UCB Long-Form Conversations: Recent Episodes
UCB Long-Form Conversations
The UCB Long-Form Conversations Podcast is the definitive source for news, information, and in-depth conversations about the best alternative comedy theatre on the planet. Now in its fourth incarnation, this podcast is a LaRonde, where the guest of episode 1 becomes the host of episode 2, the guest of episode 2 becomes the host of episode 3, and on, and on, and on. Sporadically, we also present “Palate Cleansers”, where UCB teachers and staff present official UCB news/updates, and offer experimental one-off episodes. Tune in for passionate, insightful conversations about the art, comedy, and love of long form improv, presented by the comedians who teach and perform at UCB (NYC and LA). This podcast feed also features the full archive of this podcast going back to 2009.
Brennan Lee Mulligan sits down with NY OG, screenwriter, show runner, & director Scot Armstrong (Soundtrack, Mother). They cover his early days studying in Chicago at Second City under Del Close, the Chicago scene, the very first days of UCB New York, helping invite the Soundtrack format, and more.
UCB resident smarty pants, Alex Fernie sits down with UCB Diversity Coordinator Anna Rajo (Thirst Trap, Gringos) about discovering comedy, making the jump to improv, her desire to be an improv teacher, and how performing for Maude has influenced her improv character work.
Native comedians Joey Clif, Lucas BrownEyes, Kelly Lynne D’Angelo, and Jenny Marlowe, talk navigating the comedy & entertainment scenes, creating outlets for native creative voices, their backgrounds, non-natives writing native stories & consulting, the power of diverse native voices, and more
In this palate cleanser episode, Will Choi (Asian AF creator) talks with fellow Asian performers Alex Song (Asian AF NY Producer), Ally Pintal (Harold Team & Maude Team. Pilipino AF), Dhruv Singh (Queen John, Benton, Too Effin High, South East Asian AF) to talk about representation of Asian performs in the improv & UCB community, the differences between NY & LA scenes, overcoming the idea of needing to compete against fellow Asian performers. learning to own the stage, and more.
We're ending our NYC round with a delightful conversation between Lloyd night teammates Jo Roueiheb and Frank Marasco! Frank tells Jo about starting improv in Boston, his somewhat inexplicable love for Andy Daly, how to lean on your strengths in improv and enjoy the harder notes. We also learn that improv is actually just like bobsledding and baseball!
This week’s guest is the fabulous Jo Roueiheb! Jo chats with James Folta about her love of Lucille Ball and Amy Sedaris, how important it is to “not be afraid to get weird” and her experiences on Lloyd teams Seventeen and Doing Hugs.
Corin Wells is our fantastic host this week and her guest is Harold Night's James Folta! James tells us about his start in improv back in San Fransisco at End Games Theater, his background in mime, and how his passion for writing is influenced by improv. And of course we hear about his amazing Harold team, Too Damn Much!
Our Harold Night host Stefan Schuette is joined by Corin Wells of the Lloyd team Promises and Maude night sketch team, The Gift. Corin tells us about her improv journey, from its start as a love for Will Ferrell to her time as a teacher and performer at the Philly Improv Theater, to her experiences in ASP's and now Lloyd night. She also sprinkles in some delightful stories of auditioning to be an Eagles cheerleader, and the time she hung out with Beyonce's dancers.
New York Harold Night performer Beth Slack interviews fellow Harold player Stefan Schuette about his journey in improv, from short-form to long-form. Stefan tells us about his improv inspirations like TJ and Dave, the scenes he feels best about, and even provides a little wisdom with a salad metaphor.
Another palate cleanser for your ears and hearts! The four hosts of UCBNY's monthly Lady Jam chat about what makes the lady jam a great space to perform and share stories of their shared experiences as women in the New York improv community. Featuring Molly Thomas, Lily Du, Jessica Morgan and Monique Moses.
In this NYC Palate Cleanser, The Mannequin Room joins us to talk about why YOU should come to Indie Cage Match at UCB East, and why you should also submit your team to perform! They also offer advice on growing as performers and as a team, talk about their team's journey and decide which diva represents them (hint: more than one).
Jon Mackey chats with improv prince Jacob Wysocki to talk transitioning from short form to long form, the need for a comedic outlet, learning to take the note, & more.
Friends Peter Banifaz & Jon Mackey talk how Jon discovered comedy, the formation & evolution of his team Winslow, personal challenges his struggled, his approach to humor & improv, and more!
Old friends Ruha & Peter chat about what initially following in love with the structure of UCB's improv, the moment things "clicked", "writer's brain vs actor's brain", his role on an improv team, & more
Marissa Strickland sits down with Ruha Taslimi to talk creating characters and using them in improv scenes, Ruha finding a home at the UCB community, using improv as a form of therapy, performing as a “non-writer’s brain”, having clear emotion in scenes, and more.
Kimia Behpoornia (Leroy) chats with Marissa Strickland (Yeti) to talk what got them into improv, using a creativity outlet as therapy, play styles, the first time she understood game, how it’s affect her day to day interactions, and more.
In the palate cleaner episode, Edgar Momplaisir (Leroy, Arcade Currency) sits down with fellow black performers Ego Nwodim (Queen George, Benetton), Ashleigh Holston (Dollhouse, Obama's Other Daughters), and Carl Tart (Queen George, White Women) to discuss settling into the improv scene & UCB community, the power of representation, their peers & influences, being afraid of playing "too black", and more.
This week we have Harold night's Beth Slack as a guest! Beth delights us with her journey from the theater world to UCB, her audition process and why it's important, favorite performers and teachers, and her passion for musical improv. Check out Beth on Harold night, or performing with her musical improv duo Hansbury and Slack around the city!
This week's host Jon Wan sits down with Harold night's Matt Starr! Matt talks about his evolution as an improviser, starting all the way back in college right up to his current team, Mermaids. He describes the types of notes he's received and how they helped him grow, and also details how his improv approach changed after being cut from Harold night some years ago.
Lloyd Night's Jon Wan is in the studio chatting with this week's host, Nicole Pasquale. Jon dives into his audition approach, the ways that solo work as enriched his improv, and both he and Nicole chat about Asian AF, a monthly improv show at UCBT that everyone should go see.
