Podcasts about second city comedy studies

Glenn Boozan (I Love You, America, Adam Ruins Everything) joins Alan to talk about the differences between UCBs on both coasts, doing the Second City Comedy Studies program, and why improv can sometimes be harmful in writing, See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of Talking Late Night, Max interviews Casey Whitaker, a former touring cast member with Second City, playwright of "Lucky, Liar, Loser," and an actress and stand-up comedian. Casey got involved in Chicago comedy when she participated in the Second City Comedy Studies program while attending the University of Kentucky. She was hooked and ended up staying in Chicago. In her time there, Casey played at iO Chicago and Second City and became a member of Second City's national touring troupe. She wrote and directed the play "Luck, Liar, Loser" and had it performed at Saint Mary's college while she was the Margaret M. Hill-endowed Visiting Artist-in-Residence. With stand-up, Casey has been able to tour all over Europe and the United States and her unique routine has been met with much praise. To learn more about Casey and follow her comedy career, check out her website! Thank you for tuning in! Be sure to like and share our Facebook page here, and also rate and leave us a review on iTunes!

This week we discuss mentorship, searching for an elephant with a flashlight and eating glass while staring into the abyss. Tom Sherman, Exclusive Memory #9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3YpYWtoM4g Ai Wei Wei teaches at Universität der Künste Berlin https://www.udk-berlin.de/service/presse-kommunikation-der-universitaet-der-kuenste-berlin/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilungen-2015/chinese-artist-ai-weiwei-to-assume-einstein-professorship-at-the-berlin-university-of-the-arts/ Apple Park (Apple’s new headquarters) https://9to5mac.com/guides/apple-park/ Second City Comedy Studies http://www.comedystudies.com/index.php Upright Citizens Brigade (not fireman’s brigade!) https://ucbtheatre.com/ Vito Acconci, Seedbed (1972) https://www.moma.org/collection/works/109933 Susan Schelle (Jeremy’s first art teacher) http://susanschelle.ca/ First Break All the Rules: What the Worlds Greatest Managers Do Differently http://www.gallup.com/press/176069/first-break-rules-world-greatest-managers-differently.aspx The Slade (Where Kristen went to school) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade NYU Tandon (Where Jeremy taught a class on AR) http://engineering.nyu.edu/ Colin Campbell (Jeremy’s first mentor) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKEzRWgih78 California’s multimillion-dollar online education flop is another blow for MOOCs https://www.google.ca/search?q=udacity&rlz=1C5CHFA_enCA727CA728&oq=udacity&aqs=chrome..69i57.6380j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=udacity+california+failure Miltos Manetas (Rafael’s first mentor) http://timeline.manetas.com/ Books by Stanislaw Lem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem_and_their_adaptations Elon Musk on eating glass while staring into the abyss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZlHbjxtECg The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton Christensen http://www.claytonchristensen.com/books/the-innovators-dilemma/ The Elephant and the Blind Men https://www.jainworld.com/literature/story25.htm 100,000 Followers for Everyone, Constant Dullaart and DIS http://dismagazine.com/dystopia/67039/constant-dullaart-100000-followers-for-everyone/ David Lynch on Twitter https://twitter.com/david_lynch Bill Cunningham, legendary New York Times street fashion photographer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYqiLJBXbss

Maddi Roy, one of the many stars of the recent Second City Comedy Studies semester production, 'No Bits in the Bedroom', joins Case Lowe today to talk about Wallows, pretty men that sing, and what the stereotypical indie boyfriend looks like. A breezy show and a worthwhile listen. Host Case Lowe can be found on both Twitter and Instagram (@_caselowe) and the show itself can be found on Instagram (@artschoolalbums).