The UCB’s official class description, as it appeared on the theater’s web site in the late ’90s.
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feat. some great descriptions of the LA teachers
For all my improv friends/followers. Look at all these workshops! I wish I had a time turner so then I could take all of them a million times!
I have movers coming tomorrow and have just started packing…bad day for this 175-page version of that NYMag article to come out.
Buy this! Brian Is the real deal.
This will be great. I talked to Brian and his original NY Magazine article was terrific.
I registered for improv 401 today, and read this all in one sitting.
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NEW SERIES ALERT
Plants and Disco — Ficus
Written and Directed by Mitch Magee
Produced by Sarah ElbertYour perception of the power of plants has now changed. You’re welcome.
New Mitch Magee video!!!
Submit a word or phrase, and I’ll post a two-page story based on the suggestion.
The Astonishing Annual Red Crab Migration
Named one of the planet’s most breathtaking migrations, the Christmas Island red crab exodus is a natural phenomenon that continues to astonish.
Making it onto CNN Travel’s recent list of the “10 most spectacular wildlife migrations,” the island’s annual red crab migration is an astounding event that involves the movement of millions of vividly colored crabs as they leave their in-land homes to breed and release eggs into the sea.
An Australian territory, Christmas Island lies some 2,600 kilometers north-west of Perth in the middle of the Indian Ocean. While just 1,500 people live there, it is home to an estimated 120 million crabs.
This makes me think of “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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Alas, I did not get the job I interviewed for…I found out today. It sucks. Yep. I jumped through a bunch of hoops, went through three rounds of interviews, and that’s it. It feels like I need to have a grieving period or something…to get all thoughts of it out of my system. To kind of turn and focus forwards instead.
Yeah, so it’s tough. It makes my life more difficult, because I have to search for jobs that aren’t too plentiful. But hopefully I will find more opportunities, maybe something that fits me better. We’ll see.
I move back into New York tomorrow. I’ve got money saved up so I can pay my rent for a couple of months, and if I don’t find a permanent position, I’m hopeful that I can find something that pays, anything that allows me to stay in New York is fine with me.
The post grad world is definitely scary for me. It will be strange and difficult, I’m sure to be so unmoored and untethered from safety and surety. But I’ve also got a lot of great things going for me, I’ve got wonderful friends, an amazing community, and I’ll be living in NYC. These are good things. This is good. I expect it will be fun and exciting and scary and difficult all at once. I hope for more good times than bad.
More updates later. Thanks for all the good thoughts/wishes as I was applying/interviewing too, it really means a lot to me.
Machinal is a great play. I am excited for this.
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I’ve been watching the new Sundance show Rectify (after finishing the other new/revived show that everyone has been talking about) created by Ray McKinnon. I deeply enjoyed this show. It’s beautiful, interesting, and very contemplative. I would highly recommend it. I finished the first season pretty quickly, and I’m very glad it was renewed for season two.
I also enjoyed the other Sundance series Top of the Lake, and the HBO movie Behind the Candelabra. Also I’ve been fooling around with the “paper” application, which is fun. This has been tales of life after graduation…
Guys!!! I’m in the next round of this interview process!!!! Yeah!!! I have my graduation ceremonies on Tuesday and Wednesday, but hopefully I’ll meet with them Thursday or Friday for a crazy interview with the whole editorial group of this imprint, it is definitely a bit intimidating, but I’m totally hopeful about this. I can do it. I’ll give more updates when they come.