This week's host, James Dwyer, chats with Lloyd Night's Nicole Pasquale! Nicole takes us through her studious start at UCB, some of her early indie teams, and her experience hosting the long-running NYC indie show Kaleidescope. They also dig into improv approaches, and why sometimes it's good to start things before being ready.
Welcome back to New York City, LaRonde! Host Kelsey Bailey sits down with The Law Firm's James Dwyer, who details his audition failures and successes, how teaching has made him a better improviser, and his approach to noting.
Mike McLendon speaks with Kimia Behpoornia (Leroy, Sugar) to discuss her first year on Harold, how doing sketch & performing on Maud night informs her improv, what she gets out of improv, and more! This episode was made in partnership with the Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
Jacquis Neal talks with UCBTLA mainstay Mike McLendon (Outside Dog, Too Effin’ High) to talk Mike’s moving to LA on a whim & diving head-first into the UCB improv scene & forming his first friendships, the importance of embracing failure, laying the groundwork so you can break the rules, the formation of his team Outside Dog, the growing pains of being on a new team, and more.This episode was made in partnership with the Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
Zeke Nicholson chats with Jacquis Neal (Dollhouse, Some Kinda Monster) to talk Jacquis first months on Harold Night, his origins in Chicago theater scene, becoming a black performer and learning that embrace his culture & upbringing, representation in comedy, and more. This episode was made in partnership with the Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
Will Hines chats with Zeke Nicholson (Cardinal Redbird, White Women) to talk what came easy to Zeke & what were his huddles, his improv strengths, the importance of representation & the formation of his all black team White Women, his role on a team, and more. This episode was made in partnership with the Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
Kevin Hines and Molly Thomas listen back to scenes recorded by NYC improvisers from our last round of the LaRonde. They chat about how their notes might differ, and what their approaches are to noting certain types of scenes. Coaches, teachers and note-heads are going to love this one! This episode was made in partnership with the Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
UCB founder Matt Walsh (ASSSSCAT, Veep) talks with UCB mainstay Will Hines (The Smokes, Fuckable) about early days of UCB in NY & Will’s time navigating the fledgling scene, share stories of old bits, Matt’s time living about the theater, their process, the “a-ha improv” moment, writing improv books, Will’s approach to teaching & coaching, and more. This episode was made in partnership with the Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
UCB Comedy podcast producers Cody Ziglar and Sophie Yalkezian choose a few of their favorite moments from the last year to share with listeners. Looking forward to another year of nerding out over improv! This episode was made in partnership with the Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
In this special palate cleanser episode, we have digital content creators Zach Oyama (College Humor), Carmen Angelica (Cracked), & Jessica Ross (College Humor) to talk writing & directing comedy for digital platforms.
In this palate cleanser episode, musical improvers Zora Bikangaga (Dopetown 3000), Zach Reino (Off Book podcast, Baby Wants Candy), Shilpa Das (Kaboombox), & Jiavani Linyao (Baby Wants Candy) gather to talk musical improv; the challenges of rap & hip-hop improv, the numerous different muscles needed for music improve as opposed to short form & long form, tips for becoming a better performer, and more.
This episode was made in partnership with the Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
In this palate cleanser episode, UCB Maude Night writers Zora Bikangaga , Jess Ross, Zed Cutsinger, & Gerald Grissette talk all things sketch! How they formulate ideas, the pitching & writing process when it comes to interacting with their fellow teammates, applying game & lessons from improv to their sketch writing, and more!
In honor of the UCB Theater's move from from Chelsea to Hell’s Kitchen, Artistic Director Shannon O’Neill gives listeners a very special audio tour of the Chelsea Theater space. She’s accompanied by UCBT performers Connor Ratliff and JD Amato, who simultaneously record for their podcast 12 Hour Day. To see Shannon's photos that accompany the audio tour, go to our album on the UCB Comedy Facebook page.
This week's guest is Kelsey Bailey (Sleuth, Fluffty)! She chats with Caroline Martin about how improv helped her build confidence in her identity, and how she still deals with nerves on stage. She also details her favorite openings, exercises, and show moments with house teams and her indie team, Future Wives. This episode was made in partnership with the Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
This week our NYC guest is the lovely Caroline Martin (The Curfew, Obama Daughters, Let’s Talk About Race Baby). She chats with Alex Dickson about her experience getting on Lloyd night with Astronomy Club and her progression from Harold teams Coworkers and Mermaids to her current team, The Curfew. She also explains her approach to improv not only as a UCBT improviser but a teacher, and the ways that she deals with self-doubt on stage. This episode was made in partnership with the Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
This week's guest is veteran improviser Alex Dickson (The Stepfathers). Alex chats with host Joe Leonardo about her her time in Chicago on the Second City touring company and subsequent move to New York for theater school. She takes us through her experiences on UCBT house teams Detroit and The Enemy, and describes how she's inspired by her current teammates on The Stepfathers.
This week's guest is UCBT Lloyd night performer Joe Leonardo! Joe tells host David Bluvband how he and his friends founded a long-form improv program in Hartford, Connecticut and eventually moved to New York at the suggestion of Kevin Hines. He also describes how his mindset towards improv changed after getting cut from a house team and then put back on.
David Bluvband (GOAT, The Chris Gethard Show) is in the New York guest chair this week! David chats with host Adrian Frimpong about his experiences on Harold teams including The Enemy, Good Girl and Brightlight. He explains how he admired the theater before even stepping foot inside it, and tells us about his worst-ever Harold night show. He also tries really hard not to forget any teammates' names! This episode was made in partnership with the Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
This week our LaRonde loops back to New York City, where we kick things off with a palate cleanser episode from Kevin Hines. Kevin invites fellow UCB teacher Alex Dickson and veteran improviser and coach Chris Scott to discuss the ins and outs of coaching improv. What makes a good coach? How does it differ from teaching? When are people ready to start coaching? This episode was made in partnership with the Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
Paul Scheer talks with friend & fellow UCB improv OG Jason Mantzoukas’ to talk their early days coming up in the NY scene, watching early ASSSSCAT shows in 5 story walk ups, early Cage Match beef, to Jason’s personal approach to improv & scene work. They also talk the nuisances of performing improv on stage vs improv for camera & the working & writing process for their show The League, as well the importance of improving for narrative vs. improving for jokes.
