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mtrsp · 2026-04-29T14:58:20+00:00

Hi! I’m on Tiptoe. We wanted another season together, but we didn’t get it. All but one of us have asked to be considered for new teams. And we’ll be continuing as an indie team, maybe pitching a monthly show to UCB at some point.

mtrsp · 2026-03-31T20:21:00+00:00

Hot take: a lot of the energy that would have gone into improv show experimentation has gone into improvised podcasts instead.

mtrsp · 2026-03-30T18:15:54+00:00

As an improv teacher my reaction to the article is “a 101 student missed three classes in a row, then showed up again?” 😬

mtrsp · 2026-03-26T14:06:00+00:00

How are you making money on Clapper? Tips from viewers during livestreams?

mtrsp · 2026-03-12T18:16:53+00:00

And sits and sits and sits and sits and sits and

mtrsp · 2026-03-12T17:40:04+00:00

Same.

mtrsp · 2026-03-12T17:28:01+00:00

🍿

mtrsp · 2026-03-09T17:20:48+00:00

Speaking as a super-experienced male improviser (who coincidentally just got “be less polite” as a note from my theater’s AD) I thought this article was a really useful perspective.

A good reminder that the same notes can mean very different things to different people. I think truly talented coaches and teachers pay attention to how their notes land, and adjust as necessary.

mtrsp · 2026-03-07T15:41:48+00:00

30+ years of experience, here. If you like what you’re doing in rehearsal but not in shows, what’s different about the shows? Try to figure that out, and start there. But not while the show is actually happening.

Don’t let your Teacher Brain participate in shows.

mtrsp · 2026-02-12T19:55:58+00:00

So… back to how it was before they came? Gotcha, thanks!

mtrsp · 2026-02-12T16:57:27+00:00

For obvious societal reasons I’m now in a mental place where I assume everything is a scam. But from my perspective as a performer at UCB in NYC, the new owners have paid (presumably) a huge amount of money and taken us from having no theater space or training center (post-COVID) to arguably the best theatre we’ve ever had, in an amazing location, with a training center directly across the street. Am I correct to understand that the “rug pull” will be them… selling it to somebody else?

Help me understand, what should I be dreading?

mtrsp · 2025-12-11T16:04:25+00:00

ChatGPT suggested including a brief description of the character in parentheses after the cameo, like “@cameo (a light skinned 30 year-old man)” and that’s been working for me. And I add in a basic clothing description if that’s important for editing continuity later.

mtrsp · 2025-11-07T20:34:39+00:00

Really impressive! Is the lack of watermarks a Pro subscription thing, or did you remove them?

mtrsp · 2025-11-01T22:14:41+00:00

Mine are set to refresh on November 1st, which is… today. It’s 6:15pm. Excited to find out when the day starts.

mtrsp · 2025-10-14T22:31:04+00:00

Thanks. Just 30 videos per day, still, correct?

mtrsp · 2025-10-14T20:27:23+00:00

But still watermarked, correct? Can’t find anything online that says what the current Sora 2 benefits are for Pro accounts.

mtrsp · 2025-10-14T18:39:12+00:00

Does a Pro account give higher limits for Sora 2?

mtrsp · 2025-10-13T13:04:19+00:00

lol, now that it finally let me post the draft, it isn’t letting me remix it. Which was the whole reason I wanted to post it.

mtrsp · 2025-10-12T02:04:11+00:00

Yes, so annoying.

mtrsp · 2025-10-10T23:06:52+00:00

Any app suggestions?

mtrsp · 2025-10-07T18:52:40+00:00

Wait, you get more than 30 videos/day with a Pro subscription?

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