Tara Defrancisco is a former member of the Second City Touring Company. She performs and teaches for iO Theater and ComedySportz in Chicago. She discusses several exercises she uses in her classes and workshops.

IRC Podcast 2010-03-10 Tara Defrancisco

Kevin Mullaney, Artistic Director of Under The Gun Theater, interviews improvisors to find out what exercises and techniques they use in their improv rehearsals and classes. Also known as the IRC Podcast.

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This week our guest is Celeste Pechous, teacher at Second City in LA and at BGB Studios. We talk about the importance of supporting your fellow players, coaching seniors vs coaching teens, and pitching sketches.   Subscribe in iTunes For more episodes visit ircpodcast.com Find out more about Dosage Improv. Please consider supporting the IRC podcast at patreon.com/mullaney Kevin Mullaney's Improv Boot Camp in NYC in August 2017 Classes at the Improv Resource Center   

IRC Podcast 2017-07-19 Celeste Pechous

Nick Armstrong, camp director of Camp Improv Utopia, is our guest this episode. He is the Artistic Director at Mi's Westside Comedy Theater. He talks with host Kevin Mullaney about the Groundlings's Sunday Company, teaching JTS Brown, the Pack Theater, playing blindfolded, creating a bible for a new team, camp and theimprovnetwork.org.  Subscribe in iTunes For more episodes visit ircpodcast.com Camp Improv Utopia The Improv Network Please consider supporting the IRC podcast at patreon.com/mullaney Kevin Mullaney's Improv Boot Camp in NYC in August 2017 Classes at the Improv Resource Center   

IRC Podcast 2017-07-12 Nick Armstrong

Amey Goerlich talks to Kevin Mullaney about improv exercises and concepts. Amey is the host of the Indie Cagematch in at UCB East and an independent improv teacher in New York. We talk about Krompf, pummeling, improvising with your eyes closed, bad rap warmups, half ideas, button lines, teaching film to 5 year olds, e-Improv, and bonsai tree houses.  Subscribe in iTunes For more episodes visit ircpodcast.com Please consider supporting the IRC podcast at patreon.com/mullaney Find out about Amey Goerlich's workshops at ImprovTrainingHub.com See Amey's  films she made with 5 year olds Kevin Mullaney's upcoming workshops 

IRC Podcast 2016-05-23 Amey Goerlich

Karen Graci is a coach and performer at iO West. We talk about about coaching Harold teams, openings, group games, short form, and Vertical Harolds. She can be seen performing with King Ten at iO West. Special thanks to Camp Improv Utopia East where this podcast was recorded.

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IRC Podcast 2016-04-03 Karen Graci

Jack C Newell is director of the films Close Quarters, How to Build a School in Haiti and Open Tables. He is head of TV, Film & Digital at the Second City Training Center and a graduate of Columbia College Chicago in film/video. We talk about using improv to make movies, the job of the director and his latest feature which seamlessly weaves improv into the fabric of the film.

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IRC Podcast 2010-03-10 Tara Defrancisco

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