The ComedySportz Podcast

Dec 01 2024 41 ep. 52 mins 30
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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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Episode 41 - Steph “da Diva” DeWaegeneer

Dec 01 2024 43 mins  
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 Trave

Episode 40 - Tim “The Tortoise and the” Harrison

Nov 15 2024 38 mins  
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�

Episode 39 - Rick “Rock Steady” Steadman

Nov 01 2024 53 mins  
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 t

Episode 38 - Ruth “Jumping Jack” Jenkins

Oct 15 2024 55 mins  
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

Episode 37 - “Papa” Glenn Packman

Oct 01 2024 58 mins  
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�

Episode 36 - John “Bottomline” Leicht

Sep 15 2024 57 mins  
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.”

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

Sep 01 2024 63 mins  
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.

Episode 34 - Courtney “Donkey” Pong

Aug 01 2022 57 mins  
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

Episode 33 - Mike "The Mouth" Kauth

Jul 01 2022 50 mins  
Mike Kauth was baptized into the world of improv in 1999 at CSz Milwaukee, where he currently works as a full-time improviser and coach. In addition to ComedySportz, he’s studied and performed at Improv Olympic in Chicago, and trained at Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles. In today’s episode we explore the importance of supporting our teammates, celebrating our failures, a

Episode 32 - Alan “Cinnamon Thunder” Guszkowski

Jun 15 2022 43 mins  
Alan Guszkowski has performed with CSz Milwaukee for over 20 years, but has been weird for attention for much longer than that. He is a member of the Midnite Show, Voyager, and has been honored to guest with many other improv groups around Milwaukee. He has been an improv instructor at every level from ComedySportz Kidz Camp to the High School League and all adult workshops. He cur