Episodes
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How to Improvise a play with PARALLELOGRAMOPHONOGRAPH
Valerie, Kaci, Roy and Kareem have been improvising together as P-Graph for 18 years. They share their history and process with host Kevin Scott.
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How to run a successful improv comedy theater with Front Porch Improv
BrianneHalveson and John Brennan, Artist directors of Front Porch Improv discuss their strategy and systems for running a commercially and artistically successful improv/comedy theater.
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I.O. Co-Artistic Director Katie Caussin
Katie Caussin chats with host Kevin Scott about her years being funny with The Second City, The Annoyance Theater and future as Co-Artistic Director of I.O. Theater in Chicago.
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Art vs Entertainment with Johnathan Pitts
Jonathan Pitts talks with kevin Scott about his 20 years as a festival producer and what he's learned traveling the world as an improv teacher. Jonathan Pitts is a improv theatre artist from Chicago with over 30 years’ experience. He’s a creator, director, improviser, producer, and teacher, and...
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Brian Stack on Conan, Colbert and making it as a comedy writer
Pat from Centralia chats with Brian Stack about his years writing for Conan O'Brien on Late Night and the Tonight Show and his current job writing for Stephen Colbert on The Late Show. They also discuss Briens years doing improv and sketch and how that led to his writing comedy for TV.
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TV, movie writer, producer Cindy Caponera One on One
Patrick McCartney chats what it was like writing for SNL, staying sober and her time with Second City. Cindy Caponera is Second City veteran, TV and movie writer, and producer her credits include Saturday Night Live, Shameless, I'm Dying Up Here, Nurse Jackie and At Home with Amy Sedaris.
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TV Writer Jodi Lennon One On One
Patrick McCartney and Jodi Lennon discuss starting scenes in the middle, coming up with characters and her time studying with Del Close and Mick Napier. Jodi Lennon is an Emmy-nominated writer, producer and a director. She is an alumnae of Chicago's Second City, IO and The Annoyance Theater. Shes...
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Conan/Late Night writer Brian McCann One On One
Patrick McCartney goes one on one with comedy writer Brian McCann. They discuss Brian's career path from advertising copywriter through classes with Del Close to his 17 years writing for Conan O'Brien. From 1995 to 2012 McCann wrote and made appearances on Late Night, The Tonight Show and Conan....
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The Evolution Of Improv or Death to Tag-Out Runs with Bob Fisher
Centralia's Kevin Scott chats with fellow Bang Bang alum Bob Fisher to discuss Bob's days with The Second City, Annoyance Theater, Cardiff Giant and of course, Bang Bang. They also discuss how Improv has changed for them and the improv community at large since discovering improv in Chicago in the...
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Michael Shannon One On One
Centralia's Patrick McCartney chats with Actor, Michael Shannon about his days a a young actor in Chicago, and his journey since then. Michael Shannon has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in the Sam Mendes period drama Revolutionary Road and the…
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SNL, Late Night Writer, Alex Baze One On One
Pat McCartney goes One On One with Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Seth Meyers writer Alex Baze to discuss his days in Chicago in the '90's and his life at SNL and Late night and his journey to get there.
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Adam McKay goes One On One with Pat McCartney
Centralia Pat McCartney has a one on one chat with his old pal Adam McKay to discuss his journey from improv student to Oscar winning filmmaker. Adam was head writer at Saturday Night Live before writing and directing hit films and series such as Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Vice, The Big Short,...
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Ashley Ward and how to improvise a song.
Ashley Ward from Conyers, GA performed improv and sketch comedy in New York City for more than a decade before moving to Los Angeles. Ashley appeared in several off broadway shows including the New York Times Critic's Pick "50 Shades! The Original Musical Parody" which she also co-wrote. TV…
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Bill Chott on life and improv before and after The Dana Carvey Show.
Pat and Kevin chat will Bill Chott about touring the country Second City, His Saturday Night Live audition and how it got him the attention of The Dana Carvey show and his life as an actor, comedian and improvisor. Bill Chott played Mr. Laritate on the Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place....
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One On One with Noah Gregoropoulos
Noah Gregoropoulos is an influential Chicago improvisor, teacher and director having taught for decades at IO and DePaul University. Noah most notably directed the Lois Kaz show at Second City which features a who's who of long time comedy writers and performers.
