Austin Improv

Me me me!

Ben Masten

Lotsa stuff.

Favorite warmups: running, screaming high fives. This is a real warmup. I'm serious.

Me! Me me me!

Ben Masten

Library/ century/ next chapter, etc.

Me please! I haven't played in... shit, probably since June sometime.

Ben Masten

Next Chapter (institution)
Century ( All over the place)
The PIT (The PIT)

Me please! I haven't had a chance to do Maestro since sometime before OOB.

Yes! it's true! Come one come all to Coldtowne tonight at 8:30 for a stool pigeon featuring the long absent Bryan "LuBu" Roberts.

This dude is a stand up guy. Let's get a nice crowd for him.

Anybody been tweeting anything interesting? I'm not a habitual twitter-er so I'm out of the loop.

Oh and, lastly, I'll repost this from my facebook:

Also, I have no beef with Samantha whatsoever. I assumed that the tweet had been written by some nameless PR flak who knew nothing about improv from ANY theater.

Obviously not the case.

Also, by the way, I don't mean to imply that folks who take off to LA are surrendering their artistic purity, or anything like that. I just have about zero interest in it myself. I tried to get on that track for a while, and the amount of work and dedication it takes to successfully make a career of ...

Chris-

A big reason I backed off my original post later in this thread, is because I took a second to think, and I realized that much of what you eventually came over to say is correct, and that my intent was not to come off as combatively as I originally did, for which I apologize.

I DO think ...

The 2012 OOB process show.

Halyn to Kaci (who is playing an 11 year old girl playing Satan)

"I want your fiery cock inside me."

Anyway, my point had more to do with Newyorkocentrism generally, something which I can also confirm is in no way unique to UCB.

I imagine the hardest thing in New York and LA is "the stepping stone mentality" where you step all over your neighbors' toes because you get stuck in your head. About ...

Ben are we honestly going to approach a community-wide stance on any theater or institution?

To what benefit?

Not at all. I myself have had really positive experiences with UCBers. Will Hines, for example, taught my first ever class, and is a HUGE reason why I do this stuff today. He's a stand ...

Probably true for the target audience who won't see any other improv all year.

A solid point.

Look, the UCB as an institution has a well-deserved reputation for arrogance. The rank and file of UCB folks even look down their noses at the other two theaters in NYC, let alone improvisers from ...

This is so badass.

If anyone gets ans Audience of Two card, gimme a shout. My mother will thank you.

I'm getting disproportionally excited for this. Also, the other night I went down this particular internet rabbit hole.

http://www.nerfmodsreviews.com/

The game hasn't even started yet. Oh, God, what have I become?