The Backline
By The Sonar Network
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Canadian Comedy Award winners Rob Norman and Adam Cawley discuss weekly improv-based topics based on a theme.
| Episode | Date |
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Five Sweet Spots
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Crazytown
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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SOS (Save Our Scene)
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Inventing the Who What Where
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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improvfestivals
|
Jan 17, 2024 |
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First Time Format
|
Jan 09, 2024 |
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The Holiday Special
|
Dec 26, 2023 |
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The Right Mistakes
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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How to Launch a Show
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Let’s Go to the Bar
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Deconstructing the Deconstruction
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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The Power of Object Work
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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How to Support (and Agitate) Your Partner
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Starting Something New
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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End of the Scene
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Down With Warm-Ups
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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The Bullet
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Creativity
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Imposter Syndrome
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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The Mantra
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Direct Energy
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Finding Your Partner
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Translation
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Burns
|
Jul 22, 2022 |
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So We Bought An Improv School
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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The Cape Boys
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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What is My Improv Type?
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Live From Dallas Comedy Club
|
Jun 11, 2022 |
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Rules
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Threesome
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Mindset
|
Jun 02, 2022 |
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Is Improv American?
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Marketable
|
Apr 28, 2022 |
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Justification
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Grounding the Surreal
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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RIP Marijuna Man
|
Apr 08, 2022 |
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Getting Good
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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I Hate My Scene Partner
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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To Coach or Not To Coach
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Timing
|
Mar 17, 2022 |
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Write (and then Forget) the Script
|
Mar 03, 2022 |
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Is Online Improv Here to Stay?
|
Feb 24, 2022 |
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Is the Harold Dead?
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Chorus/Verse (and How It Changes the Way We Play)
|
Feb 10, 2022 |
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Is Support a Double-Edged Sword?
|
Feb 03, 2022 |
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What is Improv?
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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The Lightning Round
|
Nov 18, 2020 |
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A Brief History of Improv
|
Oct 07, 2020 |
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Sustaining Scenes
|
Sep 23, 2020 |
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Deals
|
Sep 10, 2020 |
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Ambition
|
Aug 27, 2020 |
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Making It Worth It
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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What’s Next?
|
Jul 02, 2020 |
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From the Archives: Monologues
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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Relationship
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May 27, 2020 |
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Genre
|
May 20, 2020 |
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Satire
|
May 13, 2020 |
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Stakes
|
May 06, 2020 |
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Structure
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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Premise
|
Apr 22, 2020 |
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Welcome to Sketchtown
|
Apr 15, 2020 |
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Back in Action
|
Apr 08, 2020 |
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Year End Review
|
Dec 11, 2019 |
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Top of Your Intelligence
|
Dec 05, 2019 |
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Bulldozing
|
Nov 20, 2019 |
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Five Tips for Producers
|
Oct 23, 2019 |
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Relaxation
|
Oct 16, 2019 |
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Break the Scene
|
Oct 03, 2019 |
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Old Team, New Player
|
Sep 25, 2019 |
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Beatprov
|
Sep 18, 2019 |
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Making it Natural
|
Sep 11, 2019 |
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Social Media
|
Sep 05, 2019 |
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Tour Essentials
|
Aug 21, 2019 |
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Small Town
|
Aug 14, 2019 |
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Connecting With Your Partner
|
Aug 07, 2019 |
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Buzzed Out
|
Jul 31, 2019 |
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Whose Line Is It Anyways?
