Edi Patterson
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 2 Jul
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Thanks for having me.
Seriously.
yeah well i uh the play play girl is all improvised and so it for the most part comes out of my improv background that's a huge part of my background i've been improvising for a long long time
And I had done some solo stuff.
A woman, Deanna Oliver at the Groundlings, had conceived of this really cool thing called One, where she would have her favorite improvisers improvise a one-person show.
And she had certain things that...
were a part of it like she would have the audience build three sets on the stage and she would ask the audience what's the name of this person doing this one-person show um and you kind of always knew because it was a one-person show you'll be breaking the fourth wall you'll be talking to the audience sometimes and anyway I'd had a little experience with that and it was um
sort of mind bending and thrilling to improvise by myself, which I had never done before.
And the first time I did it, right before I did it, I had done the regular improv show at the Groundlings.
And I remember watching two of my friends do a scene and I was laughing so hard and just feeling the magic of improv and the thing of
The thing of seeing in real time, oh, this person's idea isn't what's happening and this person's idea isn't what's happening.
Their ideas met in the air and squished up and now this magic is happening.
And it hit me like a cold chill and I thought,
what did I agree to do tonight?
Why would I do this by myself?
That's not what this is.
What is this going to be?
And I quickly realized through doing that show with her, oh, if I let it happen, it can be a lot of people on stage with me.
Totally.
And I can count on them and mess with them the way that I would do other improvisers.
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