The Groundlings
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title:
The Groundlings
text:
The Groundlings is an American improvisational and sketch comedy troupe and school based in Los Angeles, California. The troupe was formed by Gary Austin in 1974 and uses an improv format influenced by Viola Spolin, whose improv techniques were taught by Del Close and other members of the Second City, located in Chicago and later St. Louis. They used these techniques to produce sketches and improvised scenes. Its name is taken from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act III, Scene II: "...to split the ears o
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Improv and theater group
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Groundlings
date created:
2003-08-09T18:13:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T21:08:05Z
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