CIF Starts off Strong This week has been filled with some of the greatest improv shows this city has seen so far this year. This festival has taken over 20 stages throughout Chicago over the last five days with over 150 shows and more than 90 teams from all over the world. Chicago Improv Festival (CIF) has been a true Godsend to Chicago improvisers providing the opportunity to not only perform but to have access to teams from all over … →
I try to play every show as if they’re going to take it away from me. I had never met Timmy Mayse before he walked into Starbucks to meet me for this interview. Timmy had gotten his hands on the TIM review I posted a few months ago and emailed me to thank me. After very little convincing, I was able to persuade him to meet me for an interview, but only knowing what I’ve seen of him on stage, … →
If you’re not listening, you’re going to miss the joke. After months of trying to nail down both of our schedules after Tim left Second City’s Mainstage, I was finally able to meet up with him to talk life and comedy. I had the pleasure of meeting Tim last Fall at Jimmy Carrane’s Improv Nerd and for obvious reasons, I was dead set on interviewing him. Tim is extremely passionate about a lot of things, but aside from his passion, … →
Just love what you love and let that be the work that you do. It was a true pleasure interviewing Ted, as I have an incredible amount of respect for him as a person, performer and filmmaker. He’s so talented and is such a genuinely kind human being. We met at iO on a late November morning and, truth be told, divulged a great deal of personal details, some of which are included below and some of which are not. The … →
I am truly the luckiest person I know. TJ Jagodowski is not only one of the most brilliant improvisers I have ever seen, he’s also one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met. I’ve bumped into TJ a number of times around iO, but it wasn’t until the end of October where I had the pleasure of taking a class taught by him. This man is a poet and every word he mutters is saturated in truth. As TJ and … →
