Okay, so he won't be living in it (it's an income property he'll be renting out) but that means he'll be popping in town more frequently than he would otherwise.
Look for more action on this front in the future.
Floyd VanBuskirk (Improv Bio)
In 1979, veteran improviser, Floyd VanBuskirk started taking improv classes in Seattle from Roberta Maguire of Second City. By 1982 he was invited to join her ensemble None Of The Above and began performing professionally as an improviser in the styles and formats developed by Del Close out of Chicago. Soon after he joined N.O.T.A. the group brought Keith Johnstone from Calgary Alberta to Seattle to teach some workshops. As a result Seattle Theatreports became the first Theatreports franchise in the United States and Floyd became the company?s first artistic director in 1983. This is when he began training improvisers to play Theatresports. Over the next 11 years he taught improvisational theatre and performed in several other improv and sketch groups as well as Seattle Theatresports, now known as Unexpected Productions. U.P. is still in existence, developing formats, performing and training improvisers and is the longest running show in Seattle history.
Floyd moved to Los Angeles in 1994 and joined L.A. Theatreports. He was the company's Education Director in 2000 and 2001 and Artistic Director from 2002 through 2004. While he was A.D. the company changed its name to Impro Theatre and continued to train its student improvisers by playing Theatresports and challenging its older company members by further exploring literary styles and performing full length improvised plays. One format he helped create was the critically acclaimed Shakhov for the 2003 Los Angeles Edge Fest. In Shakhov suggestions were taken at the top of the show and a 40-minute play would be created in the style of Shakespeare and after a 10-minute break the same suggestions would be used to create a second 40-minute play in the style of Chekhov. It was as if the two authors took a writing class together and each had the same assignment.
