Paul Vaillancourt is the co-founder (with Charna Halpern) of the iO West and has been teaching and performing improv for over 20 years. In that time he has appeared all over the country including such notable venues as HBO’s Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Chicago’s iO (where he studied with the immortal Del Close), New York’s UCB Theater, and the iO West here in Los Angeles. He is the author of a book about the art of improvisation called "The Triangle of the Scene" and is also the creator and host of the popular YouTube series "Improv Tips". As an actor Paul has appeared on such shows as “The Drew Carey Show”, the UPN sitcom “Half & Half”, and the Oxygen Network’s stand out “Girls Behaving Badly”. Paul has also had success as a writer and producer, co-creating and serving as supervising writer for the MTV hit “The Blame Game” as well as lending his writing and producing talents to a score of other shows for MTV, VH1, USA, Oxygen, Bravo and AMC. Paul currently lives in LA with his wife Lindsey and his two children.

Latest episodes of the podcast The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18

• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 12 - Play the Problem
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 11 - The Game of the Scene
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 10 - Detail featuring Mike Coleman
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 9 - It's Important
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 8 - Know/Have/Do
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 7 - Have/Say/Do
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 6 - Yes In Spite
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 5 - A Bigger Yes And
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 4 - The Hammer
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 13 - Anatomy of a Character featuring Nick Armstrong
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 14 - Therapy Improv featuring Molly Erdman
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 15 - Making Conflict Work
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 16 - Show and Tell
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 17 - Action Creates featuring Brian Palermo
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 18 - Don't Normalize
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 3 - The Four Step Process
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 2 - What They Just Said
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 2 - What They Just Said
• The Improv Blueprint 18 for '18 - TRACK 1 - Playing Paranoid