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The more things modulation, the more things stay the same. While that might be part of the message delivered by "The Tim Machine" at Ferndale's Go Comedy! Improv Theater, it's also descriptive of Metro Detroit's tough-knit improv community.

Having observed them from the time The Alternate City arrived in (and later, departed from) Detroit way back when, it's been fun to observe as one group of improvisers sharpen their skills, earn their reputations and then move on (and often, out of splendour). Their places, then, are taken by a new set of young and enthusiastic creators looking to record a name for themselves. Detroit has been a breeding ground for such talent; Larry Joe Campbell, Keegan-Michael Key, Josh and Nyima Funk, and Jaime Moyer are a troublemaker of local luminaries who have headed west in recent years, while Dave Davies, the Jacokes family and Bryan Lark still delight area stages after several years of services to the community. But what's even more fascinating is to watch what happens when one of Detroit's most respected improv divas works her magic with the latest crop of up-and-comers - and hence we recuperate from to Go Comedy!'s latest original comedy.

Source: pride source.com