This week's episode features Gus Vieweg
Gus is a musician, micro-entrepreneur, programmer, student, playwright, and, of course, improviser.
He got his start with improv in college with the Comedic Improvisational Alliance (CIA) at North Carolina State University. He has also improvised in San Diego and North Carolina, where he started an improv Meetup group and performed in the 2019 North Carolina Comedy Festival with his improv trio Broken Compass. He has also taken improv classes at ComedyWorx and the People's Improv Theater.
A North Carolina native, Gus now lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.
During this episode we discuss…
- Why he started taking improv classes
- How he found friendships through improv
- Being yourself
- The rap he did as a 9 year old
- The unique way he chose a new place to live
- How leaving the comfort of his apartment empowered spontaneity
- Relinquishing control and choosing uncertainty, in life, and how improv prepares us for those moments
- Small talk
- Listening
- Sitting in problems and solving problems
- Improv as the antidote to self doubt
- Why saying “I am enough” isn’t enough to actually feel like enough and how to actually feel it
- The importance of improvising in offstage environments
Bonus: Listen and see if you think his voice resembles the same famous comedian I think it does!
From Gus, when asked how improv has improved his life offstage, “Improv has helped me learn how to lose, how to delegate, and pick your battles. I think of most of my life as ‘side support’ with some very intentional mainstage performance.”
Connect with Gus on LinkedIn and Instagram @GusVieweg and on his website gusvieweg.com
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