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Will Luera on community building
Hosted by Kevin Scott Will Luera has built communities at theaters in Boston with Improv Boston and in Sarasota Florida as the Director of Improvisation at the Florida Studio Theater. He's Artistic Director of Improv Asylum, Director of Big Bang Improv and serves as the Artistic Director Emeritus...
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David Koechner One On One
Patrick McCartney goes one on one with David Koechner best known as Champ Kind in the Anchorman films and Todd Packer on NBC's The Office as well as appearances in dozens of movies and TV shows including a year as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Pat and David discuss David's improv and…
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Dion Flynn & Nate Starkey on Shackled
Dion Flynn & Nate Starkey created and perform in the two-man prisoners-on-the-run improvisational comedy Shackled. In this episode they join host Kevin Scott to discuss their trailer park childhoods and how they found Improv, comedy and each other. They also discuss the process of developing an...
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Heather Urquhart on improvising musicals.
Heather is a UK based improviser with 20 years experience. She performs regularly with The Maydays, Showstopper! the Improvised Musical, and more as well as coaching people in improvisation and improv skills for life and work. She specializes in musical improvisation. She is the the winner of the...
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Robert Z Grant on the Actor's Imagination
ROBERT Z GRANT is a New York-based actor and improviser and author of Improv and the Actor's Imagination: An Essential Guide to Get Yourself Into Trouble. He trained as an actor with Bill Esper at the William Esper Studio in New York, studied clowning and Commedia with Christopher Bayes at The...
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Guy Richards Smit on art and comedy
Guy Richards Smit is an American performance artist, painter, and singer-songwriter in the band Maxi Geil! & PlayColt. His work has been seen around the world including MoMA in New York City. he has been performing his character Jonathan Grossmalerman, a satirical take on the artistic…
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Jules Munns and the Future of Improvisation
Jules Munns joins the podcast from the U.K. to discuss the future of Improvisation. Jules co-founded the Nursery Theater and Slapdash International Improv Festival. He performs with the Maydays, Ten Thousand Million Love Stories, Concept: the Improvised Concept Album and many other shows.
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Dave Razowsky is present and in the moment
Dave Razowsky performed in 10 revues at Chicago's Second City with cast members including Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris, and Rachel Dratch. He was Artistic Director of The Second City Hollywood for 10 years and has taught his unique style of workshops around the world. He discusses…
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Finding your voice/Notes
Centralia discusses finding your unique improv voice and how to get and take notes from a director or other ensemble members. some adult language in the episode
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Chris Griggs on Improv, Stand-up and being an ad-man
no one has guested with Centralia more than Chris Griggs. Griggs is a stand-up Comic who tours the US and has been performing Improv comedy and teaching for most of the past 20 years. Before he went into comedy he wrote Advertisements. He discusses all this things with host Patrick McCartney.
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Lucas Hazlett on the philosophy of improv
The times Lucas Hazlett performed with Centralia were among the most memorable shows we've ever done. Lucas joins Kevin in a discussion on what makes good improv, philosophy, being a team player and the optimal improv show structure. Lucas Hazlett is a writer/performer who studied improv and…
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Commitment is 9/10ths of success, Gary Oldman and Caskets at sea
Kevin, Matt and Jay chat about things in the news and try to understand why Gary Oldman is the worlds greatest actor.
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We Apologize
Centralia's Matt, Kevin and Jay take the time to apologize for their behavior and chat about classic TV Shows and interior design of the late 1970's
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KURT BRAUNOHLER on Comedy, Philosophy and the Absurd.
Comedian, actor and podcaster Kurt Braunohler has had a Comedy Central Special, appeared in Netflix’s LADY DYNAMITE, THE BIG SICK, BOB’S BURGERS, NEW GIRL, @MIDNIGHT, ANOTHER PERIOD, KROLL SHOW, DRUNK HISTORY, CHELSEA LATELY, DELOCATED, JON BENJAMIN HAS A VAN, HUMAN GIANT. He's done stand up on...
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Ali Farahnakian, fake fighting and starting your own theater.
Ali Farahnakian was a founding member of the UCB theater and is the founder and owner of The People Improv Theater In New York and Chapel Hill, NC. Ali performed with the Second City Improv Olympic in Chicago and studied with Del Close in the '90's. He was a writer for Saturday Night Live, has...
