Morgan Phillips
Contents |
Current Groups
Kosmos (formerly known as Diamond Lion), Get Paid, The Made-Up Musical.
Former/Inactive Groups
Chairman Golem, Moonfight, Baby Wants Candy (Touring Company), Immediately Great, Bearded, Maelstrom, France, Pony Party, Casino, Caligula, Mono y Mono, Chicago City Limits (Touring and Resident Companies), The Monday Night Musical, Factory Factory, Crush The Infamous Thing, Creek Weasel, Cargo Cult, four 3 on 3 teams (including 2010 finalists GLADWELL), and Swarthmore College's Vertigo-Go.
Improv Training
- 21 UCB classes with Ari Voukydis, Betsy Stover, Brian Huskey, Michael Delaney (x3), Billy Merritt (x2), Anthony King (x2), Joe Wengert, Charlie Todd, Curtis Gwinn, Shannon O'Neill, Zach Woods, Will Hines (x2), Brandon Gardner, Anthony Atamanuik, Kevin Hines and Chelsea Clarke.
- Workshops with Alex Berg, Jill Bernard, Matt Besser, Joe Bill, Neil Campbell, Chad Carter, Chelsea Clarke, Sean Conroy, Alex Fernie, Jonathan Gabrus, Curtis Gwinn, Kevin Hines, Will Hines, John Lutz, Billy Merritt, Kevin Mullaney, Shannon O'Neill, Shira Piven, Ian Roberts, Charlie Sanders, Ben Schwartz, Gavin Speiller, Mark Sutton, TJ & Dave, Ari Voukydis, and Matt Walsh.
- Coached by countless lovely folks including Anthony Atamanuik, Marcus Bishop-Wright, Chelsea Clarke, Eugene Cordero, Kirk Damato, Erik Dies, Becky Drysdale, James Eason, Sue Galloway, Brandon Gardner, Fran Gillespie, Amey Goerlich, Peter Gwinn, Jeff Hiller, Dru Johnston, Oscar Magallanes, Tim Martin, Kevin Mullaney, Pam Murphy, Winston Noel, Jim Santangeli, Andy Secunda, David Siegel, Achilles Stamatelaky, Mike Still, Will Storie and Abra Tabak.
Coaching
Morgan has been studying and performing improv on a regular basis since 1994, and he loves sharing his accumulated impro-wisdom via coaching. [1] He has a B.A. in Theatre Studies from Swarthmore College, and he took an Improv Coaching class with Armando Diaz.
Teams he's been lucky enough to work with include Adorable, American Cousin, Los Banditos Del Canto, BEEES!!!, The Best, The Cascade, Charlie Carrot, Chester, Choral Rage, Dream Catchers, Dreamboat, Dumpster Tequila, East Side Orphan Riot, Estrogentlemen, Fancy Mantelpiece, Gadget, Gypsy, Hemlock, Hollywood, Kansas, Hot Diner, Human Pyramid, I Speak Jive, It's A Wonderful Life, Jeff Fahey is TRON, King Canute and Grendel's Mother, Mint Condition, Miracle Baby, The Mondays, Monsieur Schmaltz, The Montels, Moscow River Sharks, North Coast, Petting Zoo, Pou & Nic, Proverbial Loons, Rat King, Rosencrantz, Scatterbomb, The Shady Bunch, Snaggletooth, Spooky Ghost, The Strangers, Teenage Cop, Ten Pound Ally, Tesla, THEM, TidbiT, Trifuckta, Weekend of Regret, Wicked City, Zamboni, and many yet-to-come-up-with-a-name practice groups.
Trivia
- Morgan's "funny" writing appeared in the first three issues of McSweeney's (though his contribution to #2 was a reprint from the website, and in a very tiny font).
- Morgan was the only audience member to stay awake for the entirety of the first Del Close Marathon.
- In 2010 Morgan kept a running tally of the time he devoted to improv. His total for the year was 759.5 hours.
- Morgan has his very own website. [2]
