Alchemy Comedy Podcast

23: Meet The Cast: Cindy Pury

February 19th, 2021  |  1 hr 3 mins

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Cindy Pury has been a professor at Clemson University and found her way into Alchemy Comedy by way of our regionally famous Alrinthea Carter. Listen in as Cindy talks with Andrew about where she grew up, her love of cats, and how her use of improv has helped her career as a psychology professor.

22: Meet the Cast: Corey Dewar

February 13th, 2021  |  56 mins 35 secs

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Corey Dewar is a hardworking husband and improvisor who grew up between California and the Boston area. His love of sports and everything manly gets broken down with a great interview as we get to know him, his wife, family, and why he loves being a performer.

21: Alchemy Comedy 2021 Future Plans

February 4th, 2021  |  38 mins 32 secs

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Harrison Brookie joins Andrew Van to discuss the state of Alchemy Comedy and what we hope to achieve this year safely while returning to a new norm on stage.

20: SUMI - New Years Resolutions

January 30th, 2021  |  43 mins 15 secs

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Andrea Reeps, Walter Ezell, Teddi Fishman and Andrew Van are joined with Jessica Noll(Charlotte), and Evan Harris(Los Angeles) as we performed stand up off the top of out heads using typical New Years Resolutions.

19: A Christmas SUMI(Stand Up Meets Improv)

December 25th, 2020  |  48 mins 55 secs

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Andrea Reeps, Walter Ezell, Teddi Fishman, and Andrew Van use random prompts to make stand up on the spot for your listening delight. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

18: Meet the Alumni: Burke Brown

December 20th, 2020  |  1 hr 4 mins

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Burke Brown is an accomplished actor from stage, commercials, and tv. He has trained in several locations such as Los Angeles, New York, and now resides in Atlanta. Listen in as Burke and Andrew Van discuss how Burke continues to strive and learn along with being vulnerable uplifting one's self by empowering himself.

17: Meet The Cast: Joe Johnson

December 13th, 2020  |  39 mins

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Joe Johnson began his improv training in 2012 and has been on several teams over the years including creating some of his own indy teams. Joe truly admires the unusual and weird things in life in the best way.

16: Meet The Alumni: Dustin Bays

December 6th, 2020  |  1 hr 10 mins

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We flip the script this time with Taylor Dorsett returning with Andrew Van to interview Dustin Bays. 2020 has been a hard year and Dustin has shown time and time again how he can reinvent, reignite, and reinvest in himself to adapt and survive in life.

Listen in as we take a deep dive into how he's used improv in everyday skills, and used them to create avenues in his life he's still navigating and finding new opportunities by "yes, anding".

15: Thanksgiving Stand Up - SUMI

November 25th, 2020  |  52 mins 24 secs

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Listen as Tyler Prescott, Teddi Fishman, Walter Ezell, Andrew Van and special guest Ben Burris do stand up based on Thanksgiving prompts!

14: Meet The Cast: Manus Clancy

November 22nd, 2020  |  49 mins 40 secs

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Manus Clancy is in charge or Alchemy Comedy's Cage Match shows. He's been doing improv for over 7 years since his time at Clemson University. We know you might be tired of hearing about Clemson, but everyone has an origin story.

13: New South Comedy Festival

November 12th, 2020  |  6 mins 27 secs

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Alchemy Comedy is hosting its 7th annual New South Comedy Festival! This is different, but it still brings a lot of laughs, and enjoyment from entertainers from all over. Be sure to check out newsouthcomedy.com and Alchemy Comedy's Youtube page for more info!

12: Meet The Cast: Jason Farr

November 6th, 2020  |  1 hr 9 mins

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WARNING: THIS EPISODE IS SEXAY!

Jason Farr has been performing stand up comedy for over a decade and is a well respected member of Alchemy Comedy. He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY is a member of The Magnet Theater. Jason also teaches Alchemy Comedy's 503 Stand Up Comedy Course. Listen as Andrew Van asks him questions on how he got started, how to get started in comedy, and remember and share old stories from improv.

Be sure to also check out his podcast, "There It Is" where Jason learns and talks to other comedians from all over.

11: Training Center, Workshops, and Classes

October 29th, 2020  |  1 hr 8 mins

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Andrew Van talks with Nicole McAden who is the Director of Education at Alchemy Comedy, and long time teacher, Griffin Pafford. Listen in as we talk about the benefits of trying a class, and play truth or lie at the end.

10: No Expectations Stand Up - Greenville Comedy Marathon

October 22nd, 2020  |  46 mins 54 secs

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Alchemy Comedy produced the Greenville Comedy Marathon on September 26th, 2020. One of those shows included was the No Expectations Comedy crew that performs on Monday nights at Coffee Underground in Greenville, SC.

Listen to the stand up of Andrea Reeps, Chris Freeland, Shama Mrema, Monika Scott-Rogers, and Craig Holcombe!

9: Stand Up Meets Improv 2

October 14th, 2020  |  1 hr 11 mins

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Teddi Fishman, Chris Todaro, Corey Dewar, Walter Ezell, and Tyler Prescott join Andrew Van as we perform and audio version of Stand Up Meets Improv(SUMI). We have no prewritten stand up material and we have to make up jokes on the spot with the prompts that come up.

8: Improv Festivals

October 7th, 2020  |  53 mins 18 secs

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Tyler Prescott and Alrinthea Carter join Andrew Van today as we talk about improv festivals and the ins and outs of running one and attending them.

Be sure to check out the Greenville Comedy Marathon on youtube and the upcoming New South Comedy Festival produced by Alchemy Comedy!