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Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv
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Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv is a podcast that teaches Long-form, Narrative, Theatrical Improvisation, otherwise known as Muprov. It is a great resource for improvisors who are trying to level up their practice and learn new styles of play! The hosts, Hal Munger and Julian Bernado are experienced and innovative Muprovisors, who are excited to spread the word about their favorite way of doing their favorite activity. On the show they provided practice plans that you can use for your ensemble, teach fun formats, and chat with guests who bring a wide variety of perspectives!Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MuprovMusingsIntro Music By Sebastian Blue Hochman
Episodes
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Classical Improv 02 - Rafe Chase - The Origins of Narrative Improv - Muprov Musings 116
In this episode, I found out that Rafe Chase directed the first hour-long narrative improv show that I have found a record of!!! And it was a noir of all things :) Get the whole story of how our art form began by listening...
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Nocturnal 01 - The Improvised Animal Noir - Muprov Musings 115
Sasha Sokolova is co-hosting this new series where we break down the process of creating our current show, Nocturnal: the Improvised Animal Noir. On this episode we talk about our inspirations, technical design, and first practice.
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Helliday: The Improvised Horror Show - Muprov Musings 114
Interviews with (most of) the cast and the director of Helliday: The Improvised Horror Show at the Robin Hood International Improv Festival 2026! It was a ridiculously fun show full of interesting and hilarious people! Guests: Beata Różalska David Raitt Paul Berrocal Kaci Beeler Liam Webber
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Classical Improv 01 - Rebecca Stockley - Muprov Musings 113
Rebecca Stockley has been directing improvised Shakespeare plays since 1989. As far as we know, she is the first person to ever create an hour-long improvised Shakespeare play. Because she was the first to discover the artform, Rebecca is the perfect person to kick off our new series on the…
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UnScripted Shakespeare Festival Debrief - Anson Chan - Muprov Musings 112
Anson Chan, Co-Artistic Director and Co-producer of the UnScripted Shakespeare Festival joins the podcast to debrief the big takeaways from this year's festival. I tried to edit it down a little, but we still set the record for the longest episode of Muprov Musings.
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LiF 17 - Ancestors Cast - Muprov Musings 111
Interviews with: Laura Kennedy Kieran Sands Kristin Elliott Juwel Haque Derbáil Kinsella Dani Taffijn Babette Hinterleitner Erik Ostrom I wasn't able to sit down with everybody, but the cast also included: Matt Sparkes Ray Billington Terje Brevik Who: Wing It Impro - Ensemble Team What: Ancestors...
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LiF 16 - The School of Night - Oliver Senton - Muprov Musings 110
Hal Munger interviews Oliver Senton from The School of Night. Oliver and Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: The School of Night What: The School of Night Where:...
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LiF 15 - Empty Set - Rosalind Grégoire and Christianna Tsigkou - Muprov Musings 109
Hal Munger interviews with Empty Set who will be performing here-elsewhere at LIF 2026. Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: Empty Set What: here-elsewhere Where:...
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LiF 14 - A Very Capable Boy - Nathan Dean - Muprov Musings 108
Hal Munger interviews Nathan Dean who will be performing the A very Capable boy at LIF 2026 at LIF 2026. Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: Greg Baxter and…
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LiF 13 - The Library of Forgotten Books - Rebecca MacMillan and Andĕl Sudik - Muprov Musings 107
Hal Munger interviews Rebecca MacMillan and Andĕl Sudik who will be teaching and performing the Library of Forgotten books at LIF 2026. Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity...
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LiF 12 - Anneliina and Guitar - Muprov musings 106
Hal Munger interviews Anneliina and Guitar who will be performing Life Happens! at LIF 2026. Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: AnneLiina & Guitar What: Life...
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LiF 11 - Aunt Batty Knows - Tales from the Armchair - Muprov Musings 105
Hal Munger interviews Aunt Batty Knows who will be performing Tales from the Armchair at LIF 2026. Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: Aunt Batty Knows... What:...
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LiF 10 - Matt Vaughan-Wilson - Breakfast of Champions - Muprov Musings 104 104
Hal Munger interviews Breakfast of Champions who will be performing at LIF 2026. Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: Breakfast of Champions What: The Big…
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LiF 09 - Phil Lunn - Phyllida Sings - Muprov Musings 103
Hal Munger interviews Phil Lunn who will be performing Phyllida Sings at LIF 2026. Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: Phil Lunn What: Phyllida Sings Where: Unity…
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LiF 08 - Improv the Dead - Muprov musings 102
Hal Munger interviews Improv the Dead who will be performing at LIF 2026. Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. What: Improv the Dead Where: Unity 1 When: 8:30pm -...
