Podcasts about Jet City Improv

In this throwback, If This Is True would like to introduce you to Mandy Price. She's an improv bon vivant, performer, and teacher with Jet City Improv in Seattle. Mandy has worked with Second City BoatCo, the Annoyance and iO. She's really up for anything, including carpentry! We talked about carpentry, social anxiety and the state of the world. Mandy believes that everyone should do improv or at least take a class just to find the peace onstage that it gives her. For more on Mandy and her endeavors, go to www.jetcityimprov.org.

Cailey Nickerson from Jet City Improv and Bandit's Gram Worthy tells the story of a platonic hang gone wrong, and John Wachter of The Reader plays in with the cast. Within the set, we meet a competitive dater, an architect with extraordinary expectations for dating, and a father giving his son a strange version of "the talk," with a couple of stops at a popular (and surprisingly sexy) retail chain. The cast includes Coonoor Behal, Casey Mills, Kristine Antonsen, Jeffrey Nickels, Mark Ableidinger, and Sarah Kylie. Directed by Chris Carter.

Andie and Number Four are joined this week by a husband-and-wife team of mutant house-flippers who share more than just home decorating advice. But like, they're for sure mutants. Andie - Lyndi Macke Number Four - Taylor Davis Jordan - Kyle Henick Sarah - Rebekah Schroeter Rebekah and Kyle are Seattle-based actors and improvisers. Rebekah is currently a mainstage cast member at Jet City Improv, and Kyle performs with the musical improv troupe Fancy Cafeteria. This episode was mixed and edited by Carson Childers. Technical difficulties were all our own, and do not reflect his work.

If This Is True would like to introduce you to Mandy Price. She's an improv bon vivant, performer, and teacher with Jet City Improv in Seattle. Mandy has worked with Second City BoatCo, the Annoyance and iO. She's really up for anything, including carpentry! We talked about carpentry, social anxiety and the state of the world. Mandy believes that everyone should do improv or at least take a class just to find the peace onstage that it gives her. For more on Mandy and her endeavors, go to www.jetcityimprov.org. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/christopher-hall7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/christopher-hall7/support

In this episode we talk to Mario Orallo about the ups and downs of improv and how his theater, Jet City Improv, has adapted live performances online. We also play a few improv games with him, much to Hannah's chagrine.

Annnnd we're back! It's been 2 1/2 month since our last confes....uh, podcast. Since then, 100,000 people have needlessly died from a preventable pandemic, Trump continues to be a worthless fucking bawbag, the world is on fire, and our first endorsement is…drum roll…a wine company!We talk about how cops are still killing black people and white Karens are still out here calling the cops on black people doing heinous things like…birding in the park.Listen to Holly mispronounce her own last name while Anne posits the question, “do you really want to be that dick?”MORE INFO on our sponsor, Lily Jacob Cellars: http://www.lilyjacobcellars.com10% off for you and 10% of the sale goes to Jet City Improv when you use the code JETCITYIMPROVMore about Jet City Improv: "Jet City Improv is a Seattle nonprofit Theater that has been impacted by the coronavirus and forced us to to put all shows on hold this season. We rely on our corporate training programs and public events to help fund our outreach programs and support our staff/cast. As the majority of our booked workshops cancel, we are experiencing a massive loss of revenue. As of 4/20/2020, our estimated loss of revenue is $56,000. Please support our Theater by donating or watch our weekly virtual comedy show that you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home. Thank you and we appreciate your contribution.”A HUGE thank you to all of our Patreon supporters who have been so great for hanging in there with us while we took that much needed break. We are out of practice so we forgot to thank you at the end of the episode, so here's our most heartfelt apologies and thank you's! Val Langmuir, Scott Wyland, Pieter, Mary Hollinger, Lauren, Laura Hubbard, Kristie Gonyea, Juliana Kennedy, Gregory Gagarin, GB Woolf, Darius Zoroufy, ChrissyNC, Catherine Margaronis, and Val Langmuir. Thank you!!Visit us on Patreon and become an executive producer of the show for *literally* 5 dollars per month.Throw us a few bucks and we'll give you a shout out on the podcast and try not to murder your name in the process:https://www.patreon.com/anotherdamnpoliticspodcastVisit us for more episodes of ADPP and find information on how to register to vote athttp://www.bluewavecrowdsource.comAnd follow us on Twitter!Holly: http://twitter.com/aynrandpaulryanAnne: http://twitter.com/for_cripes_sakeBlue Wave Crowdsource: http://twitter.com/bluewavecsResearch by Anne Leigh and Holly Figueroa O'ReillyMusic, editing, and production by Holly Figueroa O'ReillyLike the song at the end? Here's where to find it.https://music.apple.com/us/album/everybody-knows/397044470?i=397044537

