Yes, Also - Jordan Myrick

Eli Gonzalez (Smosh, F**k this Month) talks about freedom within frameworks, a growth mindset, second beats, navigating dark interviews, Smosh, live-streamed improv, making Harolds more interesting, big moves, a great original opening, non-verbal heightening, and more!Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com !Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: [email protected]: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

Rachel Van Nes (Bitchin, Your Brain on Improv) talks about competition vs. collaboration, JTS Brown, sharpening premise play, tips for satire, three dimensional listening, incorporating improv into therapy, why fight scenes happen, accepting endowments, combatting burnout, bespoke exercises for specific pitfalls, and more!Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com !Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: [email protected]: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

Michael Hitchcock (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show) talks about The Groundlings in the 90's, bringing yourself to the stage, collecting characters from real life, collaborating with Christopher Guest, being funny vs. jokey, navigating improvised movies, helpful character development exercises, mashup shows, TV writing with an improviser's spirit, and more!Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com !Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: [email protected]: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

Alana Johnston (UCB, Mae Martin and Friends) talks about Canadian Improv Games, regional styles, becoming a hybrid player, complementary teammates, getting on the same page in a scene, improv on screen, getting out of your head, career noise, peas in a pod scenes, a novel approach to narrative shows, and more!Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com !Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: [email protected]: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

Chris Renfro (Oh Mary, Artistic Director of UCB LA) talks about their start in music, trouble with game, passive audience inclusion, the theatrical side of improv, creative Harolds, ASSSSKETCH, the gift of pressure, AD challenges, Harold auditions, producing the SNL showcase, and more!Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com !Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: [email protected]: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

Deena Nyer Mendlowitz talks candidly about her experience with mental illness, performing improv and stand-up in mental health facilities, and the ways that improv has saved her life. Her new stand-up special (Shrimp Catcher) gives her comedic take on depression, was developed / performed while she was hospitalized, and is available on Youtube now! (link in show notes)If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, you are not alone. Call 988 or Text HOME to 741741. Youtube: @DeenaNyerComedyInstagram: @DeenaNyer

Jordan Myrick (Gastronauts, UCB) talks about intrusive thoughts, listening vs. anticipating, the reasons behind object work, lessons from UCB tourco, tactics for winning an audience, auditions, food + comedy, serving the whole, televised improv, NY / LA, and more!Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com !Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: [email protected]: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

Brennan Lee Mulligan (Dimension 20, UCB) talks about getting unstuck in shows, side coaching, his origin story, subverting expectation, juggling character games, playing awful people, depiction vs. endorsement, his favorite books, Dimension 20, his process as a DM, a hot take on Yes And, and more!Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com !Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: [email protected]: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

Lilan Bowden (UCB, Asian AF) talks about early acting experiences, vulnerability, plot vs. game, removing conflict, kicking scenes into gear, callibrating differences in style, starting an indie show, generational hierarchy, different effects of career success, Asian AF, and more!Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com !Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: [email protected]: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye

Karen Graci (Second City Tourco) talks about choosing a creative life, formative improv lessons from Chicago, shifting a show's momentum, scenic safety levers, craft vs. art, the best approach to auditions, sketch writing, intelligence vs. logic, revealing a character's humanity, helpful exercises, and more!Access to double the content and other perks at yesalso.supercast.com !Subscribe on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@YesAlsoPodcastFollow us on instagram @yesalsopod or on TikTok @yes.also.podEmail your ideas and questions: [email protected]: Suzi BarrettProducer: Ryan RosenbergAudio/Video Editor: Brian KesslerMarketing: Britt Faye