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performance review 2013

Performances in Review 2013

For the third year in a row, one of my goals was to perform at least 100 times. Last year I hit 133 performances, the year before 119. This year it was 102. Here are some stats regarding the performances: 54% of shows were shortform improv, 5% of shows were traditional longform improv, 23% were […]

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performance review 2012

Performances in Review 2012

For the second year in a row, one of my goals was to perform at least 100 times. Last year I hit 119 performances, this year I hit 133. Here are some stats regarding the performances: 41% of shows were shortform improv, 36% of shows were traditional longform improv, 18% were musical improv, and 5%

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NY Times on Comedy

A friend sent me two recent NY Times articles related to comedy and I thought both provided interesting perspective on current comedy trends. The first, Take My Comedy Influences, Please, talks partly about the influx of comedians talking about comedy, something of which I’m a fan. I’m always fascinated by how other comedians approach their work,

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performance review 2011

Performances in Review 2011

One of my goals for 2011 was to perform at least 100 times. I was able to meet and surpass that goal, finishing with 119 total performances. Here are some stats regarding the performances: 57% of shows were long-form improv, 42% were short-form improv and 1% were stand-up. 39% of the total shows were at

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UCB Sketch 201 Class Notes

Instructor: Michael DelaneyDate Taken: May 2009  After about 9 months off from writing any sketch, I decided to take the 201 class at UCB. This class (and Delaney specifically) made me hate my workduring the class but also made me a much stronger writer after the class. Below are the notes. Find out more about UCB’s training program here.

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Crackberry

INT. OFFICE – EVENING THOMAS is sitting at his cubicle at work.  His computer is on with a Blackberry Screen Saver.  Thomas is intently typing away on his Blackberry, ignoring the computer in front of him. A new text message comes in from someone labelled WIFE.  The message reads “When will you be home?” Thomas

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UCB Sketch 101 Class Notes

Instructor: Dominic DierkesDate Taken: August 2008  At about the same time I decided to jump back into improv, I also decided to take a sketch class. I never really had much interest in writing sketch for the stage, but figured the class could give me some good insights on overall comedic writing. Below are the

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