Kale Hills / Paul Scheer
Kale Hills sits down with UCB OG Paul Scheer to talk the early days on at improv at UCB & why he continues to do shows, the early struggles of producing shows & finding a workable voice, the very real importance of using improv on stage vs using it on a film set & the nuisances of filming an improvised scene, improving from a character’s POV, and more.
Nina Concepcion (Zoo Zoo) sits down with Kale Hills (Nomi Malone) to talk his improv origin story, his growth in both the LA indie scene & his years on Harold Nights, how his sketch has influenced his improv, his short form background, finding the right opening, and more. This week’s episode is in partnership with Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
Nina Concepcion (Zoo Zoo) joins Matt Apodaca (DiCaprio) to discuss organic improv, patience, the importance of representation of latino voices on stage, the indie scene, POC in improv, importance of diversity, & more. This week’s episode is in partnership with Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network
Dave Theune (Bangarang!) sits with Harold newcomer Matt Apodaca (DiCaprio) to talk his early days of short form leading to long form, the pros & cons of each, his first year on Harold Night, the mentality of “passing of the torch”, & more. This week’s episode is in partnership with Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
With LA Harold & Mess Hall auditions around the corner, current & former Mess Hall performers Jonny Svarzbein, Wes Martinez, Anna Raja, & Laci Mosley reflect on their time & experiences on Mess Hall. They share tips for auditioning, what to expect, pros & cons, and more. This week’s episode is in partnership with Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
This week Adrian Frimpong (Ice Cold Bev) sits down with host Jonathan Braylock (Astronomy Club). They chat about how Adrian discovered theatre through plays at his church and his first time seeing UCB TourCo perform. He also explains how Shaun Diston's Textbook Harolds class helped him improve as an improviser, and the feeling of imposter syndrome on a house team.
Molly Thomas interviews this week's guest Jonathan Braylock about his time on Lloyd Night with Astronomy Club, and their current show Let's Talk About Race, Baby. They also discuss why the word 'pineapple' has a history in the improv world, and Jonathan breaks down some of his favorite exercises and openings.
Molly Thomas (Higgins, We Know How You Die!) chats with host Alexis Pereira about her experience performing We Know How You Die, the way her commitment to UCB progressed over time, her approach to pattern game and second beats, and the truth behind the "Don't Think" motto. This episode was made in partnership with the Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
Caitlin Puckett is your host this week, interviewing Alexis Pereira about his time on the Harold team Mr. Crime, his show Living Room: The First Generation, the differences between sketch and improv, and ways that the improv world should feel more like dating.
Caitlin Puckett (Harold Night, UCB TourCo) joins this week's host Ashley England in-studio to talk about her theatre background, how improv helped her overcome internalized misogyny, her love for the genre form, vulnerability between teammates and more. This week’s episode is in partnership with Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
In this palate cleanser episode, UCB-NY turned UCB-LA performers Beth Appel, Pam Murphy, Sara Claspell, and Shaun Diston breakdown the ultimate debate: New York vs LA. They give perspectives of pros & cons, the difference & similarities between styles & community, opportunities, improv scenes, and more. This week’s episode is in partnership with Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
Recorded live at the #DCM19 podcast lounge, UCB performers Glo Tavarez (Maude night, Fifty/Cincuenta), Raiza Licea (Improvisos Peligrosos), Tony Rodriguez (Improvisos Peligrosos) and Boris Khaykin discuss what it's like improvising in a second language. They chat about racial representation in media, how language can affect improv style, and how personal background comes into play when establishing a scene's base reality. And, of course, microwaving fish at work.
In this palette cleanser episode, UCB performers Kelsey Bailey, Lou Gonzalez, Tony Rodriguez and Brian Faas discuss the different ways improvisers can be better allies to their LGBTQIA+ scene partners, teammates, and audiences in the ever-growing improv community. This episode was recorded live at the DCM19 Podcast Lounge, in partnership with Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
Dave Theune (Bangarang!, Sassy Bluff) sits down with teammate & BFF Betsy Sodaro (Bangarang!, ASSSCAT) to talk Dave’s time doing improv in the mid-west, his beginning in short form, the early days of the LA Indie scene, the Harold years of Bangarang!, teamwork, commitment, & more. This week’s episode is in partnership with Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
Besty Sodaro (Bangarang!, ASSSSCAT) chats with Raiza Licea about her early days trying to understand The Harold, finding openings that work for you, teammates supporting each other, playstyles, & more. This week’s episode is in partnership with Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
Kathy Yamamoto chats with Raiza Licea (DiCaprio, Improvisos Peligrosos) to talk the freedom of Spanish improv & being a bi-lingual, structure, improvisors, growth, group games, & more. This week’s episode is in partnership with Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
Kathy Yamamoto (Nomi Malone) chats with Ify Nwadiwe (White Women) about becoming interested in improv during college, following the funny, commitment, and more.
Mano Agapion chats with Ify Nwadiwe (White Women) to talk about the hidden ways improv pays off, his early days doing high school Comedy Sportz, playing big characters, playing with his team White Women, the networking of UCB, and more.
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Nate Russell chats with Doug Moe about juggling comedy & fatherhood, his new book Man vs Child, improv influencing parenting, and growing older & still staying in the scene. Check out part 2 of Doug's interview on the UCB Digital Podcast.
