Improv Nerd With Jimmy Carrane
Jimmy Carrane
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Well-known improv teacher and former Studio 312 host Jimmy Carrane explores the creative processes used to make great comedy.
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JUL 5, 2022
Keli Semelsberger
<div>Keli Semelsberger has been teaching, directing and performing improv for more than 26 years. She founded the award-winning Charlotte Comedy Theater and she is the author of her new book, <em>Improv Shaman: The Transformative Journey of Divine Play</em>. We talked to her about being enough, taking care of yourself and how to be more vulnerable.</div>
48 MIN
MAY 31, 2022
Rich Sohn
<div>Rich Sohn is a master teacher and improviser at The Pack Theater in Los Angeles. He's worked at The Annoyance Theater, iO-Chicago and Second City. We talked to him about how he found his voice as a teacher and improviser at The Annoyance, how the Annoyance style brings such freedom on stage, and what he learned from working with Del and Mick in Chicago in the '90s.</div>
38 MIN
MAY 17, 2022
Patti Stiles
<div>Patti Stiles is a world-renowned teacher and improviser who lives in Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of <em>Improvise Freely: Throw away the rule book and unleash your creativity</em>. We talk to her about why she doesn't like rules in improv, how we can shift from rules to tools, how to enjoy making mistakes more.<br> <br> Photo credit James Penlidis</div>
52 MIN
MAY 3, 2022
Patrick McCartney
<div>Patrick McCarthy is an actor, improviser and one of New York's most respected improv teachers. He teaches and performs at The PIT in New York. We talked to him about what truth in comedy means to him, why it's important to take an acting class, and his journey from addiction to sobriety.</div>
43 MIN
APR 18, 2022
Greg Hollimon
<div>Greg Hollimon is an actor and improviser who is best known for his work on Comedy Central's "Strangers with Candy" as Principal Blackman. We talked to him about how to have a great stage presence, why he likes performing with Pimprov and how he got cast in "Strangers With Candy."</div>
37 MIN
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