Author Archives: Ben Whitehouse

Ben Whitehouse has been studying and performing improv in New York since 2001. He has studied with Eliza Skinner, Shannon O’Neil, Neil Casey, Joe Wengert, Chris Gethard, Billy Merritt, Christina Gausas, Michael Delaney, Rob Riggle, and Matt Walsh at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre New York. In addition, he has also studied with Armando Diaz of Magnet, Susan Kaessinger, and Jay Rhoderick of Centralia.

He performs regularly with the 4 person group LD & The Scientist and 2 person group Boy Girl Party.

You can also find him at Up The Tree, where he talks about music, life, and his struggle with twizzlers.

Ben is one of the 550 members of IADAS (International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences) and an official judge of the Webby Awards.

Any road will take you there

Saturday, March 28, 2009 – 9:40 am

If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.
Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

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Unsolicited Advice About Auditions

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 – 9:44 pm

Here in New York it’s UCB Harold audition time. It’s the time of year when students gather outside of the UCB training center, in the freezing cold, to sign up for a prized audition slot. So it’s been for thousands of years… As someone who has auditioned before I thought I would share some of [...]

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Improvised Shakespere Workshop Sunday at Magnet

Friday, January 23, 2009 – 11:53 am

Was pretty excited to sign up for this class over at Magnet Theater and as there is still a spot available before Sunday’s class, I thought I would bring it to your attention, if you didn’t know about it already. Forsooth!

NEW!!! IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE with Blaine Swen ONE DAY WORKSHOP!!!*
Take a risk! Learn how to create [...]

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Welcome to Our New Chicago Writer Philip Buuck

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 – 5:17 pm

We at improvoker are very pleased to announce the addition of Philip Buuck of mychicagoimprov.com to our writers. We are excited to see what’s happening in the Chicago improv scene and egarly look forward to hearing Philip’s thoughts on improvisation.

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Abra Tabak’s Never Ending Story

Friday, January 9, 2009 – 4:03 pm

One of my closest and dearest friends Abra “Pinky” Tabak has just been added to UCB house team Bastian. As someone who has thought Abra is one of the most talented improvisers I have ever met, it’s good to see UCB thinks so as well. As for adding her to Bastian, I can’t imagine a [...]

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The DCM10 Wrap Up (finally!)

Thursday, October 9, 2008 – 10:43 am

So what does an improviser write about a weekend full of improvisation after it’s all over and it’s months later? (seriously Ben, months?!) There is so much. (Ben, what the hell has taken you so long to write this up?) A weekend full of beer, fist fights, and an overwhelming amount of hilarity. (You can [...]

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