Episode 156: Meet the incredible Marc Warzecha who founded the online Sketch School. I met Marc this spring when I took Comedy Sketch Writing 101. It was so fantastic that I too all 3 levels and loved it. Marc is a compassionate and highly competent teacher, and his classes are always informative and fun!With two decades at The Second City Chicago Comedy Theatre, Marc Warzecha is an award-winning headwriter and artistic director, overseeing dozens of original sketch comedy revues across North America including multiple productions at The Kennedy Center (Washington DC), The Second City – Mainstage and ETC (Chicago), and The Kirk Douglas Theatre (Los Angeles) featuring sketch stars like Keegan-Michael Key (Comedy Central’s Key & Peele), Jason Sudeikis (Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso), Tim Robinson (Netflix’s I Think You Should Leave), Kay Cannon (writer, Pitch Perfect) and writer/performers currently featured on HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, NBC’s SNL, FOX’s The Simpsons, and more.
Marc started his improv journey at Second City Detroit with other megastars like Jamie Moyer and Michal Keegan He has also been a guest on CNN’s “Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer” and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Currently living in Los Angeles, he is a proud native Detroiter and Armenian. You can reach Marc at his website thesketchschool.com or @thesketchschool on Instagram. Visit my website where I speak to today’s leading innovators of improv. My guests are improvisers and therapists worldwide who share their stories and offer insight into the unique ways they use improv. You may enjoy hearing from improv teachers and innovators including Colin Mochrie and David Pasquesi *Improv Interviews podcast‘ is introduced by Susan L. Parker of yourinternationalvoice.com