improv
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She came up in the world of Toronto’s Second City improv, working as an understudy for Gilda Radner, one of the original seven “Saturday Night Live” cast members.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Beyond his on-screen roles, Finn was an improv performer and also taught at the University of Colorado, where he was an adjunct professor.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025
He was part of an six-person improv troupe called Beer Shark Mice..
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025
But she has also made room for an improv comedy class, a dance class with Clark and reading fiction.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025
She picks up a folder, looks at it, and like an orator who decides to improv instead of using her notes, tosses the folder back onto her desk and asks, “Jade, what do you want?”
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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