Sarah (@ithinkyourenice) and I discuss and/or mention in passing: Hi! I Think You’re Nice!, Orlando, Alice, Mel’s Diner, Sadie Hawkins, Li’l Abner, Marc Jefferson, Brian Robbins, Head Of The Class, The Amanda Show, Arli$$, One Tree Hill, Norbit, Feminism, Gloria Steinem, Helen Gurley Brown, Warren Beatty, La La Land, Shampoo, E.T., Baby Booties, Tron, Johnstown Pennsylvania, College Of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Underwear Society, Chicago, Second City, Infinite Sundaes, Disney, Unexpected Productions, Market Theater, Pike Place Market, Seattle, Space Needle, Jet City Improv, Mad Cow Theatre, Happy Zombie Girl, Happy Pink Girl, Elaine Pechacek, AT&T, Toxic Masculinity, Carousel, Bridge, Crazy 8’s, Monopoly, Scrabble, Poker, The Bechdel Test, Snappy’s Convenient Store. Sarah’s podcast: ithinkyourenice.com facethefactspod.com facebook.com/facethefactspod twitter.com/facethefactspod instagram.com/facethefactspod Please SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and REVIEW!

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Nathan Cox and Alison Luhrs of Jet City Improv join Mike LIVE IN SEATTLE to discuss Ch. 10 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and then have a super fun Q&A session with the audience! Topics include: racist beds, Farrah Fawcett, baby broomsticks, the worst animagi, CONFIRMING R.A.B., Apple User Agreements, the house elf uprising, Night at the Museum, House Schubert, ICP, wizard basketball, Viva La Bam, and more!   POTTERLESS LIVE IN PORTLAND: www.listenupportland.com   Thanks to our sponsors! HOVER - For 10% off your first purchase, go to hover.com/potterless SKILLSHARE - For 2 free months of Skillshare, go to skillshare.com/potterless   Thanks for listening! For more information on the show, visit PotterlessPodcast.com! You can find us at Facebook.com/Potterless, Twitter.com/PotterlessPod, and Instagram.com/PotterlessPodcast. If you’d like bonus content and/or EXCLUSIVE MERCH, head on over to patreon.com/potterless and for other merch, check out bit.ly/merchon. As always, Wizard On! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  Episode Overview In this episode, we are speaking with Andrew McMasters. Originally from Philadelphia, he's an actor who's been working in Seattle for over 30 years. He started Jet City Improv back in 1992 and left that company back in October 2017 after 25 years. For the last 10 years, he's been working with organizations– helping them improve communications, team cooperation, and innovation. He also works with sales teams on listening, accepting and building on offers to provide customers with solutions for the needs they have.   In this episode, Andrew and I talk about the power of Improv in improving buyer and seller interactions. Specifically, Andrew highlights how to be a better listener, how to accept what the customer is offering, and then how to build upon their offerings. He then talks about how to bring your full self to a selling conversation.   Episode Timestamps [1:27] Andrew's story on how he became focused on improv Started with practicing improv as a theatre actor: Taught classes to people in other lines of work who wanted to be more comfortable on stage.   [3:37] Why should sellers use improv as a way to connect with their buyers? Listening: How we listen. The ways we listen. What we are listening for. Listen before you solve: Establishing that there is a connection first instead of jumping to a solution. Listening for building relationships. Listening for understanding. Listening for context. Letting the other person know that they've been heard.   [4:51] How does listening change based on what you're listening for? Encapsulate what someone has said and then feed it back. Saying that “This is what I heard...is this correct?”: Letting the person know that they've been heard. Understanding the other person: Makes them know that they're included and a part of the process. Building the connection first.   [7:35] Improv disciplines for sellers Accepting what someone else has said and then building on it. “Yes...and” Not being afraid to get off message. Game “3-legged dog”: Improv exercise. No matter what the question is, you can answer it in a way that you need to. What are we offering: What is the item, the piece, the process: Have them break it down into 3-5 words.   [11:20] “Yes...and” further explained Stray from “Yes...but”: The minute someone has heard the “but” they negate everything said before it. Using the word “and” instead of “but”: Reframing that word for yourself can continue to keep energy moving forward which means you can accomplish more.   [13:18] Example of Andrew successfully using improv Andrew was doing a series of workshops for outreach Did one on status: How you present yourself in a sales meeting Uses a deck of cards as metaphor for how you can represent yourself: An ace in your pocket. Using the card in your pocket as an external device.   [16:20] Listening and objections The improv mindset: Ways that you can “yes, and” an objection. Everything that someone gives you is an offer. How you accept the offer as an individual.   [17:24] Where can sellers go to learn more about improv? Always different places in the city that teach different classes on improv: Practices listening and more focused on getting on stage. Andrew holds workshops that he does with other organizations: More focused on what each individual is trying to accomplish. Andrew holds his own Ted Talks: Focuses on 3 topics: Accepting and building. Everything is an offer.   Additional Resources Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn Andrew's Web site ImprovMindset Ted Talk featuring Andrew where he talks about story and "yes, and" Alan Alda's Book, "If I Understood You Would I Have This Look on My Face?" Jet City Improv drop-in Dojo sessions   For More Great Content I would appreciate it if you would subscribe, rate, and review this show at Apple Podcasts. Here's a cool very short video that shows you how to do this. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and will help me promote the show to others who will benefit.   Credits Sound editing and show notes produced by – ChirpSound