Fresh to Lloyd night but not to improv, Ashley England talks to Shawtane Bowen about learning improv at in Chicago, comparing and contrasting it to the UCB’s game-oriented approach. She loves ‘hippy-dippy’ exercises like sonic explorations, but is terrified of monoscenes. She learned how to “not give a f***” by doing improv with Second City on a cruise ship for four months. This week’s episode is in partnership with Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
Guest Shawtane Bowen (Flufty) and host Monique Moses, teammates on Astronomy Club, team up in this episode for a conversation about the inhibitions that can come along with being a black man at the UCB, the flocking opening, and doing a Harold in the middle of a New York street. “Fill yourself up with as much experience and life as possible so that you have something to talk about and be about and portray on stage.” This week’s episode is in partnership with Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
Monique Moses (Some Kid, Astronomy Club) speaks to Jesse Lee (Mermaids) about her acting background, why Stretch and Share can be a great warm-up, and joining Astronomy Club, the first all-black team to perform at UCB, because she was “tired of being the token person of color on teams”. She also explains her coaching philosophy, her desire to do improv on the road, and her love for good two-prov. This week’s episode is in partnership with Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
Jesse Lee (Mermaids) talks to Jeremy Bent (Bucky) about how it felt to be cut from Harold night, and how he worked his way back by learning to play to his strengths rather than trying to fit the mold of a “good improviser”. He also tells the story of performing in a sushi restaurant to a not-so-receptive audience, taking a 27-person Chris Gethard class, and why he loves “dumb” scenes.
Jeremy Bent (Bucky, Thank You Robot) joins Aaron Jackson (What I Did For Love) to talk about the the indie improv scene, discarding orthodoxy about what a Harold ‘should’ be, and avoiding disinterest in improv scenes. They also discuss musical improv, and the benefits of hard Yes-ing.
Mano Agapion (Winslow) sits down with Ryan Stanger (Bangarang!) to talk his introduction to improv, what unique approach to heightening with his team Winslow, how he found his specific comedic voice & learning how he’s perceived by an audience, his unique background and how it influences his improv, and more
Ryan Stanger (Bangarang!) sits down with Dan Lippert (Winslow) to talk reading an audience, the importance of commitment, finding your comedic voice & honing it, locking in on POV, establishing a relationship with a room, and more.
Dan Lippert sits down with Edgar Momplaisir to talk improv experiences, the similarities between improv & basketball, being hyper-aware of audiences perceptions, the role of a “glue-guy” on an improv & sketch team, his role on this sketch team Big Grande, and more.
Edgar Momplaisir chops it up with Laci Mosley about his first year on Harold Night & the pressures associated with it, juggling being on multiple indie teams, the difference between a “show” and a “set”, his all black, all male, team Arcade Currency, being black in the improv seen, and more. This week’s episode is in partnership with Bronx Brewery, the official house beer of the UCB Comedy Podcast Network.
Laci Mosley chats with Ego Nwodim about training in NY vs LA, the power & importance of owning your blackness & womanhood on stage, the pressure of making an initiation, the importance of mentors, openings, being on house teams vs indie teams, and more.
Aaron Jackson joins Janie Stolar to talk organic versus premised openings, remembering to stay true to what you think is funny, Aaron’s experience as an author and offers up advice on rescuing bad first beats.
Janie Stolar joins Morgan Miller to talk the importance of the straight man in a scene, physical versus cerebral openings, handling heavy topics on stage and performing with strangers.
Morgan Miller joins Sebastian Conelli to talk how being a college athlete playing division one lacrosse lead her to comedy, the influence of Will Hines, performing with TourCo, and together Morgan and Sebastian bond over being aggressive, big players.
Sebastian Connelli joins Mariola Figueroa to talk base reality, experimentation, learning to really listen and why having a life outside of improv can lead to better scenes.
Mariola Figueroa joins Lui Vega to talk performing bilingual comedy, moving from acting school to improv training, Puerto Rican TV personality Walter Mercado and how to deal with unfamiliar cultural references in scenes.
Ego Nwodim chats with Santina Muha about transitioning into her first year on Harold Night, proving herself on Harold Night, diversity in improv & the UCB community, her favorite forms, and more.
Santina Muha joins Julie Brister to talk the power of community, dealing with being cut from Harold Teams, the Harold audition process, monoscenes, and more.
Julie Brister joins Carl Tart to discuss the early days of UCB, joining her first house team, favorite improv exercises, dealing with success & failures, good rehearsal practices, and more.
Carl Tart joins Gilli Nissim to talk dealing with being cut from a Harold Team, transitioning from sports to comedy, code-switching in improv, struggling with straight manning, when to break the rules, and more.
Oscar Montoya joins Gilli Nissim to discuss transitioning from drama to comedy, short form vs long form, commitment, teamwork, and audience expectations.
Rekha Shankar joins Andy Bustillos to discuss Cash Cab, hosting Kaleidoscope, approaches to unknown cultural references and how improv has affected her writing for television.
Lui Vega joins Molly Gaebe to discuss The Terry Withers Mysteries, favorite improv character names, feelings around being added to an existing team and speak out on gondolas.
Molly Gaebe joins Gary Richardson to discuss auditioning, Harold team Women and Men and a particular favorite kind of group game.
Gary Richardson joins John Timothy to discuss getting his start in Chicago, Lloyd team Rizzo, character work and the evolution of taking risks.
John Timothy joins Rekha Shankar to discuss his love of organic, thematic class, learning the rules first so you can break them and his upcoming movie The Third Party.
2nd Beats are an important part of the Harold format. Nick Mandernach sits down with Ronnie Adrian, James Mastraieni, and Sarah Claspell to discuss their different approaches to nailing down yhe 2nd beat!
Oscar Montoya joins Kirby Howell-Baptiste to discuss finding your voice, organic versus structure, catching the improv bug and together shoutout players they admire.
Kirby Howell-Baptiste joins Casey Feigh to discuss starting with a new Harold team, slow improv, coaching and together offer advice. Recorded in Los Angeles.
Eugene Cordero joins Casey Feigh to discuss why it's important to work with one's own generation, making strong choices on stage, holding onto words of encouragement and sticking to one game during a scene.
Casey Feigh joins Tara Copeland to discuss influences, writing on stage, favorite exercises and the acting-focused improv show ‘This Show Is Not Funny.’
In this week's episode, the long-form conversation returns to Los Angeles with Tara Copeland joined by guest host Londale Theus Jr. to discuss playing fiercely as a woman, musical improv, and using short-form to help your long-form.
Andy Bustillos joins this week’s guest host Jeff Hiller to discuss leaving music to pursue improv (again), getting past anxiety, the importance of outside influences to draw from in scenes, and using body language for a character.
