Today, my guest is Amey Goerlich. Amey is at Chaos Bloom theater in Denver, Colorado, where she is training center director, co-creative director, co-owner.
Amey has directed or coached more than 500 improvisation groups, sketch teams. and off-broadway productions. She produced & hosted Indie Cage Match at UCB East for 6 glorious years. Amey is a pioneer of virtual improv as the artistic director of e-mprov.com, the first online-only improv theater. She co-created the improv card game Humans Being, and you can see some of her work on UCBcomedy, Funny or Die, The Food Network, and IFC.
Check out Amey’s shows at Chaos Bloom in Denver. You can find info on Chaos Bloom’s upcoming classes, including a sketch class with with Kevin McDonald from Kids in the Hall at chaosbloom.com
We are sponsored by Pineappl, a video app designed for virtual improv. If you want effortless movement and a sense of connection in your virtual classes and shows, Pineappl is the platform for you. Try Pineappl (no final e) for free at get.pineappl.studio.
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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