Martin DeMaat was an improv teacher at Columbia College and
the Artistic Director at Second City Chicago. I took every improve class I
could with Marty because he was such an amazing and inspiring person. He
genuinely cared and his approach to imrpov was to create as safe a place as
possible for the performer. It was a true joy to be instructed by him and his
passion for the art form was contagious.
I wrote down in my notebook at the start of my second class
with Marty a few things that I noticed he had said at the start of the previous
class I took with him as well. Marty said many memorable things, but a couple
of things he said have stuck with me to this day.
"You do not have the right to feel inadequate."
"You are pure potential."
"You are pure potential."
