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Shannon O’Neill and Will Hines Join Stepfathers

Monday, October 1, 2007 – 5:12 pm

Wow, really behind on this post. Shannon O’Neill and Will Hines have joined The Stepfathers! I had just been thinking I wonder who’ll be joining onto the Stepfathers now that Billy Merritt has left for UCBLA. I had thought either Will Hines or Shannon O’Neill might have been added.
It’s a pretty incredible line up and [...]

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Archetypal Cake

Friday, September 28, 2007 – 11:46 am

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 [...]

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Upright Citizens Brigade: 2nd Season in Stores Now

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 – 9:41 am

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 [...]

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Balancing Truth and Comedy

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 – 12:45 pm

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 [...]

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DCM Special Classes

Friday, June 29, 2007 – 1:10 pm

UCB NY has just posted 4 classes to their Del Close Marathon Workshop section.

Del Close Marathon Workshop
Special Marathon Workshop
Rob Riggle It’s sold out.
Tuesday 7-10pm Jul 24
Rob Riggle It’s sold out.
Wednesdays 7-10pm Jul 25
Matt Walsh Class is sold out It’s back up! It’s sold out.
Friday 12-4pm Jul 27
Matt Besser
Sunday 2-6pm Jul 29
We will be keeping up-to-date DCM [...]

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Take Notes, Smarty

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 – 12:34 pm

Just last week I had an alarming experience. My improv notebook went missing and I panicked. I started calling all the people I knew, to see if anyone had picked it up while we were out. No one knew where it was. I searched my overflowing backpack, my messy apartment, my paper filled office and [...]

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