Improv Interviews

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Meet the fabulous Rachel Rosenthal! We met several years ago at the Sarasota improv Festival when she was part of the North Coast Hip Hop Improv! She is so fun and generous and we did an online class teaching me the basics of Hip Hop way before the pandemic.! Today, she resides in Portland OR whe…

Meet the fabulous Mary Lemmer. She is a brilliant person who has accomplished so much in her young life! Our paths crossed at a meeting with improvisers who had conducted evidence based research on the neurological and psychological benefits of improv! We talk about her improv journey and the chal…

Meet Dr. Ron Harvey , an improviser and professor of Psychology at the American University in Bulgaria. He is also the faculty co-sponsor for the student improv troupe, the 1st English language improv club in the Balkans. Dr. Ron studied improv in Chicago at The Second City as well as iO Chicago,…

Meet the wonderful improviser/coach and Rock star Patrick Short! We had a stimulating chat about his 39th year anniversary as a player with Comedy Sportz . He is also a much sought after Musical Director! For 32 years he ran the Comedy Sportz Portland. He is on the board of the Applied Improvisat…

I met Ruth Jenkins a year ago and was immediately fascinated by her work in improv as a Speech and Language Pathologist (SLP). She describes using her SLP and improv skills for people with Parkinson's and other neurological disorders. She has been improvising and teaching for over 35 years. She and…

231 Improv Interviews Dan Protess by Margot Escott

I met Cooper at a Dialect class and loved her teaching style and her skills! We chat about her growing up in St. Louis and her early influences. She received a degree in Theatre Arts from New Mexico and eventually made her way to Chicago. A friend suggested that she take classes at Second City and …

Meet my friend Bob Dassie! We had such a great chat! He is, and I don't say this often, a brilliant and kind person! We talk about his legendary improv-duo show WeirDass with his wife of 25 years, Stephanie. Next month (August 2026) he's be teaching at the WGIS! Thanks to Jay Sukow for introducing…

Meet my dear friend Karen Derrah! We met through our mutual friend Max Schaeffer and more recently in a Musical Improv Show directed by Steph McCullough. She lives in Guelph, Ontario and has been playing and teaching piano for many years. Her love of improvisation and music was a natural fit to bec…