Yes, Also Yes, Also - Touch Baseball (Ryan Myers and Ashley Rube)
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Apr 21, 2026 Ryan Myers, musical improviser from St. Louis, and Ashley Rube, St. Louis improv teacher and performer, discuss their duo Touch Baseball. They talk monoscene choices, blending silliness with serious stakes, hiding the knife and peeking techniques. Topics include keeping scenes small, building partner chemistry, trusting choices, and evolving games into emotional storytelling.
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Ashley’s Accidental Path Into Improv
- Ashley found improv by accident after trying classes at The Improv Shop and treating it as a way to learn acting as an adult.
- She described singing on picnic tables and doing college theater before finally taking improv classes through a friend at the food bank.
Ryan’s Shift From Opera To Longform Improv
- Ryan grew up acting, studied vocal performance and opera, then discovered longform and musical improv which changed his view of the art’s depth.
- Seeing the Deltones' musical improv made him realize improv could be substantive, touching, and craft-driven.
COVID Forced Their Duo To Study Instead Of Perform
- Touch Baseball started planning a duo two-person show in March 2020, then COVID forced them to spend a year talking about improv rather than performing.
- That forced discussion period helped them clarify priorities and form their mono scene focus.