Happy Anniversary to Martin!
Posted on 11. Aug, 2011 by Pong in Blog, CSz Culture
This month marks a very special one for CSz player Martin Antolini – it’s his one year anniversary since he started playing shows in the professional league! And nothing says “Happy One Year!” like an at-a-glance graphical representation of your show stats, right? RIGHT! Happy Anniversary, Martin! [...]
Huzzah! CSz out at Downtown San Jose’s First Renaissance Faire
Posted on 07. Aug, 2011 by Pong in Blog, CSz Culture
Downtown San Jose has been home to some interesting activities over the years. In the five + years we’ve called the downtown area our home, we’ve grown to love the playground of museums, strategically placed art, food and parades of all types that run through there. BUT WE WERE ECSTATIC WHEN WE HEARD THEY WERE GOING [...]
Player Spotlight: Jeff “Non-Dairy” Kramer
Posted on 15. Jul, 2011 by Pong in Blog, CSz Culture
Jeff was born in NYC and grew up in New York, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. He got his BFA in theatre performance at Penn State and then went on to Wisconsin where he graduated with an MFA degree. It was while he was in Madison that he met Dick Chudnow, the founder of ComedySportz. Dick was in [...]
Try That On For Size: Top 6 Reasons Why You Should Be Learning Improv
Posted on 13. Jul, 2011 by Pong in Blog, Improv
When clicking through my digital copy of the San Jose Merc (a fave), the most arresting headline caught my eye that Saturday – I had to read it twice: “Stuck in a routine and a little bored? Try improv.” ComedySportz (among many other organizations in the Bay) has been using improv as a foundation tool [...]
Player Spotlight: Scott “Milk?” Schroder
Posted on 08. Jul, 2011 by Pong in Blog, CSz Culture
I was born in Missouri during a record breaking heat wave in August of 1980, 21 days late mind you, in a hospital without air conditioning. It was a very rough start for me as a person. When I first heard of ComedySportz at Washington High School in Fremont, I didn’t think it would be [...]
Player Spotlight: Tom “Whooping” Gough
Posted on 01. Jul, 2011 by Pong in Blog, CSz Culture
Because of being weaned on massive doses on Monty Python as a youth, thank goodness improv came into my life giving me a channeled outlet for my bountiful inherent silliness. If I didn’t get into improvisation in my early 20′s, I probably would have had to do some regrettably spectacle-like things in malls or other [...]
Mr.Voice Spotlight: David “Phillp Michael Thomas” Scott
Posted on 24. Jun, 2011 by Pong in Blog, CSz Culture
David “Philip Michael Thomas” Scott is a full-time announcer, score keeper, and operator of the lights, videos screens, and music at ComedySportz (a.k.a. “Sound Dude” or “Mr. Voice”), where he is finally able to put his knowledge of PowerPoint and iTunes to good use. He was first exposed to improvisational theater in college when one [...]
Player Spotlight: Brandon “Hey” Arnold
Posted on 17. Jun, 2011 by Pong in Blog, CSz Culture
In little over a decade Brandon Arnold has pretty much done it all at ComedySportz San Jose. At any given moment in that 10+ years you could find him as a Loyal Fan, a High School League member, a workshopper, an usher, Mr. Voice, a Player, a Referee, a High School League coach, an Adult [...]
Player Spotlight: Derek “The Real” McCaw
Posted on 10. Jun, 2011 by Pong in Blog, CSz Culture
Derek McCaw hung out with all the founding ComedySportz players but couldn’t join because he still had a year left of UCLA. Upon his return, he cleverly tricked CSz San Jose owner Jeff Kramer into letting him take workshops by asking, “Hey, could I take workshops?” Later, Jeff counter-tricked Derek into becoming a player by [...]
Player Spotlight: Brianne “Abbott and” Kostielney
Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 by Pong in Blog, CSz Culture
Brianne associates performing improv with throwing up. Let’s explain: She had serious stage fright for the first two years as a professional improviser, and would be nauseous just before shows. She would also consider escape plans on show days (“I wonder how much tickets to Hawaii are for tonight. This mosquito bite on my arm [...]
