BA #224: Amanda Sitko

April 22, 2018

 

On the two-hundred and twenty-fourth Box Angeles writer Amanda Sitko (Brockmire, Freak Dance) stops by Studio 309. She discusses improv, growing up outside San Jose, various odd jobs like personal assisting, landing TV writing gigs without an agent, and more!

 

 

the BA #224 breakdown
– Box rants improv saturation point.
– Drinking and rituals.
– Growing up in Morgan Hills CA and fishing in the creek.
– Getting involved in theatre / improv and attending Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
– Moving to San Diego and starting ComedySportz.
– Heading to LA for UCB and working at the Beverly Hills Fire Department.
– Getting a commercial agent and personal assisting, like Jonah Hill.
– Transition into writing, working with Bruce McCulloch and Brockmire w/o an agent.

For more Amanada, check out her writing in ‘Brockmire‘ and follow her on Instagram @sitko.

 

STUDIO BEER – Reel Brewery, Untitled Pilsner