In many ways comedy is a great equalizer—a ubiquitous and nationally beloved form of entertainment. To give us some perspective on the meteoric rise of American comedy, Sam Wasson took the stage to discuss his book Improv Nation: How We Made A Great American Art, a richly reported, scene-driven narrative that moves fast and digs deep. Wasson tracked the origins of improv, from the experimental theater troupe Second City who set up shop in Chicago at the height of the McCarthy era, to Dan Aykroyd’s after-hours bar and home for icons like John Belushi, Bill Murray, and Gilda Radner. Wasson was joined onstage by Jet City Improv Artistic Director Andrew McMasters. Together, they unpacked the evolution of improv comedy as an unscripted, interactive, consciousness-raising style and lead a conversation that took us through improv’s influence on landmark productions such as The Graduate, Caddyshack, and The Colbert Report. With signature verve and nuance, Wasson and McMasters offered their thoughts on why improv deserves to be considered the great American art form of the last half-century—and the most influential one today.  Sam Wasson is a social historian of cinema and comedy whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and The Wall Street Journal. He’s served as a consultant for The Film Society of Lincoln Center and MoMA Film. He is the author of five books including Fosse (NPR’s book of the year), A Splurch in the Kisser, and the 2010 bestseller Fifth Avenue, 5 AM: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman. Andrew McMasters founded Jet City Improv in 1992, and then incorporated as the 501c3 Wing-It Productions in 1996. He is the Artistic Director of Jet City Improv and corporate consultant for his own company ImprovMindset, as well as the executive producer of the Seattle Festival of Improv Theater.

Cailey Nickerson joins for Chuck Your Privilege, the show about checking and then chucking our various privileges. Hosted by Chuck Privledge.  Cailey Nickerson will be in Nancy You starting 11/30 at Jet City Improv, and in the Bechdel Test also at Jet City starting 1/11.  You can also catch her on the IMPRV News 9 at 8 podcast, available wherever fine podcasts are found. 

Newcomer Kar Fedosh is on this week! Spiel Words About Spielberg is the number one radio show for all Spielberg fans, and on this installment Spielberg superfan Tommy Forester is joined by Dottie Jones, the woman who has played every non-human role in every Spielberg film...so far! If you're in Seattle check out Kar Fedosh at her student showcase at Jet City Improv on Nov. 12th. I can't tell you a more specific time because it is not yet known! Figure it out for yourselves!!