|
Jul 24, 2019 |
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The Johnstonian Dictionary
|
Jul 10, 2019 |
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Agenda
|
Jul 03, 2019 |
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How to Remember
|
Jun 26, 2019 |
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The Fifty Dollar Ticket
|
Jun 19, 2019 |
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Small Crowd
|
Jun 12, 2019 |
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Improv as Ritual
|
Jun 05, 2019 |
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The 30 Second Clock
|
May 29, 2019 |
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Coming Back to Improv
|
May 22, 2019 |
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A Year in Review
|
Dec 12, 2018 |
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Mapping
|
Nov 22, 2018 |
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Preparation
|
Nov 11, 2018 |
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Be Affected
|
Oct 31, 2018 |
|
Improv on TV
|
Oct 18, 2018 |
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Frustrated
|
Oct 11, 2018 |
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Playing Yourself
|
Oct 01, 2018 |
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Reading the Room
|
Sep 22, 2018 |
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Casting
|
Sep 05, 2018 |
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Loud, Proud, and Wrong
|
Aug 15, 2018 |
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Bombed
|
Aug 08, 2018 |
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Advanced GOTS
|
Aug 01, 2018 |
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Questions
|
Jul 25, 2018 |
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Disappointment
|
Jul 19, 2018 |
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So We Bought a Zoo
|
Jul 11, 2018 |
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Blocking
|
Jul 04, 2018 |
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$300
|
Jun 27, 2018 |
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Therapy
|
Jun 20, 2018 |
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Effort
|
Jun 13, 2018 |
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The Maker
|
Jun 06, 2018 |
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Trust
|
May 23, 2018 |
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When to Leave
|
May 16, 2018 |
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The First 30 Seconds
|
May 09, 2018 |
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The Harold Experience
|
May 02, 2018 |
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A Year in Review
|
Dec 20, 2017 |
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Judgment
|
Dec 06, 2017 |
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The Improv Sherpa
|
Nov 15, 2017 |
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From the Archives: What’s Missing? (R)
|
Nov 08, 2017 |
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How to Frankenstein a Character
|
Nov 01, 2017 |
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R.I.P Who, What, Where
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Oct 26, 2017 |
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The Golfer’s Clubs
|
Sep 27, 2017 |
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Framing
|
Sep 15, 2017 |
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Vulnerability
|
Aug 02, 2017 |
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Greedy (In a Nice Way)
|
Jul 19, 2017 |
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Coachless
|
Jul 12, 2017 |
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Mentorship
|
Jul 05, 2017 |
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Our Favourite Shortform Games
|
Jun 29, 2017 |
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Showmanship
|
Jun 22, 2017 |
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A Week in the Life of an Improv Show
|
Jun 07, 2017 |
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Jokes
|
May 31, 2017 |
|
Silence
|
May 17, 2017 |
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Connections
|
May 10, 2017 |
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Musical Improv (LIVE)
|
Dec 21, 2016 |
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Gifts
|
Dec 14, 2016 |
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From the Archives: Time Travel (17)
|
Dec 08, 2016 |
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The Armando
|
Nov 30, 2016 |
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Grounded
|
Nov 23, 2016 |
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Group Scenes
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Nov 16, 2016 |
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Expectations
|
Nov 09, 2016 |
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Mirroring
|
Nov 03, 2016 |
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Hecklers
|
Oct 18, 2016 |
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Reputation
|
Sep 28, 2016 |
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Babies, Animals and Bigots
|
Sep 22, 2016 |
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How To Tour
|
Sep 15, 2016 |
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Steph’s First Improv show
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Aug 30, 2016 |
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Listening
|
Aug 24, 2016 |
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Debrief
|
Aug 16, 2016 |
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Pressure
|
Aug 11, 2016 |
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Left Behind
|
Aug 03, 2016 |
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Push/Pull
|
Jul 27, 2016 |
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How to Waste Time in Rehearsal
|
Jul 20, 2016 |
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Staying Sharp
|
Jul 13, 2016 |
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Called Out
|
Jun 29, 2016 |
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More Physical, More Fun
|
Jun 08, 2016 |
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Teachers
|
Jun 01, 2016 |
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Can Improv Fix You?
|
May 24, 2016 |
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Duos
|
May 11, 2016 |
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What is a Suggestion?
|
Apr 27, 2016 |
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The Power of No
|
Apr 20, 2016 |
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Improv Is Not a Formula
|
Dec 17, 2015 |
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Genre
|
Nov 04, 2015 |
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Should I Quit?
|
Oct 28, 2015 |
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Persona
|
Oct 07, 2015 |
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Five Ways to Make Object Work Fun
|
Sep 30, 2015 |
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Characters, Consistency, and Change
|
Sep 23, 2015 |
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Dynamic
|
Aug 19, 2015 |
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Group Mind
|
Aug 12, 2015 |
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Warm-Ups
|
Jul 07, 2015 |
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Hosting
|
Jun 24, 2015 |
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R.I.P French Guy with a Cigarette
|
Jun 15, 2015 |
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Premise
|
Jun 03, 2015 |
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Editing
|
May 13, 2015 |
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Back to Basics
|
Apr 22, 2015 |
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The Harold or Not the Harold?
|
Mar 18, 2015 |
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Self-Evaluation
|
Mar 11, 2015 |
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Story
|
Mar 04, 2015 |
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Survival
|
Feb 18, 2015 |
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Ego and Ensemble
|
Dec 17, 2014 |
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Shame
|
Dec 10, 2014 |
|
Shortform
|
Dec 03, 2014 |
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ROADTRIP!
|
Nov 27, 2014 |
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Auditions
|
Nov 19, 2014 |
|
Troupes
|
Oct 29, 2014 |
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Game of the Scene
|
Oct 15, 2014 |
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Stuck (In Your Head)
|
Sep 30, 2014 |
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Notes
|
Aug 27, 2014 |
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Fear
|
Jul 23, 2014 |
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Getting Started
|
Jul 18, 2014 |