The Improviser's Guide Podcast

Kyrie Ellison is a performance maker who utilizes the choreographic to create inclusive and safe spaces for audiences to explore and adventure with each other. Combining her childhood love of fairy tales and an adult obsession with self-help books, she examines the ways in which humans triumph over difficulty. Kyrie is an aspiring Fight Master and Intimacy Director and chats about both on this episode! Learn more about Kyrie at EllisonArts.com! Presented by DillosDizResort.com: A Virtual Destination for Exclusive Dillo's Diz content! The Improviser's Guide  

After 18 months, The Improviser's Guide Podcast returns with a look over its ever-growing network including the podcasts Theme Park Thursday with Dillo's Diz and Magical Mommy Mondays, as well as the Parks and Monorails Most Magical Hour, What's in the Attic, and Forever 44 Fedora Club livestreams. Music produced and performed by Matt Harvey. FOLLOW @IMPROVingFrank on Twitter and Instagram. TheImprovisersGuide.com ONE STOP SHOP ALL THE @DillosDiz LINKS! FOLLOW Dillo's Diz on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/dillosdiz FOLLOW Dillo's Diz on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/dillosdiz/ SUBSCRIBE to Dillo's Diz on YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/dillosdiz LIKE Dillo's Diz on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DillosDiz/ Check out Blogs, Archives, and Throwbacks at DillosDiz.com. E-Mail Dillo's Diz at DillosDiz@gmail.com! Listen to our PODCAST: https://linktr.ee/magicalmommymondays Follow us on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/magicmommonday Follow us on INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/magicalmommymondays Follow us on TIKTOK: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJrrqBGD/ Check out our BLOG:  https://magicalmommymondaypodcast.wordpress.com EMAIL us: magicalmommymondays@gmail.com   FOLLOW JEN https://twitter.com/jenillo https://twitter.com/dillosdiz   FOLLOW ANGELA www.instagram.com/angela_dahlgren https://twitter.com/angeladahlgren

Donna Kay Yarborough talks about her run at Orlando Fringe in Klondike Kate's Sourdough Reunion Show on this 'it's the day of the show y'all' edition of IT'S [Talk] TUESDAY; The Improviser's Guide Podcast! Theme composed by Matt Harvey. Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - Website

On this episode of IT'S [Talk] TUESDAY: The Improviser's Guide Podcast, TV and Broadway veteran Jason Kravits discusses performing the improbable; the hilariously spontaneous OFF THE TOP!  Backed by the most daring band in the business, Kravits invents an entire life story in song - music, lyrics, stories, characters - completely from scratch, based solely on audience suggestions. Every show is a once-in-a-lifetime show! Next stop is the Birdland Theater in NYC April 28th and 29th! Jason has been fortunate enough to appear on stages and screens, large and small for over 30 years. He is probably best known for his long-running role as Richard Bay on ABC’s The Practice, though he has amassed over 40 other television appearances. These include recurring roles on The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Mick, Madam Secretary, Smash, The Michael J. Fox Show, Royal Pains, and Dallas, as well as memorable appearances on The Big Bang Theory, The Deuce, The Kominsky Method, Young Sheldon, Disjointed, Homeland, Kevin Can Wait, Instinct, Major Crimes, Blindspot, The Blacklist, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Hot in Cleveland, Married, Masters of Sex, Raising Hope, 30 Rock, The Good Wife, Gilmore Girls, CSI, Grey's Anatomy, Everybody Loves Raymond and all the Law and Order franchises. Film Credits include Chinese Puzzle (Casse-tête chinois), The Stepford Wives, Sweet November, Morning Glory, Laura Gets a Cat, and What Just Happened. On Broadway, Jason is best know for his work in The Drowsy Chaperone. Other credits include Sly Fox and most recently, Relatively Speaking, three original one-acts by Ethan Coen, Elaine May and Woody Allen. He recently appeared in the City Center Encores! production of The Golden Apple as Mayor Hector. His one-man, improvised cabaret "OFF the TOP!" continues to perform regularly in New York, as well as in Los Angeles, DC, London, Adelaide and Melbourne. The show, winner of a 2017 Bistro Award, played to sold out crowds at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017, and was invited to the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2018. In 1999, his two-man sketch show, An Evening with Kravits and Jones, won the Jury Award at the US Comedy Festival in Aspen, Co. He is a founding member of The Rumble in the Red Room writing collective, as well as the long-running University of Maryland improv troupe Erasable, Inc. As a writer, Jason has penned the 10-minute play Green Eggs and Hamlet, the holiday stories The Kvetch, and A Christmoose Story, as well as the acclaimed web-series Lords of the Playground. Jason is a native of the D.C. area, where he performed extensively at the Shakespeare Theatre, Round House Theatre and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co. He is a member of the Actors Center Workshop Company. Theme composed by Matt Harvey. Intro performed by Lindsay Zaroogian. Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Website      

