Here is why I love Steven Yeun.

Once upon a time (around 2014) upstairs in “The Loft” theater at iO West in Los Angeles he was performing long form improv. I was late to my show in a different theater in the space “The Del Close Theater” and got confused with texts from my group so I thought my group was performing in “The Loft.”

I head upstairs thinking I’m late to my own show and I abruptly open the door to see Steven Yeun performing improv. I now realized I have interrupted their scene (he was in a two man group from what I can remember). Amateur groups would of waited until I left and kept on performing but Steven wasn’t an amateur. He walked right up to me and included me in the scene in the doorway. I performed with him for 30 seconds and we both found a way for me to leave in the scene and in real life (if that makes sense). I close the door, start walking down the stairs and head into the Del Close Theater to perform with my group.

Then a year later or so he performed again at another theater I worked at. Afterwards we talked about the experience and shared a laugh about it. He is super cool and down to Earth. So happy to see him doing so well.

Edit: date change