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LiF 07 - Eric Caldwell - But of Mind - Muprov Musings 101
Hal Munger interviews Eric Caldwell who will be performing from the show But of Mind with Diana Brown, Kelly Chambers and Dan Wilson. Eric and Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the…
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LiF 06 - Mark Smith - Ancestors - Muprov Musings 100
Hal Munger interviews director of LIF ensemble 2026 Mark Smith who will be creating Ancestors at LIF 2026. Mark and Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Who: Wing It...
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LiF 05 - Absolute Onions - Improv Island Discs - Muprov Musings 099
Hal Munger interviews Absolute Onions a Manchester improv company who will be performing Improv Island Discs. The Onions and Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre....
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LiF 04 - ImprompTwo - Sinners Table - Muprov Musings 098
Hal Munger interviews Kathy and Joe Rinaldi from ImprompTwo & Co who will be performing from the show ‘The Sinners Table’. Kathy and Joe discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity…
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LiF 03 - Mike and Fergus - Gricers - Muprov Musings 097
Hal Munger interviews Mike Burton and Fergus Wynne who will be performing from the show Gricers. Mike and Fergus discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. Gricers is a new,...
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LiF 02 - Stephen Longstaffe - Shakespeare on the Spot - Muprov Musings 096
Hal Munger interviews Stephen Longstaffe a solo improviser who will be performing Shakespeare on the spot. Stephen and Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch their show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. The world...
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LiF 01 - Emily Rose - Play It Again - Muprov Musings 095
Hal Munger interviews Emily Rose part of the duo who make up the music improv shows 'Play it Again'. Emily and Hal discus all things improv, from inspirations, ideas and everything in between. Catch this show as part of LIF 2026 hosted by festival partners the Unity theatre. They are immortal...
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Animatia 05 - Terrarium - Muprov Musings - 094
Cheetah T John and Mantis Make their way through the Wilkerson estate... This one has an epic battle at the end. This episode wraps up the first batch of Animatia episodes! We will be back with more in March, but in the meantime, check out the Liverpool improvisation Festival interviews that we...
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Animatia 04 - The Jungle - Muprov Musings 093
This episode has the craziest ending.... After last time we had the idea to do a bottle episode that followed Beatrice through the nightclub. We had no idea how out-of-hand things would get :).
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Animatia 03 - Welcome to Wilkerson - Muprov Musings 092
Topher gains some valuable information, Beatrice gets involved with some bad actors, and we see where the lake portal leads. We promise that the audie quality issue will be fixed on the next episode, sorry about it cutting off!
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Animatia 02 - The Vanishing of George Strider - Muprov Musings 091
The plot thickens in the second episode of Animatia... If you want this to make sense... go back and listen to the first one! Suggestions for this episode were Water Strider and Rhino.
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Animatia 01 - Pilot - Muprov Musings 90
The first episode of our improvised television series. The only thing we decided in advance was that all the characters would be animals and that the show would begin with a car chase. For this show we received the suggestions: Cheetah, Gopher, Canada Goose, and Peacock.
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Serialized Improv - Muprov Musings 089
We discuss our plans for our next format on the podcast, a serialized improvised audio show!
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Catching Up - Muprov Musings 088
Julian and I have been off the podcast for the past month, so on this episode we dive back in to Muprov Musings and catch each other up on what we have been learning in London and San Francisco.
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Fringe Debrief - John Mistele - Muprov Musings 087
After an extended break, we are back to talk about our recent experience at the Fringe. John Mistele is guest! Sorry for the audio quality on this one!
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GOATs 02 - Lisa Rowland - Muprov Musings 086
The Glorious GOAT we are interview this week is none other than Lisa Rowland! We have always looked up to Lisa when she was our teacher, but assumed that she was just the best improviser that we knew. As we have traveled the world and seen more improv, it turns out that she is one of the best in...
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Sjoelenterviews 02 - Flock Festival - Muprov Musings 085
The second part of the interviews that I got from Flock Festival, this episode features the voices of the international guests who had come from far and wide to take part! It includes interviews with: Liam Webber Chris Mead Maria Ramis Auri Itämäki Isabel Brodie Adria Lerma Katy Schutte Phill…
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Sjoelenterviews 01 - Flock Theatre - Muprov Musings 084
This special live episode, I interview great improvisers while they play the dutch game of Sjoelen. Flock Theater in Amsterdam is the best improv theater that I have seen anywhere in the world, and I hope these episodes will shed some light on how it runs! This is the first in a two part series…
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GOATs 01 - Mark Smith - Muprov Musings 083
Dr. Mark Smith joins the podcast for the first episode of our GOATs Series, where we interview great improvisers to try to understand how they got to where they are today. Mark is the artistic director of the Liverpool Improvisation Festival, has a very substantial body of work in improvised and...
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LIVE from the UnScripted Shakespeare Festival 2025 - John Mistele - Muprov Musings 082
A duo show, recorded live at the Unscripted Shakespeare Festival featuring Hal Munger and John Mistele! This is the audio of the show that we are bringing to the Edinburgh Fringe this year. Julian is adjusting to his new job, so he will be back on the podcast soon to begin an exciting new series...