Jeff Hiller joins this week’s guest host Chet Siegel to discuss the early days training at UCB, detail-oriented object work, getting to play characters outside of one’s type and examine his various experiences with musical improv.
Chet Siegel joins this week’s guest host Jerah Milligan to discuss playing a wide range of characters, why a quiet room doesn’t inherently equal a bad scene, the difference between weekend team and Harold team audiences, the club sandwich form and the influence of Joe Wengert.
Jerah Milligan joins this week’s guest host Maritza Montanez to discuss performing with Astronomy Club, The Spokane form, playing aggressively and supporting on the back line.
Maritza Montanez joins this week’s guest host Joey Price to discuss recently joining Lloyd night, playing with empathy, hosting Kaleidoscope, and one’s own personal judgement of the unusual thing.
First, Will Hines sits with Jonny Meeks to talk about his new book "How to Be the Greatest Improviser on Earth." Then, Will welcomes Mary Sasson, Nick Mandernach, and Alex Berg for a round table discussion about coaching improv teams.
Timmy Wood’s DCM novel tradition lives on! This exquisite corpse-style novel has been a staple of recent DCMs, and four of Timmy’s closest friends come together to pay tribute and read (aka improvise) the DCM 18 novel live! Featuring AJ Patton, Lui Vega, Bill DiPiero, Devin Ritchie and Nathan Russell.
Erik Tanouye, School Manager for the NY Training Center, invites Ray Cordova, Alex Song and Lou Gonzalez to discuss their experience with the diversity program. This informative episode looks at what is available to new and returning students with diverse backgrounds including scholarships, jams and meet-ups. Also, the panel talks about each of their own unique perspectives starting out at UCB. Recorded live during the 18th annual Del Close Marathon.
The pattern game is an essential tool for students and performers of the Harold. But what’s the RIGHT way to do the pattern game? 4 Pattern-game zealots, Kevin Hines, Shaun Diston, Nick Mandernach and Jake Regal, come together to discuss and defend their distinct version of the pattern game, and settle this issue FOREVER. Recorded live during the 18th annual Del Close Marathon in New York City.
Londale Theus Jr. joins this week’s guest host Paul Welsh to discuss being introduced to improv by his father, adding strategic support moves, and becoming less precious about doing things right and just playing.
Paul Welsh joins this week’s guest host Billy Merritt to discuss doing what you want to do, having a compelling scene for your game, and going back to your root exercises.
Billy Merritt joins this week’s guest Dhruv Uday Singh to discuss answering the "question" with justification, the atomic harold, and going beyond the obvious jokes.
Dhruv Uday Singh joins this week’s guest host Beth Appel to discuss learning new things, returning to the base reality, and the difference between persistence and tenacity.
Beth Appel joins this week’s guest host Dan Black to discuss not playing coy, being strategic with your auditions, and rising from the ashes after being cut.
Joey Price joins this week’s guest Lou Gonzalez to discuss the straight man technique, comedy writing, their mutual love for cage match and Everyone’s Favorite Game Show. This week’s episode will conclude the second round of the LaRonde in New York City, and next week will pick up back up in Los Angeles.
Lou Gonzalez joins this week’s guest host Lily Du to discuss performing and teaching improv overseas in Denmark, thoughts on the pattern game versus organic openings, diversity and why great improv comes from individuals with different points of view converging and creating something together.
Lily Du joins this week’s guest host Frank Garcia-Hejl to discuss her love for 2 Square with Peter Grosz and John Lutz, the influence that ASP ‘Suck My Dick II’ with Shannon O’Neill had on her, returning to Lloyd night after getting cut and Billy Merritt’s theory of types of players: pirates, robots and ninjas.
Frank Garcia-Hejl joins this week’s guest host Natasha Vaynblat to discuss teaching all three of the Upright Citizens Brigade Training Center’s curriculums (improv, sketch and character), using the monoscene form with UCBTNY house team Bucky, finding impressions, and doing good work while still having fun. Plus, check out USA’s First Impressions premiering tomorrow, May 10, for a chance to see Frank compete in the impressionist competition show.
In this week’s episode, Long-Form Conversations returns to New York City for it’s second round of the LaRonde with Natasha Vaynblat joined by Alex Song returning as guest host! Together they discuss Natasha seeing Death by Roo Roo live at her college, improvising as a character, exploring narrative writing, and the sliding doors form.
On today’s special episode, Artistic Director of The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre NY, Shannon O'Neill, is joined by former AD Nate Dern to discuss the history of DCM, offer a behind the scenes look into planning the ever growing event, and together offer favorite past marathon experiences.
Dan Black joins this week’s guest host Ronnie Adrian to discuss moving to LA, professional wrestling, being Dan Black while playing a character and the importance of first beats.
Ronnie Adrian joins this week’s guest host Mary Holland to discuss acting naturally, being an emotional player, the hilarity of a bad idea and praising Casey Feigh on pretty much everything he does.
Mary Holland joins this week’s guest host Mike Still to discuss randos, the importance of trust, the flow of communication with the audience and calling out what you're feeling.
Mike Still joins the first ever Long-Form Conversations from Los Angeles, guest hosted by Johnny Meeks! Like the improv form, today’s guest Mike Still is going to be the host of the next episode and his guest will become the host of the next episode and on and on. Each week will offer a one time only host/guest paring, feature amazing improvisors from both coasts and as always incredibly nerdy conversations about improv! On today’s debut, Mike discusses his earliest UCB experience, Star Wars references, how narrative works, and advice for young improvisers.
Alex Song joins this week’s guest host Lauren Adams to discuss sharing a stage at The Lady Jam, moving from writing to performing, getting pumped up with Smash Mouth and building her improv "dream team".
Lauren Adams joins this week’s guest host James III to discuss starting as an apprentice, finding joy in musical improv, getting into the mess and discovering what she thinks is funny in the scene.
James III joins this week’s guest host Carrie McCrossen to discuss starting out in theatre, diversity, clowning with commedia dell'arte and not saying "no".
Carrie McCrossen joins this week’s guest host Don Fanelli to discuss musical theatre, auditioning, Harold team Good Girl, the audience and The Improvised Play.
