Other Than Improv

Ep. 17 PBIF Instructors T.J. Mannix   https://www.palmbeachimprovfestival.com/getting-out-of-your-head/   https://www.palmbeachimprovfestival.com/face-the-interactive-sound-with-tj-mannix/ About T.J. T.J. Mannix has been a performer, voice over artist, teacher, and improvisor in NYC for 21 years.  He was on one of the first Harold teams at the UCB, studying with Amy Poehler, Matt Walsh, and Armando Diaz. ...

https://www.palmbeachimprovfestival.com/scenes-from-the-heart-with-amy-improv-u About Amy Chief Adventure Officer – The Adventure Project A seasoned improvisational theater performer of more than 15 years, Amy Angelilli also teaches classes for the stage and facilitates workshops for real world personal and professional application. She is a graduate of Philadelphia’s ComedySportz...

https://www.palmbeachimprovfestival.com/duo-improv-dynamics-or-killing-it-with-yo-best-friend/ About Jeff Jeff has been performing since 2003. He has trained and performed at some of the biggest comedy theaters including iO Chicago, The Magnet Theater, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre NYC, The Peoples Improv Theater NYC, The Annoyance Theatre Chicago, Second City and more....

Aural Training with James

About James

James Rushin is a composer, pianist, bassist, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, improviser, and music director in New York City. James started in musical theater when he Music Directed Cabaret at age 13 and has since MD’d over 40 musicals, including, most recently: We Will Not Be Silent (NYMF commission), Arbender Robinson and Anastacia McCleskey (54 Below), Island Song (NYC Premiere performance), Blank: the Musical (Broadway Comedy Club). Some of his all time favorite credits include: First Date (Pittsburgh CLO), Walken On Sunshine (Off Broadway, Music Director, Composer, Pianist), Anyone Can Whistle (CMU), Off With Her Maidenhead (MD, Composer, CMU), Baby Wants Candy (National and International Tours), Limboland, and La Donna Improvissata.

His work as a musician has taken him around the world as well, finding his groove as composer, lyricist, orchestrator, and/or Music Director in hip hop (Billy Pilgrim), Soul (Lyndsey Smith and Soul Distribution), Jazz (Ronnie Burrage, Tim Price), Country (Maddie Georgi), Rock (Ribbons), Reggae (Rasta Rafiki), Folk/Indie (Starbird and the Phoenix), Pop (Dylan White), Irish (violin duo Sephira), and Funk music (Jimbo and the Soupbones). He has been an integral part

of acts opening for Bon Jovi, The Deftones, Tower of Power, and Nicki Minaj, This Will Destroy You, and featured on shows like CMT’s Music City Madness.

As teacher/coach, he has taught workshops and classes at over 15 different improv theaters, including his hometown of Pittsburgh’s Arcade Comedy Theater. He has also been a member of the core creative team and faculty at Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts Academy and held teaching jobs at Point Park University, West Virginia University, and Valley Forge Christian College. He presently coaches musical theater students at New York Vocal Coaching with

Arbender Robinson (star of Broadway’s Book of Mormon, Beautiful, The Lion King).

His improv coaching focuses on identifying your strengths and building your awareness of cause/effect to create rich storytelling and strong, memorable characters, every time you step on stage. His vocal coaching focuses on ear training and facility with the instrument so that we are always in control of our melodies the way we are in control of our speech.

About Steve

Steve Cobb enjoys working with many different improv groups, including: Bonita City Improv, Gene Pool Party Improv, Musical Swords Improv and New and Improv’d Teen Improv.   He is a co-founding member and performer, as well as show-runner,  for Bonita City Improv, a troupe that performs regularly in southwest Florida.  He is also co-founder and member of the group Gene Pool Party, an all-form musical improv troupe made up of dads and their real life teen daughters.  Gene Pool Party has performed at improv festivals throughout the state of Florida, including the Miami Improv Festival and the Palm Beach Improv Festival.  Steve also teaches adult and youth improv, and coaches and hosts both teen and adult improv and variety shows.  He currently coaches the advanced performance teen improv group at the Naples Players, in Naples Florida.  Steve’s passion for improv has him attending and performing in several workshops and festivals across the country throughout the year.   By day, Steve works as an appraiser for a large insurance company.