With Special Guests JACK QUAID & MEG RYAN
Episode 37 · 2026-04-06

- Comedy
Episode overview
March 2026: CONNOR RATLIFF presents THE ACTING CLASS, live at the UCB Theatre in New York City. The 37th in an ongoing series of improvised one-person* shows pretending to be real acting classes. This episode features Special Guest JACK QUAID (The Boys, Companion, Novocaine, Scream, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Oppenheimer, Ithaca, Vinyl) and SURPRISE Special Guest MEG RYAN (When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless In Seattle, You've Got Mail, City Of Angels, Anastasia, Top Gun, Ithaca, Courage Under Fire, French Kiss, When A Man Loves A Woman, Joe Vs The Volcano, Innerspace). [*Yes, this episode features THREE people. But it’s not a MATH class, it’s an acting class.] Lessons include: "Being Brave," "The Meaning Of Charm," and "Tom Jones Introduces His Mother, Eleanor Jones, to his rival, Blifil."
62 minutes
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