live from chicago
i had a really fun show at io last night with my team, merman.
lorne michaels was at improvolympic last night.
this is not a bit.
but, he wasn't there for our show.
lorne + entourage were invited there for a SNL showcase, made up of some the "top improvisers" in the theater - much later on, to a closed audience. i was lucky enough to watch this show and see many of my veteran friends perform, which was lovely. these shows are certainly hard to shine in. keep in mind -the rough estimate of IO performers is around 500. that's not including students - that bumps the number way up, beyond a 1000 just at that theater. back in the day, i was asked to do this show, but then didn't hear anything about it. i wasn't surprised this week. anyone reading this may know what i mean.
there were 38 men in the show last night. there were 7 women. 7.
i love improv. i care for IO. i know these things are hard. knowing that i have a lot of improvisers reading this, it's best to keep my generally positive mouth shut about everything that i think regarding what's happening there right now. but boy, i invite you to comment.
posted by tara d. @ 10:59 PM
6 Comments:
Don't sweat it, dollface. those shows are always a clusterfuck and if you're meant to eventually get on that show, you will. (and, you could always make a reel of characters and impressions, and have a writing packet ready to go and mail if off. but if you don't wanna put that together, chances are you really don't want that show.). But REGARDLESS, happiness + talent + success are in your current vocabulary, lady. And the future holds only more and more wonderful things, there at SNL or otherwise. In total, YOU ROCK! Woo!
I can't put it any better than karen g. Everybody who knows you knows you're destined for amazing things, TD.
Amen to both of these comments!
I am so glad to see you blogging again! Now I can add this page to my growing list of web pages I check obsessively. (By the way, I accidentally went to "laughaminute" instead of "alaughaminute"--the "a" makes all the diff.)
Hope you're well, babygirl! Rich and I LOVVVVVVE!
Teeds,
From someone who didn't even know it happened, I'd like to direct you to the Roddy Piper song "For Everybody" off of the Wrestling album. If you have a hard time finding it. Love, Zach
im glad im on a ship in the middle of the atlantic.
I LOVE !
Love,
bethy
aw, karen, howie, meg - so nice. and i totally didn't write this for props, but it's so nice to hear. thank you. you are wond. it was more of a slice-of-life-of-an-imp for those who don't know it. but, everyone gets frust sometimes, right?
in addition, melewsk and thomps - best. ever.
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