Talking Shop: An Improv Podcast with Brian Gray
Talking Shop: An Improv Podcast with Brian Gray

Talking Shop: An Improv Podcast with Brian Gray

Brian Gray

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In Talking Shop, Pittsburgh improv teacher, coach and performer Brian Gray talks improv with improvisers. He gets deep into his guest's relationship with their work to discuss how they perform the way they love to perform. The show features an interview, usually an improv set, and Q&A. brianmgray.com/podcast

Recent Episodes

019 - The Bristol Improv Theater - On community focus, improv as a process, and balancing strong offers with discovery
NOV 4, 2016
019 - The Bristol Improv Theater - On community focus, improv as a process, and balancing strong offers with discovery
An interview on the craft of comedy with the directors of the Bristol Improv Theatre (BIT), soon to be the UK’s first improv theater! On this episode, I speak with Andy Yeoh, the Theatre Director of the BIT and Caitlin Campbell, the Assistant Theatre Director of the BIT who are also instructors with
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68 MIN
018 - Megan Gray - On her confidence journey, gender and all women improv spaces, and positive notes
MAY 19, 2016
018 - Megan Gray - On her confidence journey, gender and all women improv spaces, and positive notes
An interview on the craft of comedy with the Artistic Director of the Magnet Theater in New York City, member of the Magnet resident team Junior Varsity, producer of the monthly all female improv show “We Might Just Kiss” and level one teacher Megan Gray.
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65 MIN
017 - Kevin McDonald on the Kids in the Hall Writing Process, Dynamics of the Writers' Room and the Confidence of Experience
DEC 26, 2015
017 - Kevin McDonald on the Kids in the Hall Writing Process, Dynamics of the Writers' Room and the Confidence of Experience
Interview with comedian, actor, voice artist and co-founder of the edgy, dark and surreal sketch comedy troupe Kids in the Hall, Kevin McDonald. We discuss the process the Kids used to write sketches through improvisation, the dynamics of the writers’ room that led to such creations as their solo pi
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57 MIN
016 - Matt Holmes - On Improvising with Non-Improvisers and his 3 Simple Steps
DEC 2, 2015
016 - Matt Holmes - On Improvising with Non-Improvisers and his 3 Simple Steps
Interview with Matt Holmes, 15+ year veteran of the Philly improv scene and creator of Matt &, a show in which he improvises a 20- to 45-minute long form set with an audience member who has never done improv before.
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67 MIN
015 - Susan Messing - On Doing What the F*ck She Wants and the Annoyance Philosophy
SEP 11, 2015
015 - Susan Messing - On Doing What the F*ck She Wants and the Annoyance Philosophy
30+ year improv veteran, founding member of the Annoyance Theater, performer and teacher at iO and Second City, Susan Messing
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33 MIN