Monthly Archives: May 2006

XL Funnywriters Fest–Cover Story

I ended this month performing in the sketch comedy show at local comedy clubs in the XL Funnywriters Fest. With just a brief amount of rehearsal, we put up sketches at The Hideout, The Velveeta…

Whirled News on NPR

A few people from the Whirled News Tonight cast went down to the KUT studios, the local NPR affiliate, yesterday to record a piece about our show. It turned out wonderfully. Big thanks to Julie…

Improv Storytelling and Singing

My specialty workshops were exciting for me. For the first time I taught an Advanced Storytelling class. I took all the improvised story structures I knew and we explored different narrative techniques. The storytelling aspect…

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Dramatic Improv?

Lately I’ve had several students ask me, “Does improv have to be comedy?” “Or how do you keep this work from being totally light and fluffy?” My standard answer is no, improvisational theatre does not…

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