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"With the news that longtime Saturday Night Live cast members Bill Hader and Fred Armisen are leaving the show, the improv world is on high alert for Lorne Michaels&amp;apos; next moves. &amp;quot;If I could get inside his brain, it would be a whole different ballgame for me,&amp;quot; says Zach Ward, the managing director of ImprovBoston and the founder of North Carolina&amp;apos;s DSI Comedy Theater. What is clear, though, is that SNL is searching for more than just outsized personalities: &amp;quot;They&amp;apos;re looking for people who can bring written content to the table,&amp;quot; says Ward.\r\nAgreed, says Andrew Alexander, the executive producer and co-owner of The Second City Chicago. Michaels and his writers make pilgrimages to The Second City every year, Alexander tells Rolling Stone, searching for new talent. &amp;quot;And we give them the inside scoop on who&amp;apos;s a stronger writer,&amp;quot; says Alexander. But Michaels and his team recruit from other troupes, too, including the Upright Citizens Brigade (which Amy Poehler co-founded) and The Groundlings, who introduced the world to Will Ferrell. At this point, just two weeks removed from SNL&amp;#x2019;s season finale, any short list is bound to be speculative, and neither Ward nor Alexander are keen on making predictions. &amp;quot;Look, they missed Steve Carell,&amp;quot; says Alexander. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s not a perfect science.&amp;quot; Still, here are a few names you just might see on stage 8-H this September.\r\nBy James Sullivan"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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