B.A.T.S is a San Francisco’n improv institution. Here, its first ever AD, Paul Killam speaks of lessons learnt over twenty-five years of improvised theatre. Of stories told, shows spun and the ever-present challenge of igniting imaginations in a room full of primal regard.
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Also, long-form is put under the microscope. Is it really the arts end of the form? And what of the delicate bond between shyness and imagination?What does introspection deliver to an active, up and at ‘em form and just how do you teach non-competitiveness when you yourself bear a competitive streak? A candid and forthright chat with a textured, articulate mind.
BIO
Paul was born in Stanford, California, and grew up in Davis where he obtained a a degree in Dramatic Arts from UC Davis. After graduating he moved to Seattle, where he became involved in Theatresports, and played his first match just before BATS Improv was created in 1986.
He moved to San Francisco in 1989, became a member of the BATS Main Stage Company (then called “The Varsity”), Pulp Playhouse, and helped form True Fiction Magazine. He has gone on tour with the San Francisco Mime Troupe, participated on The Weber Family Christmas and is a film and commercial actor.
Paul served as the first Artistic Director of BATS from 1996 to 1998 and has played Theatresports in Seattle, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, Orlando, Palm Springs, Stanford, and Sydney, Australia.
LINKS
BATS improv
An article about BLIND DATE from the Toronto Star
Hello Sattelites
Em’s writings
SHOW NOTES
Some post recording was done to clean up questions. Content, wherever possible, is based explicitly on original recordings.
“New Segment” will be in Ep 19. “You Really Oughta See This!” was ready to go, but system crash corrupted data on the cusp of publication.
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Why do long-form? And what is it anyway? A hedged concoction of tone, genre & story, or an idea that genuinely needs time to breathe and spark? Here, Wellington’s Christine Brooks speaks of her elegant one act improvised play, ‘The Long Weekend”, where those things are put aside, and it’s the unique bond of the ensemble cast that is the powder for the fireworks.
TFPC Ep 22 – Long Weekend with Christine Brooks
