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June 30, 2015
143: ComedySportz (Dick Chudnow & Matt Elwell)

In this episode, Jimmy Carrane sits down with Dick Chudnow, the creator and founder of ComedySportz, and Matt Elwell, current Executive Director of ComedySportz, at the 2015 ComedySportz World Championship in Rock Island, IL, where they talk about the creation of ComedySportz, the advantage of working clean and short form versus long form. Don’t miss […]

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June 23, 2015
142: Ithamar Enriquez

Ithamar Enriquez is a writer, actor, teacher and performer. He is an alumni of The Second City, writing and performing shows with the MainStage, ETC and the Second City Touring Company. Jimmy talks to him about physical comedy and his wonderful one-person silent sketch show “Ithamar Enriquez Has Nothing to Say.”

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June 9, 2015
140: Dylan Rohde

Dylan Rohde is the founder and co-owner of The Backline in Omaha, NE, and the producer of the Omaha Improv Festival. We talked to Dylan about studying at the UCB and iO West and why he moved from LA to Omaha to start a comedy theater. Dylan also demonstrates an improv game that you will […]

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May 27, 2015
3 Exercises to Help You Start Your Scenes in the Middle

How many times have you started a scene by saying, “How are you doing?” or “What are you up to?” If you’ve done that, you know that the scene goes absolutely nowhere. If you have a good teacher, director, or coach, he or she will usually say, "You need to start your scenes in the middle." […]

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May 26, 2015
Improv Nerd Announces 2015 Summer Season Line-Up

Improv Nerd, the live comedy podcast hosted by Jimmy Carrane, begins its new season this summer, featuring some of the funniest and most well-known improvisers in Chicago. The show will run on Sundays from July 5-26, with a special preview show on June 20. All shows will be held at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont […]

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May 26, 2015
138: Rob Belushi & Jon Barinholtz

Rob Belushi and Jon Barinholtz comprise the duo group Sheldon and perform improv around the country. Jimmy caught up with them at this year’s Chicago Improv Festival, where they talked about their brotherly relationship and how they use it on stage, who they named their show after, and they set Jimmy straight on the whole […]

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May 18, 2015
137: Dianah Dulany

Dianah Dulany is an improv institution. She is the owner and producer of ComedySportz in Houston, where she is a wonderful teacher-director-actor-improviser. She's also the President of ComedySportz Worldwide, and a 28-year veteran of the improv comedy scene. Jimmy Carrane talked to Dianah Dulany at the Houston Improv Festival about what makes the culture of […]

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May 11, 2015
136: R. Kevin Doyle

R. Kevin Doyle has been involved in improv in Hawaii since 1989. He is a member of On the Spot and a founding member of Loose Screws. In this episode of the Improv Nerd podcast, which was recorded at The Actor’s Workshop, owned by Wayne Ward, Jimmy Carrane talks to R. Kevin Doyle about what […]

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May 4, 2015
135: Ali Farahnakian

Ali Farahnakian is the founder of the Peoples Improv Theater (PIT) in New York City. An improv legend, Ali studied at iO-Chicago and Second City, was a founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade and wrote for Saturday Night Live. Now, Ali Farahnakian sits down with Jimmy at The New York Improv Festival to talk […]

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April 29, 2015
134: Centralia

Centralia is an improv group from New York that has developed its own unique style of improv. Jimmy sat down with this legendary group at The New York Improv Festival at The PIT and talked to them about the evolution of the group, their influences and what the New York improv scene was like when […]

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