Jamboree 2005 Kickoff

I was on hand for the start of the 2005 Toronto Improv Festival, shooting photos of the mainstage show. It was top-notch improv. Tonight’s show featured Toronto improv group Monkey Toast and three writers from Saturday Night Live. The Monkey Toast set was very...

Hitting the ground running

Well, I’m back, and I’m at full speed already. I had tons of emails when I returned, and there are a whole bunch of work voicemails waiting for my attention. In my email there were three requests for photo shoots and three requests for time for prints...

Mediocre at Tranzac

I had a show at the Tranzac Club in Toronto tonight, the first time in several weeks I’ve touched improv. I felt very out of shape, improv-wise, and it probably showed. I felt that the set we did tonight was definitively mediocre. It wasn’t stinking bad,...

Shock and Acceptance

Well I think I’m finally over the shock that arrived in my inbox yesterday morning. It was a message from Hugh, owner of the Staircase Theatre, saying that they were going to cease operations on July 2. The Staircase has been a place of warmth and friendship and...

Harold at Clinton’s

I had my first show in Toronto in quite a long time. The first time was over a year ago, doing the Midweek Mayhem show at the Bad Dog with Affirmative Action. We sucked big time. How embarassing. This time, I played with my Saturday class at Clinton’s Tavern. We...

Positive Acceptance

I’ve been going through a phase of non-blogging lately. I am not feeling particularly inspired to write anything about my life. I guess it seems pretty vanilla after returning from Thailand. But, I like vanilla, so I’ll try to jump back in again. I taught...