Rick Andrews loves himself some coaching

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rkandrews

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Hey all,

Rick Andrews here. I like to coach.

I have been improvising for about 12 years, and teaching/coaching for 5. I have a diverse training background, beginning in Boston, Saint Louis, and continuing here in New York. Over the years I’ve studied/workshopped with Armando Diaz, Ed Herbstman, Joe Bill, Mark Sutton, Amy Pohler, Ian Roberts, Will Luera, Jill Bernard, and more. I've taught workshops at festivals in Boston, Baltimore, Atlanta, and more. You can catch me performing On Brick at Magnet, and also with Friday Night Sh*w, Light's Out Shirley, and the Touring Company

I’m particularly excited to work with groups who want to focus on listening, patience, pattern work, organic play, and developing their own form. I also have extensive duo experience, and would be love to work with small sized groups on developing their unique voice.
I’m really passionate about teaching and coaching and I hope to work with some of you soon!

Email: Rick@Magnettheater.com

-Rick
 
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JoshSaxe

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Grade A Coaching

I'm part of a short form team in Saint Louis called Five Finger Discount and met Rick two years ago. After one coaching session, our team had learned fun new warm ups and began approaching each scene with a different, refreshing, and downright hilarious perspectives. I highly recommend Rick to anyone looking for a nice guy to learn great improv skills (short or long form) with.
 
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morganphillips

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Rick knows his improv, people. I would jump on this if I were you, before he changes his mind about the "free session" thing... too good to pass up.
 
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Castanon

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Rick is a BAMF

I've known Rick for seven-ish years now, and improvised with him for four of those. He's a quality person and a hell of a performer. He led rehearsals for our team in St. Louis for two years and we became significantly better improvisers because of it. He and I also put together a successful two person show during that time.

Long story short, he's a committed improviser and coach, not to mention really fun to work with. You should probably hire him.
 
TheWhistler

TheWhistler

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This is a great opportunity - Rick would make a solid coach for a team of just about any experience level.

Worked with Rick in St. Louis on Suspicious of Whistlers and he definitely knows what he is doing when it comes to improv.
 
gravybill

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Rick is one of the smartest improvisers I ever had the great pleasure of working with. He cares and thinks deeply about the art form and would be a huge asset to any team looking for a coach.

Rick as a coach makes a ton of sense to me, it would be a wise move to take him up on this offer.
 
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JennyDunne

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Rick has been improvising since he was 13...guys, think that over for a second. Just let it wash over you. What I'm saying is he's smart, funny, and has seen a ton and tried even more. Let him use his vast knowledge to coach you into your own awesomeness.
In addition, he's a super fun guy who will make you feel at ease while he makes you better at improv.

In conclusion:
Great coach
Cheap (for now)
Write him.
 
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rkandrews

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I have some weekend times opening up, and in a few weeks will have Monday's open as well. First session still free free free.

rkandrewsnyu [at] gmail [dot] com
 
lefty

lefty

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I don't normally post in people's coaching thread unless I've been coached by them. Usually when people do, they say "wow this person is fun to play with and hit them up now ..." and nice fluffy things like that. I guess it is partly to save space. I don't save space nor do fluffy-- otherwise I'd not be posting right now. But I feel like I know enough about Rick's improv to talk about why I KNOW he has to be a great coach.

I've done an 8 week class plus 4 shows from that class, plus 1 other show with Rick and I've seen The Cascade. While not a large sample size, analysis of the sample tells me a lot.

Rick excels at every "type" of improv I've seen him have a chance to tackle, and that matters only because I've seen him do the full range from fast-paced gamey stuff to "slow comedy" relationship based stuff. Rick essentially carried our set at the Black Box Imrpov Festival this past Friday where we played at a really fast pace blowing up crazy games and characters. Perfectly timed moves from the back line, and killer moves in the scenes were what he did the whole set. But in The Cascade he shows he also excels at "slow" comedy where the form is built up on small differences in a reaction, and the scenes are grounded and very real and the games are very often "relationship-based". Much more "theatrical" in a sense. Those two examples are pretty far off each other in terms of Improv, being two styles that don't often mix. But I've seen Rick kick ass in everything in between as well.

Bottom line is you don't stumble into that ability. You don't find yourself equally at home in slow and fast comedy, and at all the different ways of going at this without really cultivating your skills in an organized manner. He is well trained. He hasn't just been around a lot of training and done a lot of improv. He worked on the skills that his extensive training gave him a chance to work on, and the result is that he is the well-rounded improviser that can do it all. You don't gain that training without knowing step-by-step what made that training happen. You don't get that good at everything without also knowing how to convey it. Sure, there are great improvisers that do what they do, but couldn't teach it, or couldn't stop making jokes or talking. Rick ain't one of those. He's actually a humble thoughtful guy.

Bottom line is: I can't picture a group in NYC right now that is working on anything that he can't help you with, and I can't picture an improviser right now thinking about a coach for their team or practice group that wouldn't grow a lot as an improviser with Rick as coach.
 
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Doc Wattson

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Rick is a great improviser and anyone would be lucky to have him as their coach.

I'd go into more detail but Rick's spent all of his praise budget on Lefty.
 
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trinity4r1

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Rick is an amazing coach. He is able to listen to what you want to accomplish and tailor rehearsals to help you accomplish this. He has helped Andrew Yurman-Glaser and I develop our two man improv show and we couldn't be happier with the progress we've had.

You may not know Rick now so you better hire him now before he's a full time teacher and you won't be able to get him to coach.
 
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yourakreyebaby

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Love Rick.

Rick is like a kind, beautiful and successful single woman:

He is professional.
He has an open schedule outside of his successful job.
He is open to meeting you.
He is funny.
He makes you feel important.
He is different - he likes Death Metal. Isn't that cool?
He is smart and has been around long enough to know what is going on while maintaining his integrity by not sleeping with just any one, but rather with people who really care about him as a person.
You think, "Why does this guy not want to be with me?"

Okay, I want to date Rick, but he is too busy being a successful improviser and coach. :( Why don't you just book him so that he can have less time in his life to spend with me. WHAT ever.
 
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rkandrews

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New Thursday and early Saturday availability for the New Year. And soon, a new hair cut. Well, the same haircut I always get. But, another one of those.

-Rick
 
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rkandrews

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I'm teaching a workshop on Sunday. It's called Listen (to yourself!):

"Listening is king—yet so often we become deaf to ourselves. In this workshop, we’ll focus on the offers we make without even knowing it. We’ll do some exercises designed to help us take control of the offers we make as soon as we hit the stage to make better, more organic, honest scenework. Stop thinking about the moves you should be making, and start listening to the moves you’re already making."

http://www.magnettheater.com/viewclass.php?x=87&y=13&classid=607

Hope to see folks there!

-Rick
 
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