Today, my guest is Kareem Badr.
Kareem is one of the owners of The Hideout Theatre in Austin, TX , and with his improv team Parallelogramophonograph, he co-authored “Do It Now”, a book of essays on narrative improvisation. In 2020, his fiction podcast script "Curtains" won the Austin Film Festival script competition.
Great news! The Hideout Theatre has re-opened! PGraph's first show back at the theater is this Thursday, July 22nd!
Hey! We’d love to answer your improv questions, share your feedback, and get your recommendations. Send emails and voice memos to chris@thunderboltcomedy.com and I made put them on the show.
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Our theme music is Earth’s Assault on the Central AI by Tettix, courtesy of Tettix, You can find more of their music at tettix.bandcamp.com
Improv Discussion and Resources, as always, is produced by me, Chris Griswold, for Thunderbolt Comedy. Virtual and in-person classes in improv and sketch comedy at thunderboltcomedy.com
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