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Sep 30th

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Dan Harmon interview. (Community actors perform at... →

Sep 29th

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Sep 28th

Keep clicking, these get hilarious! →

Sep 28th

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REBLOG IF YOU FOLLOW BACK .

It’s true! We do this.

Sep 28th

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Sep 27th

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Sep 27th

11:30pm on a Monday.

No worries because the house is PACKED for Old Milwaukee vs. Two Beer Queer in a nice saucy little cage match.

Sep 27th

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Improv Gods and Gurus - Seth Weitberg edition

Seth Weitberg is a teacher, performer, and coach at iO West who began short form improv at Duke University before moving to Chicago in 2003 where he studied and performed at iO Chicago and Second City. Seth has an organic approach to long form, in particular the Harold, a form which he teaches in Level 5. Here is our interview with him. Let’s get this out of the way; Name drop! Who...

Sep 26th

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What do you do when you're lost in an improv...

“When you’re lost or playing with someone who is less experienced jump right into the low-status role.” Derek Miller “If you can’t figure out what’s going on, tell the person you’re playing with something about their character.” Megan Grano “Match your partners energy or go the exact opposite. Start the next few exchanges with...

Sep 23rd

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iO West Community Member: Chelsea Coleman

Chelsea Coleman is on the house team Waterloo, you can see them perform each and every Tuesday night at 8 o’clock on the main stage. Chelsea is an actor, photographer as well as an improv coach. Visit her website for more information: Chelsea Coleman.

Sep 23rd

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Gian Molina of Bandit. See Bandit every Tuesday at 10pm.

Sep 23rd

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iO West alumni: Mark Alderson, Noah Martin, Colin Hughes, and Darryl Delaney.

Sep 23rd

Improv Gurus and Gods

Over the coming weeks and months we are going to bring you tips, tricks and takeaways from improv all-stars, if you have suggestions of improvisors you want to hear from please let us know. Also, if you’re having problems with your own improvising that you can’t seem to get past, send us your questions and we’ll pass them along to our teachers and respond. Chances are, if...

Sep 23rd

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Sep 21st

Improv Nonsense: Maybe Every Game Is Just... →

improvnonsense: What makes a good game of the scene? I think a decent rule of thumb is to make sure your scene has two components that are kind of opposite or at least funny in contrast to each other. 1) James Eason described an interview his father once conducted with Mel Brooks. James’ dad asked Mel something…

Sep 21st

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