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Philly performer and director, Mike Marbach, gets to know people involved in Philly comedy and beyond through interviews that are usually too long. There is no rhyme or reason to how often these are done.
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This episode of Gettin’ Close features someone that has been around Philly comedy for a long time, but not always as the performer, instructor, pizza lightning rod that we know him to be now. We’ll talk about his move from watching shows to being in them, some improv / sketch stuff, a lot about the […]
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The Gettin Close podcast returns with a long attempted episode featuring a staple of the Philly comedy scene, improv group- The Future. I can’t pretend to be impartial here since I’m great friends with all these people and directed this team for years. I was very happy we could all find time in our quarantine […]
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In this episode of Gettin Close I sit down with Philly performer, coach, writer and pret-ty awesome person, Gab Bottoni. We talk inspirations, screenwriting, improv, and hit on a bunch of the projects she’s been involved in over the years. Gab is moving to LA, but she’ll have two shows before she skips town. Give […]
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In this episode of I get close with Philly performer, director, instructor, and all around great person, Molly Scullion! We talk about how she got into comedy, who she sees as an influence on her writing and performing, many of her projects in detail, and her experiences as the creator of now two successful one […]
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In this episode I get close with Philly performer, director, actor, instructor, coach- Fred Brown! Fred could be seen weekly for the last five years or so on the long running improv team The Future. Starting September 19th you can see him in his Philly Fringe show “A Practical Demonstration…”. We talk improv, teaching, Latin, […]
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In this episode I get close with Philly performer, writer, and director Sarah Clemency. Sarah is known for improv teams Fjord, Overlook, and the weekly Long Story Short at Philly Improv Theater. She directs one of the latest two Harold teams at PHIT with Wavelength. Over the last two Fringe Festivals Sarah has created two […]
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After a nearly 3 year long hiatus, the Gettin’ Close podcast is back possibly when the world needs it least. The last episode took place in 2015 with House of Solitude (one of probably many facts I get wrong on this episode). It wasn’t a planned break. I just got busy with other things. Now I’m […]
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In this episode of Gettin’ Close I got to chat with Caitlin Weigel and Dan Corkery who together make-up the sketch duo House of Solitude. We talked about past projects like Davenger and Asteroid!, current projects The Future and Goat Rodeo, improvising, directing/teaching and of course their upcoming show. See it at PHIT on Thursday, […]
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This episode of Gettin’ Close with Mike Marbach is somewhat unique. Most of the podcasts feature a comedian of some kind. That’s who they are, that’s what they do. This one features one that did and now he doesn’t. Andrew Stober is a former performer at the Philly Improv Theater. He performed with PHIT House […]
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In this episode of Gettin’ Close I sit down to chat with improv duo, Virginia Jack. The two were in Philly to perform at Philly Improv Theater’s annual Duofest, which is an improv festival focused on improv duos. We talk getting started in improv, their improv format and how it came about, differences between duos […]
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In this episode of Gettin’ Close with Mike Marbach I sit down with Steve Kleinedler to talk about performing in improv, sketch, scripted theater, directing improv, sketch and scripted theater, the dictionary and much more. And as always go to AudibleTrial.com/StarkRavenMad and sign up for a FREE trial and get a FREE audiobook of your choosing. Lots of […]
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Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson, AKA “The Mountain” from Game of Thrones, is in Philly for the weekend. He’s going to be appearing at the Philly Ren Faire May 16th and 17th. You’ll have the chance to meet him, get your picture taken and if you planned ahead you’ll get to train and fight with him! He […]
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In this episode I get close with Aaron Nevins and Kate Banford. Most recently they co-hosted the 2015 Philly Comedy Awards. We talk a little about that night as well as the preparation leading up to the awards and the areas where improvements can be made. We also talked about the previous and upcoming Five […]
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This episode of the Gettin’ Close with Me podcast features Philly’s Aubrie Williams! Aubrie has been involved in Philly comedy for several years now. Two of her most recent projects have shows coming up. The first is Goat Rodeo whose Disnyy Froozen will be ending its run at PHIT with a show on Thursday and […]
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In the first podcast of 2015 I sit down with Philly Improv pioneer, Matt Holmes. We discuss his comedy interests, the early days of longform improv in Philly, as well as the coaching, teaching and general theories of improv. You can see him in Matt& at PHIT on Sunday, February 1st (and once a month […]
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In this episode I get close with Philly performer, old friend, and all around awesome person- Jessica Snow! We talk about many of her projects including but not limited to the near decade old, very popular short-form improv show- The N Crowd, the creation, cast/director changes, and overall run of PHIT House Team Davenger and her transition […]
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In this episode I get close with the most renowned comedy troupe in the world- the Cambrdige Footlights! They were kind enough to sit down with me to chat before one of their two shows at Philly Improv Theater (the Footlights have shows at PHIT every summer). You might not know the names of the people […]
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My guest for this episode of the Gettin Close podcast which was recorded live at the Philly Improv Theater, was the very funny Tim Butterly. I know Tim mostly through the shows he does at The Sideshow with Mike Rainey- The Not For Nothin’ Podcast. Easily one of the funniest things that can never be […]
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A few weeks ago, one of the improv duos in town for Philly Improv Theater’s Duofest 2014 was kind enough to sit down with me to chat. That duo was Jack & the Wolf, otherwise known as Jack Farrell and Wolfgang Stein. I know both from my time in Chicago, though I was closer to Jack due […]
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The Gettin’ Close podcast returns! After months of inactivity I was finally able to get this going again and now with a new microphone. So we’re back and slight better than ever! This podcast features long time Philly sketch comedy group, Secret Pants. They’ve been around for a decade so there is a lot to […]
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