IT'S [Talk] TUESDAY returns with EMIT Theatre's Artistic Director, Gianna Cioffi! Lots of Shakespeare talk, early influences, the impact of arts organization on a young person's life, and the upcoming production of 'Romeo & Juliet'. Theme composed by Matt Harvey. Intro performed by Lindsay Zaroogian. Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Website

In an interview conducted the week of March 11th for Theme Park Thursday with @DillosDiz, A. Ali Flores discusses his 20+ year career as one of the most recognized Central Florida entertainers. Ali's passion for standup comedy began when he started doing audience warm-up for shows like Double Dare 2000, NBA All-Star Jam, Ripley's Believe it or Not, Fox Family's Summer Jam and, most recently, Family Feud with Steve Harvey. . His uniquely energetic show will have you laughing from start to finish. His instantly likable personality and his comedic routine is relatable to everyone. From subjects of race to sports to being a single dad he turns your real life (or rather his and those he comes in contact with) into side splitting, sometimes embarrassing, humor! You may have seen him in the ABC Family movie “My Future Boyfriend” or any of his many commercials. He just completed shooting the film “Random Tropical Paradise” starring Joe Pantoliano, Bryan Greenberg and Brooks Wheelan, the film “Naked” starring Marlon Wayans and an episode of “Good Behavior” set to air this fall on TNT.

Puppeteer extraordinaire Julia Darden is the guest on this week's episode of IT'S [Talk] TUESDAY: The Improviser's Guide Podcast. We discuss her journey from UCONN to Central Park, where her show 'Yeti, Set, Snow!' is enjoying a four month run at The Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre. An original story and production from the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre, Yeti, Set, Snow! is the story of a young girl named Widget, and her friend, Twig, who encounter a yeti named Pascetti on the first snow day of the winter season. Pascetti, who lives on a mountain top nearby, dislikes the snow. Through songs and snow day activities, Pascetti discovers not only that snow can be fun but also the value of friendship. Written & Directed by Julia Darden. Theme composed by Matt Harvey. Intro performed by Lindsay Zaroogian. Facebook * Twitter * Instagram * Website

Author Brian Depetris joins IT'S [Talk] TUESDAY: The Improviser's Guide Podcast to discuss his first published children's book, 'The Dreamland Express'. Theme composed by Matt Harvey. Intro composed by Lindsay Zaroogian. LIKE The Improviser's Guide on Facebook! FOLLOW @FrankMCardillo on Twitter. TheImprovisersGuide.com for more!

Jim Greene's Scarlett Rat Entertainment produces Dickens Christmas in Skaneateles, outside Syracuse NY, between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve each year. Interactive character extraordinaire John Michael Decker plays Scrooge and is this episode's guest on IT'S [Talk] TUESDAY; The Improviser's Guide Podcast. We discuss the very, many, un-merry Scrooges, comic book storytelling, and the art of being approachable. Theme composed by Matt Harvey. Intro performed by Lindsay Zaroogian. LIKE The Improviser's Guide on Facebook! FOLLOW @FrankMCardillo on Twitter. TheImprovisersGuide.com for more!

The title character of this November's Hamlet Isn't Dead production of 'Julius Caesar' joins IT'S [Talk] TUESDAY; The Improviser's Guide Podcast. Maureen Fenninger discusses power, gender, and the jaw dropping revelation that she has yet to watch a single episode of 'Slings & Arrows' (no judgment). Theme composed by Matt Harvey. LIKE The Improviser's Guide Network on Facebook. FOLLOW The Improviser's Guide Network on Twitter. TheImprovisersGuide.com for more.

This week's edition of IT'S [Talk] TUESDAY; The Improviser's Guide Podcast tackles the debate of 'TRUST' vs. 'FAITH'. Are these two words interchangeable? Should they be treated separately? Is evidence required? A lofty discussion. Dr. Rus D. Jeffrey has close to 40 years of mainstream broadcast experience and 20 plus years of pastoral ministry experience. In 2002 he and his wife Sandra founded Fresh-Wind Ministries. What started as a church plant has now transformed into a growing network of churches as they serve as oversight for ministries flowing in the Apostolic-Prophetic Movement. Originally from Belleville, Ontario, Canada, Dr. Rus and his family also spent approximately 25 years in the United States working in both ministry and radio broadcasting. Theme composed by Matt Harvey. Intro performed by Lindsay Zaroogian. LIKE The Improviser's Guide on Facebook! FOLLOW on Twitter! TheImprovisersGuide.com for more!    

Solo Improviser Peter Michael Marino returns to IT'S [Talk] TUESDAY; The Improviser's Guide Podcast to discuss his latest offering, 'Show Up, Kids'. We discuss children show experiences, King Kong, the endless hustle, & the flu shot. Theme composed by Matt Harvey. Intro performed by Lindsay Zaroogian. 'Sugar Honey' by Lady D & The Shadow Spirits. LIKE The Improviser's Guide Network on Facebook. FOLLOW The Improviser's Guide Network on Twitter. TheImprovisersGuide.com for more!

