Podcasts on Comedy
My improv partner Shannon turned me on to The Sound of Young America, a radio show about things that are awesome. Actually its more like an interview show that focuses on comedians. I like it…
Category: School News
This is hard. This wave of the Delta Variant pulled the rug out from under our well planned life. All of us. So we are going to postpone the start of classes until October in hopes that the current wave will have slipped back to Stage 3 or or better, 2.
So let’s start again.
This October, Merlin Works Institute for Improvisation will have a range of In-Person classes for you to attend. We’ll have Improv, Musical Improv, Stand Up , Storytelling, and some Master Classes with our good friend, Asaf Ronen. Plus we have a venue for shows! Stuff is happening In-Person in October at Merlin-Works.
Please stay safe. Get vaccinated if you can. Wear a mask to stop the spread and then come join us in October.
Also, we would like all our friends to please place their tongues between their lips and gently blow. Because that best expresses how we at Merlin Works feel today. (See Shana’s Instagram Post for more on this.)
Amy Sedaris on NPR
What I found interesting about this piece was how Amy Sedaris talks about her writing process with Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello. How they write and she improvises and she doesn’t really want to be…
Jeff Garlin: Improviser
An interesting article in the Nytimes about Jeff Garlin of Curb Your Enthusiasm and his adventures in Hollywood as an improviser www.merlin-works.com
Animal Husbandry
It’s no secret that I love the Sunday New York Times. First, I gloss over the front page. Wait, first I get a non-fat decaf latte from Teo, the best coffee/gelato place in Austin. Then…
A Weekend of Awesomeness
This past weekend was a pinnacle of improv goodness for me. Saturday began with Day 1 of a new Level 1 Improv class at the Hideout. It was a great group–much larger than I expected.…
Out of Bounds Announcements
Out of Bounds Improv Festival and Miniature Golf Tournament is the best week of the year for improv in Austin. And each year seems to be better than the last. This year I’m serving as…
Stephen Colbert on "Yes And"
Here’s the last bit of Stephen Colbert’s commencement speech at Knox College.The full text is here But you seem nice enough, so I’ll try to give you some advice. First of all, when you go…