Improv Interviews

One of the last interviews with legendary writer Anne Beatts. A funny and lovely woman.

Colin is a beloved actor, standup comedian and improviser who was on the hit show "Whose Line is it Anyway' here in the US and UK. He and Brad Sherwood have a great show on Zoom, "Colin and Brad Live-in your House".

Laxmi Priya - Playback Theatre & More by Margot Escott

Stephen Davidson is a totally joy-filled improviser who is the Artistic Director of The Improvised Play, Improvable, QI: Queer Improv, Carmen: A gender-swapped Film Noir Fantasy, and of Zeal: The Pride Improv Festival. Stephen is the author of two books about improv, Play Like an Ally and Improvising Gender. Stephen teaches improv independently and through Improvable, with the Free London Improv P...

Velvet Duke by Margot Escott

Brenna Judkins by Margot Escott

Koray Tarhan has an infectious smile and laugh! He is a generous and talented man who brought Improv to his home in Instanbul, Turkey in 2000 and author of the first handbook on improv in Turkish, Dogaclama Icin Elkitabi (2013). We had such a fun time chatting and playing with he and his wife, Zeynep Özyurt Tarhan Koray works as an actor, musician, and project coordinator at Istanbulimpro and also...

Siddharth Venkatesh is a beloved improviser with Improv Comedy Bangalore who has fans all around the world. He loves the "Globalization" of improv in the present scenario, as he gets to improvise with and learn from amazing Improvisers from all over the world. We had a wonderful chat with him and did a fun scene with our friend Landon Kirksey at https://youtu.be/LwOBmU2BTco In early September he c...

Cheng Zheng by Margot Escott

Maria Schaedler-Luera describes her Brazilian roots and discovering the legendary Augusto Boal when she moved to the states. Maria is an actor with vast training in many styles of improv.

Will Luera is the Director of the Improv Program at Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota and is beloved by many. Listen to his story about growing up on the south side of Chicago (city of Improv) and not knowing about this art form until he moved to Boston to study Physics at Boston College.

Meet the lovely improviser, Jon Nguyen from Norwich, UK. He describes his passion for improv and how he stumbled upon it. Jon is a beloved teacher and improviser!

Clay Drinko - Play Your Way Sane by Margot Escott

Stephanie Rae - Black Improv Alliance by Margot Escott

Improv Interviews speaks with Rick Hall, the multi-talented member of Second City, actor who has appeared in many films and TV shows including Seinfeld, Curb your Enthusiasm and K.C. Undercover. His voice is familiar as he has appeared in many commercials and his one-man show "Pig Boy" played two sold-out performances at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. His short “Slice of Pie” has won nine...

Laura Hall is best known as the improvisational pianist and Musical Director on the hit TV show, “Whose Line is it Anyway”, which ran for nine years on ABC, with Drew Carey hosting. The show is currently in its seventh season on the CW Network, with Aisha Tyler hosting. In 2018, Laura played with the Whose Line Christmas Show at Royal Albert Hall in London, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the...

Listen as Improv coach and director, Aretha Sills, shares her story of teaching improv during the pandemic. Aretha is the granddaughter of Viola Spolin, considered to be the founder of Improvisational Theatre. She is also the daughter of Carol and Paul Sills. Paul Sills started the early improv theatres in Chicago like the Compass and eventually The Second City theatre, home to many well-known act...

Tara Langella - Voice Over Actor by Margot Escott

David Levanthal - Dance for PD by Margot Escott

Marcus Sams is an improviser from the Bay Area for over 20 years. He is a delightful improviser and has developed unique technology that makes on-line improv look and feel like film!

I was fortunate to meet Ellen at the Yes, and Mental Health Conference held at the Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, September 2017! Ellen is passionate about experiential learning and helping everyone on the team to “Be the Difference” and work better together. After 25 years in business and training, she grew tired of the endless PowerPoints and toxic cultures. She dared herself to take classes at 2...

Join me and meet the multi-talented musician, improviser, actor, and author, Will Hines. Founder of The World's Greatest Improv School Will is a beloved teacher in the improv world. He started at UCB in NY and then LA. I really enjoyed chatting with such a relaxed and authentic person. We talked about mutual improv teachers like Jimmy Carrane and Jay Sukow.

Daniel DeWalt is a delightful artist, actor, writer, and improviser that I met in a Susan Messing improv workshop this summer. He has taught thousands of young and older folks acting and improv and produced many plays. He was a wonderful guest and I know you’ll enjoy getting to know Daniel as much as I did.

Join me and meet the multi-talented improviser, actor, and true gentleman Brian Palermo. In his early days at the Groundlings, Brian was lucky enough to play with, learn from, and direct a gaggle of Big Name Comedy People that include Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Will Ferrell, Maya Rudolph, Lisa Kudrow, and many others.  I met Brian at the Vintage Improv Festival this fall and loved his style o...

Meet Francine Wolf and their director Leigh Shein of Pants Optional Comedy. They share their lengthy experience in improvisational theatre and tell us about how they are adjusting to virtual shows on Zoom to entertain and keep people laughing.