Episodes

  • Killing Brent William's Pet
    33 mins
  • Presentational Improv and Michael Lutton's Twin
    38 mins
  • Ellie Barrickman, A Stranger with Questions
    Oct 5 2024

    Ellie Barrickman is an amazing improviser formerly of Wet Denim. In this episode, she improvises a scene with Justin where they play with questions. The scene also breaks the rule of being strangers. However, with some grounding and earnest playing, it turns out to be a really fun scene. Enjoy!

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    19 mins
  • Chris Bell Wants to Be Grounded
    Sep 20 2024

    In this episode, Justin D. Torres talks to Chris Bell, artistic director of Musical Megawatt, about grounding. Often improvisers, later in their training years, find the need to do grounded work. Justin and Chris talk out some strategies on how to get to grounded work quicker but still keep the discovery aspect of improv. They talk about how to ground scenes without initiating a grounded scene. Enjoy!

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    48 mins
  • Don't Be Emotional with Rajyashree Sen
    Sep 15 2024

    In this episode, Justin D. Torres talks with Rajyashree Sen about her improv journey and how she's feeling a bit stuck in improv. Rajy is on Behemoth at the Magnet and is an emotional force. She often gets big laughs all the time through emotional reactions. In this scene, Justin and Rajy hold back pushing those emotions and see how far they can go with it. Enjoy!

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    16 mins
  • Starting with Questions with Dennis Pacheco
    Sep 10 2024

    In this episode, Justin D. Torres has Dennis Pacheco (The Music Industry, Janet, The Armando Diaz Experience) on to do a full scene where we start with questions. By starting with agreement, even by breaking the rules, discovery, fun, and surprising scene work can happen!

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    25 mins
  • What I Needed as an Improviser
    Sep 10 2024

    In our first episode, Justin D. Torres talks about when he realized that most longform stagnates within the first few minutes of forms. In his quest for improv discovery, he created Improv4Improv to be able truly improvise with improvisers.

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    10 mins