Plays Well With Shakespeare
I got to play with Les McGehee, Andy Crouch, Jodi Egerton and Robert Faires in an improvised Shakespeare-themed show in Richard Garriot’s Curtain Theatre, which is a scale replica of The Glob Theatre set on…
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The World Welcomes Isaac Xin Merlin
My brother Louis and his wife Ki-Wing had their first baby, Isaac Xin Merlin, at 4:40PM Tuesday, October 23rd 2007. Isaac was born 7 pounds, 1.6 ounces and 19 inches long. I am a proud…
Polished and Presentational vs Organic and Truthful
A few weeks ago, 3 For All, possibly my favorite improvisers of all time, were in town for shows and workshops. I spent most of the weekend watching or with those guys and had an…
GGG in Tulsa, OK
We made friends with the great ladies of Super Ovum when they came to Austin last spring for LAFF: Ladies Are Funny Festival. They invited us up to Tulsa to perform with them at the…
GGG in Tulsa, OK
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Out of Bounds Improv Festival and Miniature Golf Tournament Wrap Up
Man, Out of Bounds was an awesome blur of improv and parties and golf. For me, the best thing about OOB is the chance to get rejuvenated about improv. I get to see great shows…
The Shrug
After teaching a status class to my Improv 101 students last night, this morning I read an interesting article in the New York Times about the universal gesture of shrugging or extending and open palm.…