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Synopsis
Improv Yak is an improv podcast hosted by improv teacher and Los Angeles improviser, Carla Cackowski. Each week Carla interviews an improviser about a specific technique that she admires in their performance and at the end of the show, Carla and guest improvise a scene in which Carla attempts to utilize the technique they discussed. Guests range from seasoned improvisers to first year improv students.
Episodes
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#19_Domeka Parker_Portland Improv Scene Part 3_Improv Yak
13/01/2016 Duration: 25minIn Episode 19, Carla wraps up her Portland series by sitting down for a yak with Brody Theater's Artistic Director, Domeka Parker. They discuss Sound Improv and briefly touch upon the importance of a good cup of Portland coffee.
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#18_Nicholas Kessler_Portland Improv Scene Part 2_Improv Yak
06/01/2016 Duration: 37minIn Episode 18 of Improv Yak, Carla yaks with Nicholas Kessler, one of The Liberator’s, Portland’s longest running improv group.
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#17_Stacey Hallal_Portland Improv Scene Part 1_Improv Yak
23/12/2015 Duration: 48minIn episode number seventeen of Improv Yak, Carla yaks with the Artistic Director of Curious Comedy Theater, Stacey Hallal. They discuss the Portland improv scene, CORE (characterization, objective, relationship, environment), and improvise a scene as father and son.
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#16_Marc Warzecha_Coaching, Teaching, & Directing Improv_Improv Yak
14/12/2015 Duration: 01h05minIn Episode 16 of Improv Yak, Carla yaks with Marc Warzecha about the different approaches he takes to teaching improv, coaching improv, and directing sketch shows through improvisation. They also speak about Marc’s love of political satire, his improv group with his buddies from Detroit (313), and challenging himself to be okay with failing. OH, and Viola Spolin!
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#15_Paul F. Tompkins_Listening_Improv Yak
09/12/2015 Duration: 01h28minIn Episode 15 of Improv Yak, Carla yaks with Paul F. Tompkins about his heightened listening skills, his comedic influences, and his desire to stay present and live in the moment both onstage and off.
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#14_Ithamar Enriquez_Playing the Silence_Improv Yak
07/12/2015 Duration: 54minIn Episode 14 of Improv Yak, Carla yaks with Ithamar Enriquez, an improviser and solo performer in Los Angeles. They talk about playing the silence of a scene and then improvise a scene about two teens on a date in the backseat of a car. Also, Muppets are discussed. MUPPETS.
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#13_Improv Students: The Beginning
04/12/2015 Duration: 44minIn Episode #13, Carla yaks with four different students at the beginning of their improv studies.
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#12_Kat Smith_Emerging Improv Communities: Cincinnati_Improv Yak
02/12/2015 Duration: 45minIn Episode 12 of Improv Yak, Carla talks improv with co-director of OTRimprov in Cincinnati, Kat Smith.
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#11_Dwayne Colbert_Directing Improvisers_Improv Yak
26/11/2015 Duration: 57minIn Episode #11 of Improv Yak, Carla sits down with her friend Dwayne Colbert for a conversation about directing improvisers. They also discuss auditioning for a Nerdist House Team, diversity in the Los Angeles comedy scene, and then Carla goes blue in their improv scene (these things happen sometimes).
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#10_Janet Varney_Vulnerability_Improv Yak
18/11/2015 Duration: 01h08minIn Episode 10 of Improv Yak, Janet Varney discusses vulnerability in improv and the ins and outs of producing the San Francisco Sketchfest.
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#9_Megan Gray_Having Fun_Improv Yak
11/11/2015 Duration: 53minWhen Carla was recently in New York City, she sat down to yak with the Artistic Director of Magnet Theater, Megan Gray. They yak'd about the importance of having fun in improvisation and improvised a scene featuring a couple of film geeks.
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#8 Mark Gagliardi_Acting in Improv_Improv Yak
09/11/2015 Duration: 01h04sCarla sits down with her buddy Mark Gagliardi to discuss how he applies his training as an actor to improvisation.
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#7_Amy Phillips_Characters & Impressions_Improv Yak
04/11/2015 Duration: 57minIn Episode 7, Carla speaks to LA comedian and actress Amy Phillips about using improv to create characters and generate content for the web.
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#6_Craig Cackowski_Specificity_Improv Yak
02/11/2015 Duration: 47minCarla discusses specificity in improvisation with improviser and improv teacher, Craig Cackowski.
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#5_Todd Cooper_Blocks_Improv Yak
28/10/2015 Duration: 01h12minCarla speaks to Todd Cooper, a newer improviser in the Los Angeles scene, about the blocks he has been feeling as he navigates the techniques he has learned over the last year.
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#4_James Mastraieni_Straight Man_Improv Yak
27/10/2015 Duration: 01h06minIn the fourth episode of Improv Yak, Carla chats with improviser James Mastraieni about his philosophy on the role of “straight man” in a comedic scene.
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#3_Jean Villepique_Emotion_Improv Yak
25/10/2015 Duration: 58minIn the third episode of Improv Yak, Carla chats with Jean Villepique about her use of emotion when performing improv comedy.
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#2_Drew Droege_Commitment_Improv Yak
25/10/2015 Duration: 54minIn the second episode of Improv Yak, Carla chats with Drew Droege about commitment in improvisation and how he applies it in his work as a performer.
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#1_Amanda Blake Davis_Point of View_Improv Yak
25/10/2015 Duration: 53minIn the first episode of Improv Yak, Carla chats with Amanda Blake Davis about character point of view and how she applies it when improvising.