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A New Play 14 - Directing - Hal - Muprov Musings 081
For the final episode of our A New Play series, Julian interviews Hal about directing A New Play.
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A New Play 13 - Debrief Nights 3 & 4 - Muprov Musings 80
Apologies for the upload delay, Hal was running the UnScripted Shakespeare Festival! We are right back at it debriefing the final two nights of A New Play! Our intro music by Sebastian Blue Hochman famously comes from night four! Night Three watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y_G9zNJv3Q…
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A New Play 12 - Debrief Nights 1 & 2 - Muprov Musings 079
We rewatched nights One and Two of A New Play and talked through how they went!If you haven't seen them go check them out! A New Play Night One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjeb4BI1o-0 A New Play Night Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2qDjmWah6g&t=19s
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A New Play 11 - Physical Improv Techniques - Muprov Musings 078
Our third episode about the physical improvisers gets deep into the specific techniques that we developed for A New Play. Many of these techniques never made it into the performances, so this is the first time they are available to the world!
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Hal's Adventures 04 - Taxi Tales - Muprov Musings 077
Live interviews with the cast of Taxi Tales from the Liverpool Improvisation Festival! Taxi tales was an incredible show created and directed by Dr. Mark Smith that tells the story of twelve taxi rides over the course of one night. An enormous thank you to everyone involved with LiF for making…
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A New Play 10 - Production - Lana - Muprov Musings 076
Lana Tleimat, the assistant director, producer, stage manager, costume fabricator, and pain sink of A New Play puts on one final hat: podcast guest.
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A New Play 09 - Physical Amplification - Kaelyn - Muprov Musings 075
Physical Improviser Kaelyn Ong comes on the podcast to talk about her experience working in A New Play and what she has done since. We explore the role of physical improviser as amplifier and Kaelyn talks about how she treats physical improvising like animation!
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A New Play 08 - Lessons From Theater - Jayda - Muprov Musings 074
Jayda Alvarez, one of the five character improvisers from A New Play, joins the podcast to answer all of our questions! Jayda brought a lot of her theatrical knowledge to A New Play, so this episode is not too dissimilar from the early conversations we had in making it.
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A New Play 07 - Structure - Muprov Musings 073
So how do you improvise a show where the structure itself is improvised? Simple... Know all structures!
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A New Play 06 - Monologues - Anna W - Muprov Musings 072
Anna W is back by popular demand to talk about her signature move: monologues! She is truly a monologue master so listening to her talk is pure joy. Monologue's ended up being one of the defining features that distinguished ANP-prov from regular improv and I am so glad we were able to do such a...
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Festen - Aymeric Desjardin and Charlotte Méniére - Muprov Musings 071
TW: Child abuse and sexual assault. This episode is a rare LIVE interview with two of the most brilliant impro minds out there! Impro Amsterdam reliably curates the best improvised shows that I have seen anywhere in the world, and standing out from the pack this year was Festen. Based on the…
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A New Play 05 - Exploring Boundaries - Muprov Musings 070
In practicing for A New Play we sought to expand the world of what is possible to improvise! To do this we broke away from the traditional "rules" of impro and rebuilt our own looser guidelines to play by. In this episode we also talk about how you can safely explore and expand the comfortable...
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A New Play 04 - Vacuums - Muprov Musings 069
In this episode we explore the subtle difference in thought process the separated A New Play improvisation from other types of improv. If you are wondering why this is such a challenging form, here is your answer, but the payoff for learning to play in this way is enormous :)
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A New Play 03 - The Physical Improvisors - Sasha - Muprov Musings 068
Sasha Sokolova joins the podcast to talk about the biggest innovation of A New Play: The Physical Improvisors. If you want some brilliant insights in to how to add movement, visual artistry, and technical elements to your improv, tune in to here what Sasha has to say! To apply to take the 3 day...
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A New Play 02 - The Tao - Muprov Musings 067
Read along with this one: https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/5/25851/files/2016/02/taoteching-Stephen-Mitchell-translation-v9deoq.pdf or listen to the full text: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7sIyojwbx9eaKqkoPL3DDH?si=1dadcab6edf44c79
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Muprov Musings: Exceptionally Average Improv is a podcast that teaches Long-form, Narrative, Theatrical Improvisation, otherwise known as Muprov. It is a great resource for improvisors who are trying to level up their practice and learn new styles of play! The hosts, Hal Munger and Julian Bernado are experienced and innovative Muprovisors, who are excited to spread the word about their favorite way of doing their favorite activity. On the show they provided practice plans that you can use for your ensemble, teach fun formats, and chat with guests who bring a wide variety of perspectives!Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MuprovMusingsIntro Music By Sebastian Blue Hochman
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