This week, Rob and Adam explore how to navigate scenes with a partner who brings a limited emotional range. Together...

In this episode of The Backline, Rob and Adam explore why performers lose their footing, from overthinking to disconnection, and...

Advanced improv can be tricky—students freeze, forget the game, or feel overwhelmed by structure. This week Rob and Adam discuss...

This week Rob and Adam discuss how to create interiority in a character, how focussing too much on heightening can...

This week, Rob and Adam discuss shady improv classes, incompetent improv teachers, and what to do when you’re dissatisfied with...

This week Rob and Adam discuss different methods of teaching improv, what's the best way for a teacher to get...

This week, Rob and Adam unpack a major shake-up at The Second City. Starting January 22, 2026, the historic e.t.c....

Rob and Adam answer three questions from a single listener.  This week they discuss shame, greedy scene partners, and how...

This week Rob and Adam discuss the delicate balance between telling jokes and caring about the reality of the scene,...

We all make mistakes—but how do we recover when they happen onstage? Is there a magic phrase an improviser can...