In our second installment, Ian Roberts, co-founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade, continues with a lecture, Q & A, and discussion on the topic of "rules" vs. "no rules" in improv comedy. Recorded live at UCB Sunset in Los Angeles, CA.
Ian Roberts, co-founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade, hosted a lecture, Q & A, and discussion on the topic of "rules" vs. "no rules" in improv comedy. It is Ian's position that rules are necessary for teaching, learning, and practicing improv and any other discipline. Listen along as Ian presents his argument and engages with the audience. Recorded live at UCB Sunset in Los Angeles, CA.
In our second installment, Chris Gethard with hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel answer more listener submitted questions and together discuss the overlap between performing improv and stand up, getting out of your head and trusting your scene partner, depression, (), actually saying yes, a secret improv move revealed, and Gethard is given an open forum to say whatever he wants.
Chris Gethard joins hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel to answer listener submitted questions in this special two part series. Together, they discuss Chris’s history teaching at UCB, the legacy of Anthony King, psychological tactics used while coaching fwand, improvising for Adam McKay, working with Tami Sagher, the line between great and terrible harolds and a call to action: don’t play it safe, get weird and go bigger.
Joanna Bradley joins hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel to discuss a career track to becoming a lawyer, why improv classes can be helpful for sketch curriculum, indie team Spooky Ghost, Harold team Namaste, playing with Death By Roo Roo, Improvised Seinfeld, the wisdom of Anthony King and why quote don’t play characters end quote.
Brian Faas joins hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel to discuss interviewing Matt Besser and Matt Walsh for his college newspaper, Harold teams: Tantrum, The Fucking Kennedys, Scootch, Bastian and weekend team The Law Firm, teaching genre classes, musical improv, giving hard notes with positivity and back line etiquette.
Caroline Cotter joins hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel to discuss her development as an improviser while in advanced study, Harold teams Rocks, Big Margaret, Higgins, having catch phrases, working with a consistent coach, hosting the improv jam, and being a monster person.
Dru Johnston joins hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel to discuss completing Level 101-501 in a year, Google chat sessions before Harold teams announcements, moving from Sandino to Grandma’s Ashes, the year of the blog, advice on how to take notes and sketches from an Italian restaurant.
Karin Louise Hammerberg joins hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel to discuss starting out in Washington DC, becoming part of the community, Harold teams Mr. Crime/Surfing/Guthrie/Grammar, "This Is Going to Hurt", music review club and pen tricks.
Michael Hartney joins hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel to discuss player styles, 30 Harolds in 30 days, the American Comedy Institute, incorporating aspects of sketch performance into improv, shamelessness and the journey from from Improv 101 to house team in 10 years.
Lydia Hensler joins hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel to discuss longest running Harold team Bastian, practice standards, the Mental Health Players, overcoming nerves, and developing her own form: Tangential Harolds.
Will Hines returns in this bonus episode to examine LA versus NYC with hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel. Will offers up his unique perspective having recently moved to Los Angles after being a part of UCB in New York for 17 years. Together, they discuss a mutual respect between the coasts, how relying on a car for transportation lends it self to more props, what the 2 coasts can learn from each other and more!
Caitlin Bitzegaio joins hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel to discuss getting started at UCB in 2006, an unusual classmate in her Sketch 101, the auditioning process and Apollo making the jump form Lloyd to Harold night.
Achilles Stamatelaky joins hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel to discuss starting out as an intern, pursuing writing comedy, Harold team auditions and a story about hanging up on the artistic director.
Keisha Zollar joins hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel to discuss her involvement in UCB’s diversity program, Doppelgänger’s infamous run at cage match, going to James Lipton’s house, Lloyd team Astronomy Club and an indie improv show called ‘God Tastes Like Chicken.’
Craig Rowin joins hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel to discuss Harold team Twelve Thousand Dollars, performing improv with Robin Williams, “the Buccaneer” and working on Adult Swim’s Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell.
Guest Terry Withers joins hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel to discuss how seeing Reuben Williams got him hooked on improv, Terry’s play ‘Heart Split In Two’, internet antics, Terry’s short-form competition show, Sandino and becoming a father.
This week, Nicole Drespel sits down as a guest and joining Shaun Diston is special guest co-host, Will Hines! Together, they discuss what led Nicole from a possible pursuit in shakespearian studies to improv, how she navigated getting involved with the UCB community, first Harold team memories and what it takes to be a good teacher and/or coach.
Guest Matt Mayer joins hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel to discuss starting out in entertainment as a mascot, transitioning from stand-up to improv, committing to the scene, and stories from the trenches of Harold Night.
Guest Cathryn Mudon joins hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drepel to discuss harold auditioning, cage match memories, hosting the Kaleidoscope and the park bench of truth exercise. Also, a memorable show at a sushi restaurant booked by a futurist named Elvis.
This week, Jackie Jennings joins hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel to discuss the influence of long form in the early aughts for college improv teams, your first harold team, play styles and when Jackie felt part of the UCB community. Also, an infamous email is read regarding ideas for a team name.
In our debut episode, 15 year veteran improvisor, teacher and UCB associate academic supervisor Kevin Hines joins your new hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel. Together, they discuss Kevin’s early days coming up at UCB, the indie scene, coaching and answer questions from you the (longtime) fans!
In this mini episode, new hosts Shaun Diston and Nicole Drespel discuss what to look forward to with the return of the podcast. Including carrying the torch forward as the next generation, interview each other about their personal histories, shed some tears and get mad.
In this episode our guest is Christian Capozzoli, performer on the Harold team Bucky, co-founder/creator of the 4 Square show/form and one of the most popular coaches/teachers in NYC! Listen to him tell tales of discovering improv, coming up at the Magnet, coming up again at UCB and some of his own personal take on how to improve your improv scenes! (Slightly embarrassing note: one of the hosts -- me, Will Hines -- realized he had completely forgotten that he was meeting out of town friends for dinner and weirdly vanishes halfway through this podcast! Yep! My apologies to CC for weirdly running out!)
