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Sunday Punch (hosted by Joy Joy Tragedy)

10.21.2011 · Posted in improv

Joy Joy Tragedy is back with a new show, Sunday Punch, a variety show with sketch, standup, music, clown and other solo performances and of course an improv set with Joy Joy Tragedy (Amrita Dhaliwal and Kevin Mullaney). Every week a new spiked fruit punch to sample! WHERE: Upstairs Gallery, 5219 North Clark Street, Chicago ...

Comedy is important

07.13.2010 · Posted in dementia

I think sometimes that improvisors and comedians don’t quite get how important comedy is. We refer to improv dismissively as doing the “make-em-ups” as if we are just playing on the stage, spending our time doing something frivolous. Surely a life spent performing somehow just isn’t as substantial and valuable as others pursuits. Right? My ...

Perseverance is greater than talent

01.29.2010 · Posted in books, improv, theatre

Recently, I finished a fascinating book called, The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature by Geoffrey Miller. In it, Miller makes the case that many of the things that make us human are the result of sexual selection, not natural selection. Our capacity for language, music, art, kindness, intelligence and ...