Shawn Westfall, Improv King — Papa’s Basement 533

Papa's Basement

In a certain sense, Shawn Westfall is the creative father of the Papa's Basement Show cast. Pete Maybe, Chris Lingebach and I have all studied improv at his Unified Scene Theater in DC. True, we have only studied and performed there for the previous year, so maybe he's more like the "creative guy who is now with your mom because she was waiting to leave your dad once you got to college and he'd just settle for you calling him by his first name and not 'asshole,'" but he still deserves some sort of special title. So I went with "improv king" because it seemed understated. Shawn was kind enough to take time out of his day and enter the Papa's Basement Studio (it's a real place, look it up on Google Maps) and deliver an hour-plus of fantastic, off-the-cuff comedy. I know, it's truly shocking that someone who has done improv for 20-plus years managed to keep a conversation going for 82 minutes, yet here we are. If you're a fan of the show, a fan of Shawn, a fan of funny things or simply want to drown out the slow, sucking sound of our world as it circles the drain, give this latest episode of Papa's Basement a listen (and, if you're in DC, visit the Unified Scene Theater's site and sign up for improv classes!) :DC Comedy Improv in Papa's Basement: Click here to listen to the latest episode of Papa's Basement in your browser or here to open and listen in iTunes (you can also use the embedded player below the ad). And, if you want to see our faces that very clearly are fit for radio, you can watch videos of our episodes on YouTube