Improvcast With Jay And Landon

We hope you're staying home and staying healthy! Here's a very special Improvcast that's actually a PILOT of something Jay and Landon are working on currently. Enjoy!

Live from the Westside Comedy Festival at the Westside Comedy Theater! Educator, writer, and improv thought leader Aretha Sills joins us to talk about her grandmother Viola Spolin and the importance of theater games. BUT WAIT...there's more. Tony award winning actor and original Second City cast member Paul Sand joins to talk about his incredible life in performance. Special thanks to Lauren Flynn in the booth for making this recording possible.    AUDIO NOTE: Paul's audio is quiet throughout so lean in. 

This week we're joined by Brian James O'Connell (BOC!) to talk about improv stagnation and what we can do to combat it. Also Meg Calabrese is on the line with Jay from Chicago as a stealth guest! 

From the dynamic Chicago comedy show Ebony Essence Jet Briane Goodrum joins us this week to talk about her life in improvisation and leaving the snow for the sunshine of California. 

This week we're talking to the incredibly talented and creative couple Alberto and Victoria about their journeys through improv, acting and music. 

This week Jay and Landon are joined by the super sweet and very funny Billy Merritt and Will Hines. They wrote a book together (!), which can be found here https://www.amazon.com/dp/1099142245/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_GDcADb9DSE8DM We talk about pirates, robots and ninjas in improv and in life. Sort of. Join us!

This week Jay and Landon welcome the incredibly talented and thoughtful Paul Vaillancourt to the show! 

Jay and Landon are talking to Aaron Krebs this week! We talk about acting for money, the early days of Mission IMPROVable and phrases we're too old to say. 

We're back in the studio this week and talking with improv legends Rick and Laura Hall! 

This week we talk to Manchester's own Maggie Nolan! It's all about improv in the UK, Jay's excellent accents and strangers showing up at your door claiming to be relatives!

Jay Sukow and Landon Kirksey are joined by Brian Palermo, seasoned Groundling and teacher, to talk about failure, writing sketch, and what happens in that brainspace of yours when we're improvising. 

Jay Sukow and Landon Kirksey are back talking shop about improvisation, shows, what's going on in Copenhagen and why the sun troll makes us skip an hour. We're joined by Mike Gorgone to talk about his corporate workshops and why you can never dress right for Atlanta. 

Give thanks! This week we're joined by Chad Reinhart to talk about the noblest profession. 

We're back and Jay tells us alllllll about Denmark. 

This week we're talking to Jaime Moyer! Yay! Jaime is one of our favorite improvisers and she's here to talk comedy, Hamtramck, and longshoremen! 

This week we're talking to the incredible Jaclynn Cherry! She talks to us about the Detroit Improv Festival and performing and writing sketch and improv in Puuuuure Michigan. NOTE: There's an audio issue in this episode, but it gets better as the show plays and we're correcting it from the future.

This week Jay is patching in all the way from Sherman Oaks, but Zach Huddleston made the journey into Hollywood! We talk about being an artistic director, life after iO West, and Jay's impending move. 

This week we spin up the improv talk machine with Leo Gonzalez to chat about life, art, and mayyyybe selling Amway. 

Hannah Heard joins us this week on Improvcast and we talk about stand up, the mean streets of Glendale, AZ and hey, we have an intern!