Mac Antigua grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and came back to the Midwest via Texas and St. Paul. Hackers be damned, Mac has lived in Milwaukee for eleven years, in Shorewood, WI. He started his career in youth development, and has worked for decades as a professional convener and facilitator. Though he is departing, Mac looks forward to a future as a (loving yet disgruntled) listener of the pod. Because SNL didn’t call him to become a writer, he will be leaving Imagine MKE to work at My Brother’s Keeper Alliance within the Obama Foundation. He will also be appearing on Lindsay Sheridan’s “Slap Tour.”
In the interview, he talks about the formative experience of learning through practicing improv to inhabit a space of love and fullness, instead of a space of “am I good enough”? or wanting to perform perfectly. Because in improv, you deal with failure and ambiguity all the time.
He reflects on how the arts matter to him, how it has helped him to exist in spaces where there is not a clear answer but instead to see opportunities. And, ask questions, including “why else does this matter?” During his time at Imagine, he has been focused on creating spaces of insight, connection and trust. In the conversation, he reflects on the magical six words. Lindsay asks, “Is it too late for meeting rehearsals?”
Mac shares highlights and reflections from working with the team at Imagine. The team is grateful to him for modeling the notion of possibility, joyful abundance, and examples of what all great teams have. Hint: it’s not The Whizzer. It might appear in “The American President.”
Follow Mac @MacArthur31 on Twitter and Instagram and learn more about MBK Alliance, The Obama Foundation
415 Ephemera
AI: Artificial Intelligence (Trailer)
Whose Line is it Anyway (Compilation)
How Improv Made its Way into Corporate America (VICE)
“Do Improvise: Less Push. More Pause. Better Results. A New Approach to Work (and Life)”
E101: Let’s Not Be Perfectionists About It
Back to the Future: “Marty McFly Fading Out”
Moneyball: “He Gets on Base”
The Whizzer, Six Flags
The American President: “Is the view pretty good from the cheap seats, AJ?”
Shannon Lay: “Rare to Wake”
