You might know Rebekka Johnson as wrestler Dawn Rivecca on Netflix’s Glow! But round here we know her as a dang improv babe. She taught the very first level 1 class back at the Nerdist School and she’s back with us at The Ruby to teach part of our newest improv class. Here she talks about her very first improv team.

What was the name of your very first improv team and how did ya’ll decide on the name?

My first improv group was Possible Side Effects. They started the group before I got to college. I saw them at my orientation in 1997 and basically stalked and charmed them until they let me in. We still perform together sometimes and they are some of my best friends!

What’s the absolute worst place you’ve ever done improv?

We got hired to do a bar mitzvah. The show was so terrible that I called the first set after 15 minutes thinking it had been 30. Time drags nearly to a halt when no one is laughing at your make em ups.

What’s your most favorite thing about improv?

I love when you lock in with someone and your subconscious takes over. When you find patterns and heighten without even thinking about it.

Note from Rebekka: The photo (is) of 3 of us from PSE (Jim Festante, Rhea Ramey and myself) . Our shirts say “Free Sex” from far away but up close they say, “Possible Side Effects”. We were THAT funny.