Enjoy the New Year of 2014 with a new episode featuring Benjamin Apple. Longtime writer for the Maude Team Onassis, writer for Jimmy Fallon, brand-new member of the Harold team The Regulars and also just a long-time devotee of UCB and improv. Hear his cerebral musings on improv and comedy and sketch! Fun!
We interview Shaun Diston! Shaun is a long-time student and performer in the UCB system. He just recently got re-placed onto a house team (The Lloyd team Musk). He talks about his work in becoming one of the most respected coaches and teachers in the UCB system. SWAG. I'm not actually sure of the correct way to use that word, but it's used in a lot of Facebook posts about Shaun.
Today we interview Connor Ratliff. He's a member of The Stepfathers and Stone Cold Fox and a featured player on The Chris Gethard Show. He talks about his rise up through the UCB ranks, and his obsessive collecting tendencies and intense class experiences and his acting background and his story of getting cast and then uncast from Band of Brothers!
Hey, we interview the podcast intern Cipha Sounds! How did one of the most prominent hip-hop radio DJs in the country get interesting long-form improv? What does he do to get out of mental blocks? What's it like founding and running one of the coolest shows at the theatre (TAKE IT PERSONAL)? How have things changed for him in his years (that's right, years) here? How does he feel about being the intern to the far less successful John Frusciante and Will Hines?
John and Will interview SNL's Josh Patten and talk about: jokes! Washington DC improv! competitive streaks! And a great new bit about Devious Maids or something!
We return for Season 2 of our podcast! Our guest is Matt Besser, co-founder of the UCB Theatre to discuss the newly-published UCB Comedy Improvisation Manual. The book has been available for just over a week at the time we recorded this podcast and John and Will talk with Matt about: the goals of the book, how it came about, the process of writing it and what we think it brings to the table of improv theory.
We interview Pat Baer who has studied, worked and performed at UCB-NY for ten years! He promotes his show "404ing It" as well as tells stories of improvising with Robin Williams, teching the writer's strike SNL show and picking Gambit to be on his "fictional character" Harold Team.
We interview Brandon Gardner both because he's an interesting guest and because it helps him check off yet another "UCBT box" to go along with: indie team (Big Tobacco), Harold Team (Bastian), Weekend Team (Reuben Williams, Curfew), another weekend team (Let's Have A Ball), founding a weekend show (Improv Nerds), teaching, TourCo -- all while staying an intimidating level of being in shape.
We talk to The Daily Show's Zhubin Parang about failure, jealousy, resentment, ego and improv! Hear mercilessly assess his improv career (mostly him being merciless but a little bit us)! Plus a few mysterious references to Cipha Sound's tour of Italy via Segway!
This week we welcome Ben Rameaka, member of the UCBEast house improv team Airwolf. We discuss improv, acting, getting tough notes, New England and how doing improv is sometimes like watching the train times fall into place on a split-flap display board (yep, that's what those are called).
Who podcasts the podcasters? Well, for today, we do. Because of last-minute scheduling scramble we interview one of the two co-hosts: John Frusciante! Learn about his insane brush with near-improv-fame at the tender age of 19, and hear the story of Project Improviser!
Long-time Maude Night writer Geoff Garlock joins us to discuss: his time playing in hardcore/grindcore bands, young days in CT acting, knowing how many Dario Argento references one can get away with in a script, marriage, insecurity and more! John Frisciante and I interrupt sometimes, and Cipha Sounds makes sure it gets recorded RIGHT. Keaton Patti took the picture.
Let's hear from someone who's just been added to the UCB system: our guest is Martha Hearn, brand new addition to Lloyd Night! Hear about being raised on South Park, South Carolina, Chicago and the stunning reveal that there has been a baby in the room the entire time!
Come on people now and check out the amazing Laura Willcox! Of the Harold teams Bucky, Very Good Kiss and The Opera! From Lapcox! From the Maude team Bellevue! Will forces in some bit of acting like he's John's dad! YOU CAN'T MISS IT.
The amazingly affable John Murray, of Death by Roo Roo and Bastian and Stone Cold Fox steps up to the mike! The microphone. I mean he is the guest on this pdcast.
Ben Warheit, of the Lloyd team Spooky Ghost, of the Above Average web series Waco Valley, and of his own tumblr micro-blog of post-it note cartoons (imbenwarheit.tumblr.com) joins us to discuss being a graceful middle schooler, the University of Delware and different long-form openings. Anthony Atamanuik is here as a guest co-host as John Frusciante is out of state searching for America.
More Grandma's Ashes this week as we interview Brandon Scott Jones! He wore an Orioles hat during this podcast and kept rotating to different orientations on his head and it was funny.
Our guest this week is Morgan Jarrett (Grandma's Ashes, Ragnarock)! Improv! Love languages! The jam! Morgan gives us her thoughts on her time learning and performing improv! Get it!
We interview Aaron Jackson, the hilarious improviser from Sandino and Salmon Diane and from Maude Teams which do not include the Maude team Gramps. Happy New Year!
This episode's guest is Siobhan Thompson, a performer from the UCB-NY Maude team The Prom. Siobhan talks about being on Maude Night, her shows with her sketch group The Charlies, as well as the stress of auditions, the fun of The League of Gentlemen and reveals that she knows all the running gags of this podcasts better than its hosts.
John Frusciante interviews Matt Little, improv stalwart of the legendery improv indie group Thank You, Robot!
We talk with the handsomest man in Hackensack, Don Fanelli, about improv teams and improv classes and his journey from Lehigh frat guy / engineering student to stalwart of the UCB improv scene. We do some improv and sing a little Depeche Mode.
Our nerdiest episode ever? We discuss general "doing improv" theory -- initiations, heightening, second beats. And for this we interview Achilles Stamatelaky, currently of the UCB East weekend team Airwolf. We did not bring on Achilles to hear his personal improv journey -- in fact, we refuse to (although it is interesting). Instead we brought him on because Achilles has seen probably as much Harold Night and Asssscat as any current UCB performer. So we figured he'd know stuff. We do a pattern game in this podcast for pete's sake.
