The Latest From Yes But Why
YBY ep 257 : Llaura H_Improviser on passion and performance opportunities!
This week on Yes But Why, I chatted with UK based improviser, Llaura H_Improviser. Llaura H_Improviser has been performing long form (mostly narrative) improv since 2016. In the before times (and hopefully soon again), Llaura has been performing with the amateur improv community, Unscripted Players, a group linked to The Bristol Improv Theatre (where she also worked as company director from 2018-2019). With the daily mantra of “life is improv”,…
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YBY ep 256: Shannon Dale Stott on following your curiosity!
This week on Yes But Why, I connected with Austin improviser, Shannon Dale Stott. Shannon Dale Stott has been performing and teaching Improv for over 20 years. Her professional start in improv began in Richmond Virginia with ComedySportz and she has continued to teach workshops and classes for the Hideout Theater in Austin and through her own company, Improv On and Off the Stage. Shannon exudes confidence and kindness and…
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YBY ep 255: Lahari Dunn on how Austin Improv has shaped her as a performer!
This week on Yes But Why, I chat with Austin improviser, Lahari Dunn. Lahari Dunn is an improviser based in Austin, TX. She has performed in mainstage shows at various theaters in Austin. She has also co-directed shows at The Institution Theater (Immigrants, The Musical! (Parts One and Two), The Hideout Theatre (Hideout Kids: ‘How I Saved the World Over Summer Vacation’ and Hideout Student: ‘Love on Deck‘), and Coldtowne…
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YBY ep 254: Velvet Duke on connecting with an audience and doing what you love!
This week on Yes But Why, I had the pleasure of chatting with Velvet Duke, Toronto-based entertainer and improv instructor. Velvet Duke is a world-beloved Black, autistic, queer, velvet voiced, multi-faceted creator, facilitator, and community leader. As an entertainer, Velvet engages with audiences as a musical improviser, a storyteller, a stand-up, and a host. Velvet studied at and graduated from The Improv Place (Masterclass in Teaching) as well as Second…
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YBY ep 253: Nick Byrne and turning challenges into opportunities.
This week on Yes But Why, we talk to Nick Byrne, one of Australia’s most prominent improvisational trainers and producers. Nick Byrne is Artistic Director of the Impro ACT theatre in Canberra, Australia. Starting in 2005, Impro ACT has been providing improv classes at all levels, performances of comedic, dramatic, musical, physical, and experimental unscripted theatre, as well as the Canberra International Festival of Improvisation (aka “Improvention”). Nick is also…
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