What kind of benefits could a performer get when they travel for comedy?

In this episode, Alex and Sarah discuss their experiences with traveling to perform and the best ways to take jump into another city's scene when you do venture out.

And we're back!

Alex and Sarah continue their conversation with Leslie Nesbit about sketch comedy and its importance in comedy ecosphere.

Spoiler alert: This won't be the last of Leslie. :-)

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The Box's house team, The Show, is having auditions on Saturday, 6/22/24, so Alex and Sarah interrupt the Leslie Nesbit two-parter to bring you a special episode full of tips and tricks for nailing your improv audition.

Plus a bonus: Sarah breaks down the going thoughts on how to get booked for stand-up shows, especially at Dry Heat.

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Have we been missing the 3rd heat all along?! From the world of sketch comedy, Alex and Sarah welcome Leslie Nesbit, a long time performer and current member of both The Doodles sketch group and The Box's house improv team, The Show. The three discuss the overlap and differences between their individual corners of the comedy world.

We had so much fun with Leslie that we had to break up this episode into two parts, so the rest comes next week!

We heard what the stand-up folks online think of improv, so shouldn't hear from the other side?

In this week's episode, we find out what the Reddit improv community think about stand-ups.

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Most people do either stand-up OR improv but today we have a guest who does both: Tito Dameron.

Join Alex and Sarah as they pick Tito's brain about how he juggles both arts and how he feels they differ from each other.

Also featuring an improvised speech about banning blue ball point pens and a riff on becoming a cat lady.

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How do stand-up comedians go from blank page to the stage? Where do joke ideas come from? What makes a joke punchy? In this week's episode, Alex and Sarah go through the process of creating a joke from scratch.

Featuring an improvised speech about witch houses and a riff on what to do with big strong men.

Big shout out to comedian, Chuck Parker, for letting us dig into a joke of his.

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And check out what The Box and Dry Heat have going on each weekend in Albuquerque, NM

Why are stand-ups SO mean to improvisers? In this episode Alex and Sarah dig deep into a reddit thread that'll really open your eyes

What's worse: Bad improv or bad stand up? Should your improv team name feature a pun? Who can wear shorts on stage? In this episode Alex and Sarah explore these questions and more.

Also featuring an improvised speech about the animals that should've been kicked off the ark and riff about the best bumper stickers.

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What do you do when you're not doing comedy? How do you stay sharp in the in-between times? In this episode, Alex and Sarah explore these questions and more

Also featuring an improvised speech about animated food and a riff on living in a TV show

Also also! Did you notice wonky audio in past episodes? Well, we fixed that.

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