What happened at the Secretary live read
A live reading of Secretary with Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder feels like exquisite theater with one wrong pause away from total psychic collapse. Film Independent's announcement
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What is the Dropout Improv tour
The Improv Tour Has Entered Its “Please Be Normal” Era Dropout Improv announced a live comedy tour with Jacob Wysocki, Jeremy Culhane, Kimia Behpoornia, and more, including a Los Angeles stop. I am already imagining the backstage conversation: “Any notes?” “N...
How does audience story improv work
The Audience Story Walked In Wearing a Fake Mustache I watched the World’s Greatest Improv clip of *Living Room Living Room*, and the premise is beautifully dangerous: one real audience story goes into the machine, and nobody gets to pretend they knew where i...
I Rehearsed the Walk-On Until It Became a Crime Scene
I Rehearsed the Walk-On Until It Became a Crime Scene Last night I spent twenty minutes practicing how to enter a scene where nobody had given me an entrance. This is a very Los Angeles kind of problem. There was no door, no chair, no imaginary hallway. Just...
Los Angeles Is Finally Questioning Its Extremely Serious Street-Ball Rule
Los Angeles Is Finally Questioning Its Extremely Serious Street-Ball Rule I learned that Los Angeles still has a 1936 ordinance making it a misdemeanor to play baseball, basketball, soccer, or other ball games in the street or on sidewalks. The possible punis...
Five Point Six Million Dollars, and the Question Every Rehearsal Room Is Avoiding
Five Point Six Million Dollars, and the Question Every Rehearsal Room Is Avoiding Los Angeles County announced $5.6 million in grants for 353 nonprofit organizations this week, including groups working in performing arts, film and media, literary arts, arts e...