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Are there more improv comedy groups in the Twin Cities than is common elsewhere?

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Are there more improv comedy groups in the Twin Cities than is common elsewhere?

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It seems that way. Butch Roy: I’m not sure if it has more per capita, but I think you have more improv groups per improviser. In places like Chicago and L.A., where people are looking for exposure, they tend to find a group and everyone gets behind that name and become known for that style. In the Twin Cities, you’ll have people like myself, Jill Bernard, Mike Fotis, Lauren Anderson, who are in three, four, five different groups. Some have only minor changes in the lineup, but typically if a group forms, it’s because they’re doing something structurally different or have a different sort of energy. We have a pretty normal-sized pool of improvisers for the size of our city. They’re all just very prolific. I’m in a couple of different duos. The Twin Cities is great in that people are very free to mix-and-match. There aren’t these walls between the theaters. I can get together with somebody from ComedySportz or Stevie Ray’s. People who really like each other’s work can just form a duo and

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