The ComedySportz Podcast

Christine Capriolo and Kyle Hanneken
  • 5.0 (23)
  • Improv

Enjoy up-close and personal interviews with some of improv comedy’s greatest minds. The ComedySportz Podcast charts the history of ComedySportz from its inception in 1984 to the present day.

  1. 12/01/2024

    Episode 41 - Steph “da Diva” DeWaegeneer

    Steph DeWaegeneer has spent the majority of her professional life entertaining audiences by embracing humor and the creative imagination of the human spirit. She is a graduate of Chicago’s Second City Conservatory Program and the iO Training Center, and has been fortunate to perform on numerous stages throughout the US & UK including: The Manchester Comedy Festival, The Traverse City Winter Comedy Festival, and numerous ComedySportz World Championships. She is also the reigning Ms. Plus America Lifetime VII, and former 2009 Ms. Plus America. Each weekend, she can be seen performing with CSz Houston.

    44 min

  2. 11/15/2024

    Episode 40 - Tim “The Tortoise and the” Harrison

    Tim Harrison has been a player and referee with CSz Indianapolis for twenty-five years. Tune in as we discuss Tim’s role as a workshop instructor and Rec League Coach, examine how improv helps in his highly analytical day job, dissect his deep love for puns, and—perhaps most exciting—explore Tim’s brilliant show format in which he combines short-form improv with the world’s most popular board games.

    38 min

  3. 11/01/2024

    Episode 39 - Rick “Rock Steady” Steadman

    Beginning as a founding member of CSz Spokane, Rick Steadman would go on to perform on the CSz Los Angeles roster for nearly two decades—including serving as their Education Director and Rec League Coach—and become the Artistic Director of CSz Seattle. In today’s episode we have the distinct honor of not only examining Rick’s extensive improv and acting career, but we get to hear both his experience taking an improv class with Alan Arkin, as well as Rick’s authentic vs. ComedySportz German-accent.

    53 min

  4. 10/15/2024

    Episode 38 - Ruth “Jumping Jack” Jenkins

    A co-owner of CSz Portland, Ruth Jenkins has been improvising for over thirty-five years and has been a speech language pathologist for nearly thirty. She soon learned to combine the two, frequently using improv activities with people who have speech and language disorders connected to Parkinson’s disease or the after effects of strokes and head injuries. Not only do we chronicle the trajectory of Ruth's improv career, but she shares numerous case studies describing how the uniqueness of her practice has changed hundreds of lives for the better.

    55 min

  5. 10/01/2024

    Episode 37 - “Papa” Glenn Packman

    Performing ComedySportz since 1986, Glenn Packman is a co-owner and co-manager at CSz New York City. Join us as we chart Glenn’s voyage from the East Coast to the West Coast and back again, in which he performed on the mainstage roster with 5 distinct CSz locations. We also get to hear his reflections on attending the first ever ComedySportz World Championship, as well as Glenn’s thoughts comparing and contrasting long-form improv with short-form.

    59 min

  6. 09/15/2024

    Episode 36 - John “Bottomline” Leicht

    An original ComedySportz player, John Leicht performed with CSz Milwaukee from 1984-1987.  Tune in as we explore what it took to bring the original troupe together, how John became Playwright-in-Residence with the Milwaukee Repertory Theater for ten straight years, and why looking back he calls his time at ComedySportz “the University of Life.”

    58 min

  7. 09/01/2024

    Episode 35 - Dick “Tuna” Chudnow Returns Again (Live!)

    Join us in Season 3 as we celebrate 40 years of ComedySportz! Recorded live at the 2024 ComedySportz World Championships in Milwaukee, Christine interviews Dick Chudnow—the creator of ComedySportz—reminiscing on our collective four-decade long journey, followed by a Q&A with the audience.

    1h 4m

  8. 08/01/2022

    Episode 34 - Courtney “Donkey” Pong

    Courtney Pong is the Owner and General Manager of CSz Boston, and the owner of The Rozzie Square Theater. Courtney has been performing and teaching improv and ComedySportz since 2001, starting with CSz San Jose and moving to Boston in 2016 to co-own CSz Boston with Betse Green, until Pong took over full ownership in 2019. A Northern California / Bay Area native, she loves crossword puzzles, running, and is dust-intolerant.

    57 min
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Enjoy up-close and personal interviews with some of improv comedy’s greatest minds. The ComedySportz Podcast charts the history of ComedySportz from its inception in 1984 to the present day.

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  • Creator
    Christine Capriolo and Kyle Hanneken
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    41
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Christine Capriolo and Kyle Hanneken
  • Show Website
    The ComedySportz Podcast