Improv Comedy with Donald Chang, Producer of UCB's "Asian AF" Show in NYC

How Donald got into improvisational (“improv”) comedy and acting (1:15) Improv as a way to break out of his shell (4:00) How you become the producer for the Asian AF show at Upright Citizens Brigade New York? (7:25) Do you improv differently when your audience is mostly Asian? (11:45) Basic technique to improv comedy (14:20) As an improv actor/partner, what are you trying to achieve in each improv skit? (20:15) How you know when the skit is over/ending! (20:50) What goes through Donald’s mind as he performs improv (23:35) Even in improv, audiences want to see interesting relationships between people (25:00) Being afraid of being yourself and improv as a way for repressed adults to return to a place of childhood playfulness (26:30) What NOT to do when doing improv(29:00) How improv will help you in your life (33:40) Doing improv in a way where you’re not worrying about saying the wrong (even if morally wrong) thing (34:11) Why do you think there’s suffering in the world? (36:45) Connect with Donald Chang's Instagram at Learn more about UCB's Asian AF show (and about upcoming performances) at

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Improv Comedy with Donald Chang, Producer of UCB's "Asian AF" Show in NYC is an episode from The Mechanics of Storytelling by Ezra Justin Lee.

This episode is 00:40:24 long.

This episode was published on May 4, 2020.

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