improv

But on a Sunday, I’ll probably be at the Improv or the Comedy Store, or in a theater.

The Chicago improv company Second City opened a Brooklyn outpost in February, and now that venue is unleashing a seasonal interactive comedy revue: What better way to put your stamp on an expansion than starting new traditions there?

“I’ve done improv, I’ve dabbled in painting, drawing, singing, playing instruments. I love content creators. I love good actors. So I thought, Well, this is how I can support the arts, where I put my energy into it, not just money.”

“If you approach improv this way, where something happens that doesn’t make sense from something that was said a minute earlier, you justify it in the scene. You say whatever you need to say to make it make sense retroactively.”

He changed his mind when the film went to the Sundance Labs, and he got to improv with co-star Shirley Chen.