Tag Archive: comedy
YBY ep 275: Annie Schiffman on empowering artists with Downstage Media!
This week on Yes But Why Podcast, I talk to improviser and marketing expert, Annie Schiffman. Annie Schiffman is an award-winning improviser who is also the founder of Downstage Media, the Places Please Project, and Profitable Improv. Like many performers, Annie stopped her onstage work when getting to rehearsals, auditions, and shows became too difficult alongside raising her two children. So she put her energy into helping other performing arts…
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YBY ep 274: Siddharth Venkatesh on craving the chaos of creativity!
This week on Yes But Why Podcast, I talk to improviser Siddharth Venkatesh. Siddharth Venkatesh is an improv performer with Improv Comedy Bangalore. In early September 2020, he co-created the ICB’s Facebook Community Group. It has since become a central hub through which improvisers all over the world connect! Outside of Improv, Siddharth is an engineer and he loves to play Indian classical percussion. In our conversation, Siddharth tells me…
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YBY ep 273: David Escobedo and getting a punk rock PhD in improv.
This week on Yes But Why Podcast, I talk to improviser and academic, David Escobedo. David Escobedo has been coaching and performing improv since 1995, starting his career in San Diego and Los Angeles. He has his BA and MA in Drama; and, David is currently pursuing his PhD in Drama with a focus on improv at the University of Chester in the UK. His Masters thesis paper was on…
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YBY ep 272: Rachael Mason is a witch, a jerk and a nerd! (Not to mention hilarious and fun!)
This week on Yes But Why Podcast, I talk to the amazingly funny Rachael Mason. Rachael Mason is a veteran improviser and a teaching artist of the famed Chicago improv scene. She started her creative career by taking classes and performing at The Annoyance, iO, and Second City. Later, she taught improv workshops at theaters and universities all across the Chicago area. Rachael Mason has performed and taught all over…
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YBY ep 271: Vishok Verma on bettering society through the performing arts.
This week on Yes But Why Podcast, I chat with Improv Artist and a Social Entrepreneur, Vishok Verma. Vishok Verma is a Professional Trainer of Communication Skills (Corporate, Social Enterprises, and Non-profits). He is the Founder & CEO of “Let’s Express,” an organization that uses improvisational games and other performing arts exercises to boost the self-esteem and to improve the communication skills of young individuals from socio-economically disadvantaged areas…
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