of “Bitterness to those that love [...]
