here’s an interview BLACKOUT did with Charna a while back…
blackoutpresents:
She’s written books, built theaters, launched careers, and has an affinity for canines. ‘The Boss Series’ Continues with none other than iO Chicago’s Charna Halpern.find out how she got here what she’s planning next when BLACKOUTpresents: Radio…
WTF is IMPROV!? - BLACKOUT at Columbia College
here’s the FB event page with more info
here’s an interview BLACKOUT did last year with the Colt Cabana, the new NWA Heavyweight Champion.
…congrats
September 10, 2010 By
A great philosopher once said, “If you want to know something, ask a question.” We took that advice two steps further: we wanted to know a whole bunch, so we asked three questions. In fact, we asked the same three questions to several improv teams in Chicago, hoping to get a glimpse into the comedic process, and maybe even learn a thing or two about what makes them tick. We’re super-especially interested in improv teams who have formed organically (i.e. not by audition) in order to explore and discuss team dynamics. Our first victims-er-guests are Sherman Edwards, Warren Phynix Johnson, Ramon Smith, and Darwin Smith of the improv team BLACKOUT. We asked them the same questions separately. Here’s what they had to say …MORE
July 14, 2010 By
“That’s how you intro some shit.” He was right. “He” is Warren Phynix Johnson, one of the four members of BLACKOUT, along with Sherman Edwards, Ramon Smith, and Darwin Smith. He had just finished introducing the night’s opening group, Challenger, and as he was walking back to the green room, he stopped to meet me at the bar to tell me tell me that what I had just witnessed was a proper introduction. Again, he was right. Johnson gave one of the loudest, and most energetic introductions I’ve seen on an iO stage. This, however, was not an anomaly. Rather, it was just the BLACKOUT way…MORE
