Gettin' Close with Mike Marbach Crossroads Comedy Theater

This episode of Gettin’ Close features someone that has been around Philly comedy for a long time, but not always as the performer, instructor, pizza lightning rod that we know him to be now. We’ll talk about his move from watching shows to being in them, some improv / sketch stuff, a lot about the […]

The Gettin Close podcast returns with a long attempted episode featuring a staple of the Philly comedy scene, improv group- The Future. I can’t pretend to be impartial here since I’m great friends with all these people and directed this team for years. I was very happy we could all find time in our quarantine […]

In this episode of Gettin Close I sit down with Philly performer, coach, writer and pret-ty awesome person, Gab Bottoni. We talk inspirations, screenwriting, improv, and hit on a bunch of the projects she’s been involved in over the years. Gab is moving to LA, but she’ll have two shows before she skips town. Give […]

In this episode of I get close with Philly performer, director, instructor, and all around great person, Molly Scullion! We talk about how she got into comedy, who she sees as an influence on her writing and performing, many of her projects in detail, and her experiences as the creator of now two successful one […]

In this episode I get close with Philly performer, director, actor, instructor, coach- Fred Brown! Fred could be seen weekly for the last five years or so on the long running improv team The Future. Starting September 19th you can see him in his Philly Fringe show “A Practical Demonstration…”. We talk improv, teaching, Latin, […]

In this episode I get close with Philly performer, writer, and director Sarah Clemency. Sarah is known for improv teams Fjord, Overlook, and the weekly Long Story Short at Philly Improv Theater. She directs one of the latest two Harold teams at PHIT with Wavelength. Over the last two Fringe Festivals Sarah has created two […]