The After Improv Podcast

Quintin Hicks, improvisor, actor, teacher and Second City alumnus, joins the gang this week and gets into the everyday highs and lows of a life in improv and acting. He talks about how he got started, the break he took from improv and more: How it all began/ Friends forever/ The good half/ Quintin’s real first name/ Familia/ In Living Color/ Fish Dinner III?/ No wrong turns/ First impressions/ Second City Novi/ On break/ The moving pictures/ Make way for “The King”/ Homeless/ Mr. Hicks/ Improv today/ It’s a living/ Going, going gone?/ Heather and Quintin’s Bigfoot bonding/ Jobs corner/ Heather's non-movie reviews/ John’s Fact of the Week. Comments - @tonyaugusty

In Part II of our 2015 Detroit Improv Festival extravaganza, the gang talks about the shows they saw, the afterparties and more. Be sure to check out Part I for interviews with Nancy Hayden and Jaime Moyer. But listen to Part II for this: DIF Virgins (sort of)/ Detroit Creativity Project show at the YMCA/ Rockamatic/ Jim the volunteer/ RAAR/ Bamboo Kids Club/ One-Quarter Bruce/ Two-Man No-Show/ Jim the Betrayer/ The Bearded Men/ Melissa!?/ Daang Judy Dench/ Joe Hingelberg/ Heather’s exclusive interviews preview/ The final? Matt Naas Singalong Singers show/ The Friday afterparty/ What we’re about/ The Hooray Show podcast/ Gayle/ Human Amusements/ Presto Change-O/ The 313/ Mama’s Boy/ Here/ The Can Man Incident/ Jim gets a new job!/ John gets fired!/ John’s Fact-Slash-Advertisement of the Week. Comments or whatever: @tonyaugusty

The 2015 Detroit Improv Festival is in the books, and the gang is here to relive it with you in a two-part extravaganza. In Part I, we talk to two stars of DIF, Nancy Hayden and Jaime Moyer. Both are alums of Second City Detroit, current members of 313 and Mama’s Boy, and both were nice enough to take the time to talk to us: Here’s how it went: ** Nancy Hayden ** A star is cast/ Forming Planet Ant/ Getting some class/ There and back again / Second City vs. Detroit /Early influences /Auditioning for Second City /A writer’s life/ An EXCLUSIVE! /Secrets to success/ Women and improv / **Jaime Moyer** /DIF 2015/ Tony’s confession/ Fear of a yes and/ The Culture of Yes/ Our first plug/ Planet Ant West/ Back to DIF/ A family thing/ Auditioning /Writing / The “Prayers for Bobby” story/ No Fritters allowed/ Parting advice. Comments or whatever: @tonyaugusty and @ultimatejohnyar

The gang reads their scripts from Week 2 of their Planet Ant comedy writing class. Listen to Episode 3 for this week's regular episode. Our task: Write a satirical scene. We all failed.

Colony Fest 2015, Planet Ant's annual improv competition, is in the books, and the gang is here to give you the rundown on how it went and who won the grand prize: A sketch show directed by Mike McGettigan! We were there every night and even performed as a troupe (spoiler: we didn't win) for pretty much the first time. Learn about that, and more: A scary moth / The Wizard, The Warrior and The Maiden True / Round 1 breakdown / Jim Harper is sidelined / Finals breakdown: First up, Jalopy / Reclassify Pluto / Seven Minutes in Heaven/ Jetski Wedding / An award for Emily / And the winner is… / Jim’s job / Happy Anniversary! / John’s Fact of the Week / Jim’s Terrible Segment of the Week

Detroit improvisor Audra Jantz joins the gang this week to talk about her appearance on another podcast, The Beginning Of The End on WDET. On that episode, Audra (anonymously) and her then-boyfriend (still anonymous) are interviewed in the midst of the breakup of a three-plus-year relationship. Audra was worried this episode would be too depressing, but she needs to understand that life is a sad, depressing crawl to the finish with but a few slivers of happiness to break up the monotony. Here’s how it all breaks down: After The Beginning Of The End Improv together, improv apart Reaction to the podcast She and He talk Her and Him Future lawyer of America Improv-ement For God's sake Culiny Fest The Jaime Moyer workshop Name-dropping Has Audra even been punched in the face? Cancer scare A not-so-secret crush Heather’s hysterical pregnancy Heather’s movie review Jim’s Terrible Segment of the Week. Comments or whatever: @tonyaugusty

It’s a brand-new season, and the group welcomes the esteemed Mike McGettigan, member of the Planet Ant home team, award-winning playwright and actor, and teacher extraordinaire. Mike talks about his journey as a father, improvisor, and artist while offering a brief history of the Detroit improv scene. All this and more: Mike’s Yes And moment, Keegan-Michael Key & Mike, Detroit improv in the 1990s, For the wife is dark and full of terrors, The Family McGettigan, Seventh Heaven, The Second City years, Writing versus improvising, Taking a break, Planet Ant vs. Go! Comedy (not really), The student becomes the master, The future, Mike’s secret rich-guy plan, Mike tells Heather Anonymous what movie to watch.

The Night Jon Drove Old Hovitch Down, Love and Improv, Let the mind f*ckery commence!; Improvised fighting, The fisher king, How deep is their love, Mind f*ckery, Part II, Jon and his Mom and the Star Trek Con, A final bit of mind f*ckery, Heather reviews “Hot Girls Wanted”, Yar’s fact of the week, What Jim is into this week

Matt’s scene 2, John’s scene 3, Heather’s scene 3, Heather’s sense of humor is discussed, Jim’s scene 3

Get to know Matt, Prized profession, Matt is self-conscious, Shout-out to Reclassify Pluto, Eyes like puppies, Tony seems to know a lot about cam girls, Harold and Seinfeld Heather’s secret agenda, Matt the almost journalist, Pitches, Jim doesn’t know how to hug, Matt’s quick Dave Coulier story