Yichao is a writer and improviser living in Seattle. Currently a narrative designer for the game Guild Wars 2, Yichao also was a writer for the game Magic: the Gathering and for Disney Imagineering. After getting a BA in English and Theatre and an MFA in Acting from California Institute of the Arts, Yichao's career has led him from playwriting, to performing, to writing for theme parks, to writing for TV, to writing in the gaming industry.  In addition to his writing work, Yichao also performs and teaches improvisational theater and comedy with Jet City Improv, regularly performing with the company as well as his own troupes and shows. As a playwright, his plays have been produced in cities across the US and U.K. He is also currently directing Jet City Improv's season opener, Dystopia! The Musical - a fully improvised musical set in a post apocalyptic world. His performance work and his writing frequently influences and informs the one another.  Show Notes: LinkedIn Profile - Michael Yichao,  Improv Comedy - Jet City Improv

You're listening to IMPRV News 9 at 8 and you know what that means! It's time to get the latest in headline news from renowned reporters Bryant Willis, Tanya Fleetwater, and Fabian von Heezil, who go behind the scenes to get unique insights into the weeks' most interesting under reported stories. This week guest Jon Axell from Jet City Improv called in from Los Angeles to help Willis and Fleetwater learn about deer that eat human bones and meet a man who let the police test his homemade meth for gluten. Plus, Jon sends intern Miranda Carlyle to find a novelty popcorn shop in Ballard and Tanya tells us about her new life at Fox News! This Week's Headlines http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/05/deer-eating-human-forensics-decomposition/ http://kfor.com/2017/05/08/local-police-department-offering-to-test-your-meth-for-gluten-for-free/

Bust out your nadsat dictionaries droogs! Join the Dead Beat Film Society as we talk about the meticulous genius of Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Burgess, government control, rape on film, drug milk, morality, interior design, lots of boobs, Beethoven, The Adicts, the 21st chapter, muscle nerd, a bit of the old ultraviolence, and the age old question: Is it balls or a butt? Smash that play button for an in depth A Clockwork Orange film analysis! (Special Guest: Roommate Nick) If you're in Seattle, check out Nick at Jet City Improv or catch him in Teh Internet Is Serious Business soon!

It's Tuesday and... Órla McGovern is our guest! Órla Mc Govern is an improviser/performer/teacher/writer based in the West of Ireland. She lived and worked in the US for many years (mainly in Seattle), and it was there that her crush with improv turned into a serious relationship. She was a cast member of a number of groups including Seattle goga, Spolin Players, The Seattle Neutrino Project, The Edge, and improvised with more groups including Dead Gentlemen, Jet City Improv, etc. Órla works regularly as an actor and storyteller around the world, and has appeared appear on tons big and little screens & stages over the years.. She writes plays and is currently working on a Children's Book. She teaches an Improv Lab with The Spontaneous Theatre People, and has facilitated workshops at many festivals including in Finland, France, Spain, Sweden, Romania etc. Órla is Artistic Director of The Sky Babies (improv), Moth & Butterfly ( a storytelling/improv collaboration) and is the Co-Director of Improv Fest Ireland, Ireland's only dedicated festival of improvised theatre & comedy.

Comedian, emcee, and master of the universe Brooklyn Dicent joined us. We talked about being a professional not-panicker. Also joining our panel was Doug Willot from Jet City Improv.

Tune in every Thursday morning at 8 am to get the latest in headline news from renowned anchors Bryant Willis and Tanya Fleetwater. These hard hitting reporters go behind the scenes to get unique insights into the weeks' most interesting headlines. This week Willis and Fleetwater cover the travails of Katie Crotch Road in Maine, an ad for a virgin bride in Christianity Today magazine, and more. Plus, guest Chris Allen of Jet City Improv, the sketch group Death and Taxes, and the podcast The Seattle Files asks Intern Kyle to head down into the tunnels to find out the latest on the Big Bertha drilling project!

The founders of Jet City Improv joined us to talk about the imrpov and theater community. We were also joined by CSz players from Twin Cities and Spokane.