The Improviser's Guide Podcast

ICYMI (Due to Technical Difficulties), The Best of The IG 2017 Series featured Donna Kay Yarborough the week of January 1. Her one woman immersive performance, 'Query the Crone' was a part of the Saskatoon Fringe Festival. Hear the complete interview now, with new material, originally a part of the most listened to episode during September 2017, The Expert. Follow @DonnaKaySpeaks on Twitter!

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The final week of The IG Best of 2017 series is here with this uncensored Peter Michael Marino interview. The past twelve months were big ones for @blackoutpete and his one man improvised performance, 'Show Up'. Keep your eye out for him in 2018!

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This edition of The Best of The Improviser's Guide 2017 features Nicole Orabona - immersive theatre extraordinaire. Dig in to the origins of her love for the site-specific world of performance and where she would like to see the art form go moving forward.

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A. Ali Flores has been a fixture in the Orlando, Florida are for three decades. Stand-up, theme parks, fringe festivals, Ali has all the plates spinning and all deeply rooted with a strong improvisational space. Follow @AliFloresComedy on Twitter. Hear the conversation with never before released conversation!

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This summer, April Lavalle (@imatoofbrush on Twitter) gave yours truly a Past-Present-Future Tarot reading. Hear the discussion, including portions of the recording edited out of the original podcast!

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A stream of consciousness take on mythology, Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, and how characters in improv can further impact the performer-audience dynamic.

*Apologies in advance for slips such as '16 years later' vs '16 years ago'.

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This episode brought to you by The I.M.P.R.O.V. Your Character Workshop.

Since 2009, the theatrical ensemble [By The Mummers] has produced music for their productions. Here within, a sampling of holiday delights. This bonus is sponsored by The Improviser's Guide Podcast Patreon page. Donate $20 to Patreon.com/TheImprovisersGuide and receive a copy of HoliDay [By The Mummers], an original conceptual album produced by Matt Harvey.

[By The Mummers] Alumni Featured:

Nora Munde Gustuson

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Aundre Seals

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Frequent contributor Jason Purdy's song, 'Take a Cup', stands at the top of the top of The Improviser's Guide's holiday playlist. Frank talks to Jason a little bit about the process in putting it all together, and how this song (and other holiday favorites) factor into The IG's improv pedagogy.

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How important is listening in improv? Was it enough to save a Thanksgiving tradition?

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On this episode, Frank talks the official launch of The Improv Your Character Workshop in 2018. Learn the six elements of the workshop that uses I.M.P.R.O.V. as its acronym.

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Frank Cardillo is an Award Winning Creator & Producer, reveling in Comedy & Entertainment for nearly two decades. Currently, he is the host of  'The Improviser's Guide Podcast', which examines how the foundation of improvisation affects our day to day life. Frank has appeared throughout New York City performing improvisation and standup comedy, including performances at Super Bowl XLVIII, Turning Stone Casino, Gotham Comedy Club, Universal Studios, Walt Disney World, and for 15 years off the shores of Lake Ontario at the Sterling Renaissance Festival as their emcee, Lenny Burrows. Most recently, Frank was part of the cast for the New York City premiere of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival hit, Joe's NYC Bar. Since 2009, Frank has been the Founder and Producing Director of the 'Raft of Comic Knockouts' known as [By The Mummers]. Known for their 'unpredictable, coming out-of-nowhere humor' (Backstage), their musical 'BLOOD' was a Next Link Selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival and was named 'Best of the Fest' by Davenport Theatricals. [By The Mummers] are the reigning, defending Champions of the Down Under Improv Festival. Besides serving as a member of the writing team for several original [By The Mummers] events, Frank has had public stagings of two original modern Commedia dell'Arte performances and has devised several structured scenarios for productions in New York City and across the state. In September 2015, [By The Mummers] held a public staged reading of Frank's historical, satirical, farce, 'The Double Play' at Foley's, Home to the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame. In June 2016, Frank debuted 'The Improviser's Guide to Being a Better Birth Partner' onstage Off Off Broadway. He has performed this one man piece in New York City on multiple occasions with a book in the works. Following years as an adjunct faculty member at Stony Brook University, Frank has applied his improvisation experience in training employees at Macy's Herald Square, Carnegie Hall, & the Sterling Renaissance Festival. Frank has been the recipient of the Impresario Award for supporting New Play Development, as well as a Rollie Award winner for his service to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 2008, he received the Spirit of Christmas Award.