This week's IT'S [Talk] TUESDAY guest is Alyssa Duerksen. Lady D & the Shadow Spirits have just released their new album, 'Star Kiss', and Alyssa is here to discuss the real, the authentic, and the truthful journey of this collection. Lady D & the Shadow Spirits plays deeply powerful soulful poetry through the lens of rock, folk, soul and punk music. Lady D, Alyssa Duerksen, fronts this powerhouse band of refined Ithaca musicians, Justin Roeland, Mike Amadeo, Chris Ploss and Jason Shegogue. Their sound is unclassifiable in a sense, they traverse flawlessly between intimacy and expansiveness, and somewhere in the middle there is actual magic. Lady D's haunting voice bathes the crowd with something like a prayer and a primal cry; her prayer is for all of life, her cry is for peace and music happens to be her favorite language. Theme composed by Matt Harvey. Opening interlude performed by Lindsay Zaroogian. LIKE The Improviser's Guide Network on Facebook. FOLLOW The Improviser's Guide Network on Twitter. TheImprovisersGuide.com for more!  

October 2018 marks the return of the New York International Fringe Festival and does Kierna Conner have a show for you! 'The Great Brown Bear' is an immersive parable about what it means to truly know the ones we love. It is a story of two lovers, questing to shed their past and learning what it means to live together in the present. Playing October 12-16, 2018 - Tickets are at TheGreatBrownBear.com! Theme composed by Matt Harvey. Opening intro performed by Lindsay Zaroogian. LIKE The Improviser's Guide Network on Facebook! Follow The Improviser's Guide Network on Twitter. TheImprovisersGuide.com for more.

This week's bonus monologue stream covers the January 24, 2019 Billy Joel performance at Madison Square Garden. From MTV Videos, to not appreciating the beauty of Christie Brinkley in the 1980's, to Storm Front and River of Dreams, it should be no surprise that the work of William Martin Joel has become part of this Long Island kid's DNA. Here's how his work has affected The Improviser's Guide over the years? Listen now! Theme by Matt Harvey. Intro performed by Lindsay Zaroogian. LIKE The Improviser's Guide on Facebook. FOLLOW @FrankMCardillo on Twitter. TheImprovisersGuide.com for more information!

A stream of consciousness review of the Broadway musical, 'King Kong', is the subject on this BONUS edition of IT'S [Talk] TUESDAY! Plus, breaking down the character (and the characters) of the most recent inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Theme composed by Matt Harvey. Intro performed by Lindsay Zaroogian. LIKE The Improviser's Guide on Facebook! FOLLOW @FrankMCardillo on Twitter! TheImprovisersGuide.com for more information.

The final bonus edition of #EverythingIsWrestling Wednesday before spinning off to become it's own separate podcasting entity on Halloween is here! This week, trying to separate Roman Reigns' work and life, telling an organic story, and I'll be at Evolution this Sunday October 28th - come visit! Theme & Introduction by Matt Harvey. Intro performed by Lindsay Zaroogian. LIKE The Improviser's Guide on Facebook! FOLLOW The Improviser's Guide on Twitter! TheImprovisersGuide.com for more!

Becky Lynch, HBK, Evolution, Crown Jewel, and the audience on this BONUS edition of #EverythingIsWrestling Wednesday! LIKE The Improviser's Guide on Facebook! FOLLOW @FrankMCardillo on Twitter. TheImprovisersGuide.com for MORE! Theme and introduction by Matt Harvey. Intro performed by Lindsay Zaroogian.

Elias & KO deliver a knockout punch to the Seattle crowd leading to one of the great shared experiences with a live television audience. How does this influence the world at large? This week's #EverythingIsWrestling discourse is upon you! #EverythingIsWrestling Wednesday premieres as it's own podcasting entity beginning October 31, 2018! Theme composed by Matt Harvey. LIKE The Improviser's Guide Network on Facebook! FOLLOW @FrankMCardillo on Twitter. TheImprovisersGuide.com for more!

It's the last ever episode of Theme Park Thursday with Dillo's Diz on The Improviser's Guide Podcast - and a BONUS one at that!. This week, budget cuts (aka cutbacks), the end of a nighttime era and hey now, it's an All Star... Re-sort! And what would the last ever episode of Theme Park Thursday w/ Dillo's Diz be without some sound issues. SUBSCRIBE to Theme Park Thursday w/ @DillosDiz, premiering October 4th on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher! FOLLOW @DillosDiz on Twitter & Instagram! LIKE Dillo's Diz on Facebook! Watch home video footage on YouTube! Theme composed by Matt Harvey. Alexander's Ragtime Band intro performed by Lindsay Zaroogian.