Marty McGuire

https://martymcgui.re/marty [AT] martymcgui [DOT] re

Significant Performance Experience

2022 Magnet Theater

Team Acadia 2022. Winter circuit team. https://magnettheater.com/2021/12/16/the-winter-circuit-lineup-is-here/

2014 - 2018 Baltimore Improv Group (BIG)

http://www.bigimprov.org/marty-mcguire.html

GHOST PARTY 👻🎉 2016 - Present. Sketch + short form. Holiday-related performances BIG. Festival performances at Baltimore Improv Festival (BIF). Online as of 2020. https://ghostparty.today/
Hostel 2015 - 2018. House team; montage, gator. Performed weekly at BIG. Festival performances at BIF, Comedy Pigs Summer Extravaganza. https://www.facebook.com/hostelimprov/
After School Grandma 2015 - 2017. Montage, freeform. Performed monthly at BIG. Festival performances at BIF, Del Close Marathon, and Boston Comedy Arts Festival. https://www.facebook.com/After-School-Grandma-448378922002592/
Unscripted 2015 - 2016. Fully-improved two-act plays. Cast, tech, front of house manager. https://www.bigimprov.org/unscripted.html
Your New Dad 2015. House team; montage. Performed twice monthly. https://www.facebook.com/Your-New-Dad-726817094007814/

Independent Improv Teams

Great Personalities LOL 2019 - Present. Montage. https://greatpersonalities.lol/
Remote Possibilities 2016 - 2018. TV-show form. Performed at BIG and Washington Improv Theater (WIT). Festival performances at Chicago Improv Festival, Steelstacks Improv Comedy Festival, We the People Improv Fest. https://www.facebook.com/remoteposs/
Throwing Lobsters 2014 - 2016. Montage. Performances at BIG, Charm City Comedy Project, Charm City Comedy Festival. https://www.facebook.com/throwinglobsters/

Streams and Podcasts

This Startup is Being Recorded 2022. https://startuprecorded.com/ Improvised meetings at a doomed startup.
The Line-Up 2020 - 2022. https://www.podserve.fm/series/website/the-line-up,1796/ Improvised toxic news and politics panel show.
Nowsayers 2017 - Present. https://nowsaysers.com/ Weekly role-playing actual plays live-streamed on Twitch.
We Have to Ask Podcast 2016 - Present. https://wehavetoask.com/ Weekly improvised comedy interviews.
This Week in the IndieWeb 2017 - 2018. https://martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/ Weekly community news summary.

Improv Education

2019 - 2022 Magnet Theater

Advanced Improv Lv 2 (Louis Kornfeld)
Intro to Conservatory (Peter McNerney)
Improv Lv 4 Advanced Harold (Louis Kornfeld)
Improv Lv 4 Monoscene (Michael Lutton)
Musical Improv Lv 3 (Michael Lutton and Frank Spitznagel)
Improv Lv 3 (Louis Kornfeld), Lv 2 (Elana Fishbein); Lv 1 (Hannah Chase)
Musical Improv Lv 2, Lv 1 (Nikita Burdein and Frank Spitznagel)

2019 Upright Citizens Brigade NYC

401 (Alex Dickson); 301 (Doug Moe); 201 (Liz Noth); 101 (Chelsea Clarke)

2013 - 2018 Baltimore Improv Group

Took 8 classes through Baltimore Improv Group including standard short- and long-form improv curriculum and special topics such as Game Focus, Movement for the Improvisor, Musical Improv, and Characters.

Significant Improv Workshops

Workshops at Camp Magnet

1. Elana Fishbein; Nikita Burdein; Jamie Rivera; Rick Andrews; Michael Lutton; Sean Taylor; Louis Kornfeld; Dahlia Ramsay;

Workshops at Camp Improv Utopia East

1. Kristen Schier; Wendy & TJ Penrod; Maritza Montañez; Allison Reese-Shapiro
1. Jacque Arend; Bill Arnett; Rachel Rosenthal; Brian O’Connell
1. Ashley Comeau; Chris Moody; Wendy Penrod; Megan Gray
1. Carla Cackowski; Kelly Buttermore and Justin Peters; Rick Andrews; Nick Armstrong
1. Katy Schutte; Elana Fishbein; Jaime Moyer; Mike Descoteaux
1. Nick Armstrong; Amey Goerlich; Kevin Mullaney; Karen Graci

Workshops via BIG, BIF, and other festivals

1. Active Choices w/ The Cast; Digging Deeper w/ Andy Perkins; Keep It Simple, Superstar w/ Risa Harms
1. Intro to Musical Improv w/ Eric Gersen; Advanced Scene Work w/ Eric Gersen; Social Justice & Comedy w/ Keisha Zollar; Improvising Pop/Rock Songs w/ Kevin O’Brien
1. Scenework for Musical Improv w/ Woody Fu;
1. Emotion Tune Up w/ Hannah Chase; Musical Improv for Beginners w/ Travis Ploeger
1. Duos w/ Topher Bellavia; The Brick w/ Caitlin Steitzer; Individual Focus & Feedback w/ Rick Andrews; Physical Theater w/ Tori Bertocci
1. Making Mischief w/ Kristen Schier; Musical Improv Crash Course w/ Jon Bander & Eric Gersen; Balance of Game & Emotion w/ Maggy Keegan

Volunteering

1. Camp Improv Utopia East Counselor (Fred Rogers Cabin).
1. Co-instructor for Podcasting workshops at BIG.
2014 - 2018. Baltimore Improv Festival (BIF) Website developer.
1. Tech team for Unscripted.
1. Front of House Manager for Unscripted.

Special Skills

Hosting shows, running tech, websites
Producing and show running
Mediocre Accents
Most familiar long-form formats: Armando, Montage, Harold, Gator