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Centralia in conversation: Iceland, Anger management and a pronunciation guide
Kevin, Matt and Jay chat about Jay's fateful trip to island and other things as part of Centralia's In Conversation series
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Turn ons
Centralia chat about what is turning them on these days- the sights, sounds, smells and illustrated playing cards that have them excited are all discussed.
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Mary Gallagher on Standup, Acting and Writing
Comic Mary Gallagher becomes Kevin's therapist as they discuss her stand up comedy, appearing on The Late Show with Steven Colbert, her days doing improv in Chicago and how to find your own unique voice and style.
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KATARINA WAHLBERG on Book Writing, teaching and playing.
Katarina Wahlberg Joins Host Kevin Scott to discuss her Improv guide book and running a theater and school. Katarina is the co-author of The Visual Guide To Improv and a founder of International Theater Stockholm. She has trained and performed at many different improv theaters including the…
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Movie Snacks!
Centralia discusses their favorite snacks to have while watching a movie.
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Joe Bill and the Improv life journey
Joe Bill has been traveling the world teaching Imprvised theater techniques for a couple decades. He was a founding member of Chicago's Annoyance Theater as well as Bass-Prov, the 2 man show where 2 guys chat while Bass fishing. In this conversation he and Kevin from Centralia discuss his journey...
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Susan Messing 1 on 1
Susan Messing joins Patrick one on one to discuss being A New Jersey native, performing i at IO in Chicago with the legendary the Harold team Blue Velveeta., her days on the Second City main stage and being a founding member of the Annoyance theater.
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Todd Stashwick, actor, writer, dungeon master
Todd Stashwick and Centralia's Kevin chat about Chicago in the 90's, their days in New York and Todd's life as a Hollywood actor, writer and dungeon master.
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One On One with Kate Walsh
Before Kate Walsh played Dr. Addison Montgomery on ABC'sGrey's Anatomy and Private Practice, she was improvising with the members of Centralia as Burn Manhattan. Before Kate was playing Rebecca Wright on the NBC sitcom Bad Judge, Olivia Baker on the Netflix drama series 13 Reasons Why, and The...
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One on One with Shira Piven
Shira Piven has a one on one conversation with Centralia's Patrick Mc Cartney to discuss her upbringing, career as a TV, movie and theater director and how improv influences her work.
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J Elaine Marcos, Broadway and Improv
Centralia favorite J. Elaine Marcos has been in several Broadway casts. in this episode, she chats with Jay and Kevin about her days as a triple threat and how improv helps her acting and audition process.
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One on One with Jay Rhoderick
Get to know Centralia's Jay Rhoderick as he chats with Patrick McCartney about growing up in Maryland, discovering theater and improvisation.
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One On One with Kevin Scott
Pat sits down with Kevin to discuss being a theater kid, early comedy influences and being bossy.
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One On One with Matt Higgins
Patrick McCartney gets to know Matt Higgins a little bit better in this one on one interview about life, theater, stand-up comedy and improvisation.
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Julia Morales on Community, Cruises and Stepping Stone Theater.
Julia Morales, Artistic Director of Stepping Stone Theater in Chicago talks about her days doing improv on cruise ships and starting a new improv community.
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The Raving Jaynes
Jamie Graham and Amy Larimer from The Raving Jaynes (ravingjaynes.com, Instagram @ravingjaynes) join Jay and Kevin to talk combining comedy and dance in their unique performances.
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The Chris And Paul Show Show
Chris and Paul from the Chris and Paul Show show up on our show! Hosted by Centralia's Jay Rhoderick, Chris and Paul discuss being finalists NBC's Bring The Funny and their unique style of sketch comedy.
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Finding The funny with Joe Schiappa
Long time friend and frequent Centralia collaborator Joe Schiappa sits in to talk comedy and how to be funny while improvising.
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Lennon Parham talks Characters and MORE!
TV and movie actor/writer/creator Lennon Parham (Playing House, BFFs, Bless This Mess, Schooled, Veep, Lady Dynamite) chats about her process in creating her unforgettable characters and how she uses improvisation in her work as an actor and writer.
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Top 3 Improv Tips
Pat, Matt, Jay and Kevin each give their top 3 improv tips.
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New York's longest running improv group chats about improv comedy and other topics of interest.
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