Laughing Matters

Episode 10 – Share your whole weird self

December 22, 2021 Paul
Laughing Matters
Episode 10 – Share your whole weird self
Show Notes

We’re joined by Liz Joynt Sandberg, who talks about her role as Head of Comedy Arts at the Theatre School at DePaul University and how helps students and businesses bring their most unique, “weird” parts of themselves to the performing arts. Liz also shares:

  • How she uses humor to motivate her students and artists she works with to take a break from the anxieties of the world. 
  • How comedy “ate” her life after taking a class with Second City in Chicago
  • Her experience explaining a comedy exercise to a prestigious academic institution that thought it wasn’t ready