Room for Improvment

Room for Improvment is a weekly improvisational comedy show hosted by Abigail Rothstein and Rebecca Groner. The hosts and their guests create scenes that are made up entirely on-the-spot and recorded live in the studio. In between scenes, Abigail and Rebecca find inspiration from songs, sappy fortune cookies, scary real-life stories, and strange YouTube videos. They hope to make you roll on the floor laughing and if they do not, they would love to have you on the show so you can laugh along with them. Abigail and Rebecca are two friends at Brandeis University who love comedy and making their friends laugh. This show was born out of their friendship, ability to crack each other up, and obsession with the podcast Improv4Humans. They hope you find joy in listening to them. If you have any questions, you can reach the hosts at ragroner@brandeis.edu.

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Episodes

Episode 7: Faculty Club vs Hibachi vs a Disney Lemonade Stand

For this episode, Jordan's dad came into the studio for some live DadProv, we met some of the behind-the-scenes Disney cast members, went to a hibachi restaurant to make friends and drink chocolate milk, and developed the corporation Cats for Convicts.

May 01, 2015•1 hr 2 min

Episode 6: DadProv and Grandmama

Today we spoke to Becca's dad, gave away grandmama's dog, attended a green card wedding, practiced with the Old Man Band, and had an important meeting in the post office office. Our guests were Anna Stern and Jordan Berns.

Apr 23, 2015•53 min

Episode 5: Relearning ABCs and Visiting the OBGYN for Matches

Today we had Juliadele Male and Jordan Merker on for their first time doing improv! We had a fun show where we learned about improv comedy, went on a hike tour of Brandeis, had a visit to the OBGYN to discuss Jordan's skin, and pranked basic girls without any help from Quiet Calvin.

Apr 17, 2015•40 min

Episode 4: Rainbow Date and Bad Prank Callers

This week we had Robbie Rosen and Dan Rozel as guests. We found out that Robbie was Becca's robot parent, went on a date with Geraldine and Suzie, learned about platypi, and found misfortune in a fortress.

Mar 27, 2015•50 min

Room for Improvment Ep 3: Rocko & Flat Stacey

This week's podcast introduces Flat Stacey, the drug addict cut-out, to a 5th grade curriculum and a 50 year old handkerchief-bearing woman to teen interpretive zumba class. Our featured guests were Anna Grandis and Christian Romero.

Mar 20, 2015•46 min

Room for Improvment Episode 2: Obese dogs and Kindergarten teachers

Pichya and Danya guest star this week on the second episode of Room for Improvment. This week's podcast includes an operation to turn Abigail into a potato, a call with our new friend Marc, a run-in with our kindergarten teacher at Bentley, an interview with a Student Union candidate, and an engagement announcement.

Mar 14, 2015•51 min

Room for Improvment Ep 1: Laughing Funny Talk Times with Abigail & Becca (& Dan & Jordan)

Our first episode features a 1960s big-buttoxed woman, American Girl Dolls at Samantha's birthday party, a baseball player with a secret, the new TV show about a patient-doctor and her WebMD app, and two 90s punk prosthetic boob company employees. Dan Hirschfield and Jordan Berns were our guests this week.

Mar 06, 2015•55 min

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