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.

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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Learning From Mother

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 – 6:51 pm

Photograph courtesy Ari Scott
Saturday night was Mothers last show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York. The 9 year run of the group at the theater is the longest a house team has performed at UCB. It was a great show to boot.
During the show, I thought about what made Mother such an [...]

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DCM 10 Notes – Are A-comin’

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 – 10:19 am

Hey how about that Del Close Marathon, right? Anyone? Crap.
So it’s been entirely too long and I haven’t updated improvoker. This is due to one unfortunate problem, those damn Del Close Marathon notes. See the thing is, I took notes in a dark theater in a little notebook and when I looked again at my [...]

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If you make a mistake, do it twice

Friday, September 5, 2008 – 3:09 pm

If you make a mistake, do it twice.
Jazz Saying

This is one of those truths that finds it’s way into every art form. It’s true for Jazz and it’s true for improvisation.

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Bobby Moynihan’s Face Joins Saturday Night Live

Thursday, August 21, 2008 – 5:09 pm

So as commenter The Gooch rightly noted, I have not written about Bobby Moynihan, of UCBs Stepfathers, being picked up by SNL. This is of course amazing news. Bobby had auditioned for SNL last year and was not added to the cast, but I think all of us expected if he auditioned again he would [...]

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DCM10 Day 1 – Press Conference

Friday, August 8, 2008 – 6:30 pm

This year started off to an exciting start as the DCM Press Conference was reserves to talking completely about the UCB concepts about improvisation. It was a unique look into UCBs brand of improvisation and what they feel makes good comedic improvisation.
Roberts, Walsh, and Besser laid out the UCBs “theses” on improvisation. Who h ranged [...]

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