What if getting better requires you to be willing to look bad first?

In Episode 40 of The Creative Life Podcast, Dr. Jessica Olsen and Dr. Jaclyn Gibbons talk with Dylan Rohde, founder of The Backline Comedy Theatre in Omaha.

What began as one improv class in the basement of a small art gallery grew into a home for improv, sketch, stand-up, classes, performances, and the Omaha Comedy Fest.

Dylan shares what improv taught him about creative risk, collaboration, and the power of “yes, and.” He explains why vulnerability is necessary for growth, why healthy creative communities need entry points for beginners, and how following momentum helped him sustain and expand a creative business through changing spaces, COVID, and downtown construction.

The conversation also explores the tension between creative work and business opera ...