Monthly Archives: September 2007

Archetypal Cake

I’m in week two of Michael Delaney’s eight week Improv 504 Acting for Improvisers class at UCBNY.
I was terrified of Michael when I first arrived in class, because of his reputation as a no punch pulling instructor. I had imagined him to swagger into class, shout at every scene that we were doing it all [...]

Website Update Complete

 
So, we had to upgrade our website software, because we accidentially erased the old template.
And by we, I mean me
So, if you see anything funny happening be sure to let me, or my huge staff of well paid interns, know about it The site is basically entirely recodded from the ground up to work on older [...]

Treat your audience like poets and geniuses

Treat your audience like poets and geniuses and they’ll have the chance to become them.
Del Close

Upright Citizens Brigade: 2nd Season in Stores Now

So the Upright Citizens Brigade 2nd Season was released yesterday on DVD for $19.34. I’m slow on my checking press releases. The two-disc set features all 10 of the second season’s episodes (with early live performances, deleted scenes, and audio commentary):

Master Dialectitian (Original Air Date: 14 June 1999)
Bomb Squad (Original Air Date: 21 June 1999)
Mogomra [...]

Balancing Truth and Comedy

My current Improv 501 class at UCBNY, taught by Chris Gethard, has been busily working through keeping scenes real and our reactions truthful. Gethard is a huge proponent of keeping scenes as truthful as possible and the more I follow his direction, the more I find my scenes go beyond my abilities as an improviser [...]

Long time no speak

Howdy improv gang. It’s been a few weeks since Decoster debuted and I have been furiously drafting new tidbits for the site, but being the procrastinating perfectionist I am, they have taken more backseats than a 1950’s chearleader. So in the interest of time here is a breif runddown on the last 3 weeks in [...]