We talk with Abra Tabak, the warn and hilarious improviser from Grandma's Ashes. We talk about her awesome improv 101 teacher, her indie team Thank You Robot, her thoughts about people who do not behave on stage ("weinersauruses") and her own very cool podcast, "Make Yourselves Comfy."
Our guest is Elaine Carroll, the creator/star of the hit web series Very Mary-Kate (verymarykate.com), as well as the director of the UCB-NY sketch team Onassis, and a frequent performer/writer in many UCB videos/shows.
Tim Martin, member of UCB East weekend team Airwolf, talks about his improv history including some memories of old-school Del Close Marathon shows and working as a journalist in Washington, DC. Hey, also this is the return UCB podcast returns with a new name and new address but with the same long, rambling improv nerd discussions. New name is 'UCB Long-Form Conversations' and the new address will let the creators track statistics which we are curious about.
Our guest is Matt Besser, one of the UCB and co-founders of the theatre that gave birth to this very podcast. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We interview John Gemberling from Death by Roo Roo! We interview him in a classroom! Then in a kitchenette! Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We interview Fran Gillespie, member of The Law Firm, Stone Cold Fox, ASSSSCAT regular, and every other group that has ever been at the theatre. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We interview Mike Still of Death by Roo Roo. He brought sandwiches. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We talk to recent Chicago transplant Jordan Klepper about his comedy past, the differences between Chicago and New York and his intense love of 9/11 humor. That last part is not true. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We interview Ian Roberts, one of the UCB4 and founders of this theater. We had some technical hiccups with recording a phone conversation so a few sections sound murky but the interview is great and interesting and worth straining your ears through those sections! Enjoy. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We interview Neil Casey, member of Death by Roo Roo, Krompfh, The Two Man Movie and much more. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
John interviews Leslie Meisel, one of the best actresses you ever gonna see, son! Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We interview longtime UCBT performer and teacher Michael Delaney. We talk forever because Delaney is interesting. Enjoy. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We interview two of the writers from Matt Besser's new Comedy Central show "This Show Will Get You High." Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We interview Dyna Moe, comedian/illustrator who recently published "Mad Men: The Illustrated World." We talk about, and her work the improvised Movie form as well as what it's like to have been doing improv at UCBT since the 1920s. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
John interviews the creators of espn.com's Pretty Good Sports show (UCBT people). Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We interview the new improv power trio Doppelganger! Nicole Byer, Sasheer Zamata and Keisha Zollar talk about Cagematch, organic edits, and how race affects improv scenes. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
A live podcast, with special guests Matt Walsh and Kevin Mullaney. Because of a technical error, the last 10 minutes of this podcast were not recorded! You miss some cool questions from audience members, and for that you have our apologies! Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
Interview with Chelsea Clarke! Recorded a week before the 2010 Del Close Marathon and released hilariously late! Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
John and Will did not have time to record a full podcast. Instead they promote a few shows then record themselves walking from the training center to the theatre and talk about whether or not people should point to the back line to indicate who they want in the scene with them. That's what they talk about! Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We talk to Chris Gethard about being bored at Rutgers, the Joe Ross Tribe, Arsenal, Optimist International, teaching, coaching and a bunch of other stuff! Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We talk with some of the writers and actors from the recent web video hit BP Spills Coffee. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We interview John Lutz - member of 4 Square, featured actor on 30 Rock and writer for Saturday Night Live. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
This week's guest Anthony King, artistic director of the UCB Theatre in New York, discusses improv and theatre and a bunch of other stuff! Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We talk to Jon Gabrus of The Law Firm about that group's new weekend show. And a bunch of other nonsense! Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We interview Zach Woods, member of The Stepfathers, The Shoves, Dillinger -- fresh off his stint on NBC's The Office. Though like good improv nerds we talk more about Harolds. And shows! Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
Billy Merritt joins us to talk about the earliest days of UCB in NYC, the creation and evolution of The Swarm, making a million shows and forms all while believing himself to be live on a radio show. Plus John and Will ramble about this week's shows. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
James and Jessica Allen discuss their new sketch show, what it's like for a married couple to collaborate on improv and sketch, and then talk about the history of their respective improv groups Mother and Neutrino. Another unapologetic walk down old-school UCBT-NY history. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
An interview with former UCBT-NY School Director / Artistic Director Kevin Mullaney. This is our first podcast conducted over Skype! Audio quality is mostly great and occasionally hilarious. Check out Kevin's podcast at http://podcast.improvresourcecenter.com/ and his improv blog at http://www.kevinmullaney.com/ Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We interview Charlie Todd from Improv Everywhere / Reuben Williams! Will's mike was lame so he sounds like he was in a bathtub but everything else about this is great! Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
A lost podcast! John and Erik recorded this a few weeks ago but Will, angry at being left out, put off editing it until just this second. They interview Todd Bieber and talk about the re-launch of ucbcomedy.com. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
A group of Harold Team members discuss what their auditions were like. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We talk to Anthony Atamanuik of Death by Roo Roo! Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We interview Dave Hill from Big in Japan and then discuss what we like in sketch shows! Plus shows at the theater this week! Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
Shows! John Flynn and Michael Hartney of Same Sextacular! Then John and Will ramble forever about openings in improv shows! Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
This one is 56 minutes long! Sheesh! Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
Shows this week at 0:00, Shannon O'Neill interview at 5:04, Shameless Reminiscing about 161 West 22nd street at 28:38 Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
0:00 - shows this week 9:45 - Interview with Andy Rocco. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
Show length: 44:24. Shows this week at 0:00. Interview with Guy Patton starts at 12:53. Discussion of improv code of conduct 25:03. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
We talk about shows! (at the beginning) We interview two of the creators of Tupac: The Musical - Evan Greenspoon and Corey Johnson! (at 9:45) And we ramble about how demanding non-improv careers affect improvisers! Even though we do not HAVE demanding non-improv careers, we talk about it anyway. (at 22:25) Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
Shows this week at 0:00 Interview with Andree Vermeulen and Jim Santangeli at 11:27. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
Interview with Gavin Speiller of Beneath Gristedes. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
An interview with Nick Ross. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast
An interview with Justin Tyler of the sketch group Sidecar. Originally published on the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York Podcast