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Jonathan Pitts

Jonathan Pitts

Award-winning Chicago improv theatre artist and storyteller; co-founder and longtime producer of the Chicago Improv Festival and former Second City Training Center teacher.

Sep 14, 2026

Inner Peace and Power

Inner Peace and Power

147. The Art of Improvising Your Life with Jonathan Pitts

Sep 14 · 36m

Rashmi Schramm
Rashmi SchrammHOST
3:05
sure.
Jonathan Pitts
Jonathan PittsGUEST
3:06
Early on, you know, as a kid, I loved to play.
Jonathan Pitts
Jonathan PittsGUEST
3:09
That was just very, even though I was an only child, my mom used to say that the biggest way to punish me was to crown me because I so loved to play.
Jonathan Pitts
Jonathan PittsGUEST
3:18
I grew up in an alcoholic home.
Jonathan Pitts
Jonathan PittsGUEST
3:19
My parents got divorced when I was two and a half years old.
Jonathan Pitts
Jonathan PittsGUEST
3:22
And my mom moved in with her parents and she didn't realize that her father was an alcoholic.
Jonathan Pitts
Jonathan PittsGUEST
3:27
But it became apparent when I was about 10 or 11.

12 MINS LATER

Rashmi Schramm
Rashmi SchrammHOST
15:29
How do you feel about improv sort of what I just said, which is like improv to me is me practicing mindfulness?

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