#3: The Base Reality with Gaston Stabiszewski

Improvise Till You Make It!

Gaston Stabiszewski (pronounced stah-bih-shev'-ski) is a writer, actor, director, filmmaker, improvisor, and musician, or, as the art world refers to such Jacks-and-Jills-of-all-trades, a total Gaston.

Fresh off the back of an award-winning trip to Paleochora Lost World Short Film Festival where his short film Luftholen - Take a Breath picked up the award for best casting, a tanned Gaston sits to muse with us on the relevance of The Base Reality.
After a riling debate about what precious items he'd scurry to save should his apartment suddenly catch fire, Gaston muses with us on the relevance of The Base Reality (the Who? What? Where? of an improv scene) in the real world. The conversation takes a turn to the political as we take The Base Reality off stage and see how it applies to parties, relationships, and issues of immigration and climate change.

Our most serious episode yet is nonetheless lightened by the absurdity of improv scenes where a campaigning politician wants to keep everyone, including his pizza delivery guy, in the dark about everything, and where a Berliner desperate to find an apartment must navigate the ins-and-outs of living with roomies who are literally from beyond this world. And if that doesn't sound silly enough, wait till you hear us all bust a flow in one of our favorite improv games, "Bad Rap."

Check out gastonstabiszewski.com for all things Gaston Stabiszewski related, including his films and shorts, and be sure to find him playing on an improv stage near you with his improv troupes Skeleton Brains, Fünfdollar, and ComedyShorts Berlin.

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