2012 Unscripted New York Festival Shows!
Unscripted New York is proud to have hosted these fantastic shows in our festival line up. Shows are listed here in Alphabetical Order with their 2012 Date/Time Schedule.
YES AND! Solid Reviews for Unscripted New York Shows in 2012!
Unscripted New York: Centralia
Unscripted New York: The Raving Jaynes
Unscripted New York: Shackled
Unscripted New York: Michael Gellman's Scenario to Stage
Unscripted New York: Unscrewed and Other Improvised Films
YES AND! Solid Reviews for Unscripted New York Shows in 2012!
Unscripted New York: Centralia
Unscripted New York: The Raving Jaynes
Unscripted New York: Shackled
Unscripted New York: Michael Gellman's Scenario to Stage
Unscripted New York: Unscrewed and Other Improvised Films
Wed 5/237:00 PM
Raving Jaynes In Box 8:00 PM Reverend Raymond Nader OUR TOWN See PICS of this night on our Facebook page. |
Thu 5/247:00 PM
Reverend Raymond Nader STEELE/QUINN 8:00 PM North Coast 9:30 PM Mike Brown Solo Improv Listen, Kid See PICS of this night |
Fri 5/25 |
Sat 5/267:00 PM
Mike Brown Solo Improv Nobody’s Token 8:00 PM Michelin Aquarius 9:30 PM The Oakwood Boys The Movie |
Sun 5/27 |
Aquarius
Saturday, May 26th, 2012 – 8:00 PM
Come join Magnet Musical House Team Aquarius, as they take your favorite movie, book, TV show or song and turn it into a half hour musical version of it. Loved Jane Eyre? You'll love our musical version of it! Were you overcome with emotion in A Streetcar Named Desire? Weep with MORE emotion when you see it performed as a musical! Never heard of the film Dog Fight? We haven't either, but we turned that into an awesome musical!! Aquarius on Facebook
Cast: Jon Bander, Laura Dlug, Joseph Hendel, Julie Katz, Ruby Marez, Oscar Montoya, Michael Murnane, Ross Taylor
Cast: Jon Bander, Laura Dlug, Joseph Hendel, Julie Katz, Ruby Marez, Oscar Montoya, Michael Murnane, Ross Taylor
Centralia
Friday, May 25th, 2012 – 9:30 PM
Centralia are a bold, 3-man (and a musician) Manhattan-based improv group, who blow the doors off of what's “legal” in spontaneous performance. They're also musical and fun for the whole family.
Centralia (formerly Burn Manhattan) were born in 1996 out of an election-related sketch show from the group's Second City improv roots. The group morphed into Centralia in 2004 and have sold out shows at all the hippest underground NYC improv, theater and comedy joints ever since. They've also delighted and stunned audiences at clubs and colleges around the country. Every member is an improv teacher and they've taught with Second City, at Fordham University, Yale, Hampshire College, Brooklyn College, for Fortune 500 companies and at the People's Improv Theatre. Check out Centralia on Video here. [Centralia photo by: Tracy Wilson]
Cast: Matt Higgins, Kevin Scott, Jay Rhoderick and musician Marshall York
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Centralia (formerly Burn Manhattan) were born in 1996 out of an election-related sketch show from the group's Second City improv roots. The group morphed into Centralia in 2004 and have sold out shows at all the hippest underground NYC improv, theater and comedy joints ever since. They've also delighted and stunned audiences at clubs and colleges around the country. Every member is an improv teacher and they've taught with Second City, at Fordham University, Yale, Hampshire College, Brooklyn College, for Fortune 500 companies and at the People's Improv Theatre. Check out Centralia on Video here. [Centralia photo by: Tracy Wilson]
Cast: Matt Higgins, Kevin Scott, Jay Rhoderick and musician Marshall York
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In Box
Wednesday, May 23rd – 7:00 PM
Think you've seen Improv comedy before? THINK AGAIN! "Inbox" is an indie improv team made up of performers from the People's Improv Theater, Upright Citizen's Brigade and Magnet theater that specializes in the "Monoscene" form. 1 suggestion. 20 minutes of improv. Don't miss out on what promises to be the best show ever made. Ever.
Cast: Sasha Capelli, Nate Foster, Dawn Harris, Eitan Levine, Rod Sayegh, Shaina Stigler
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Cast: Sasha Capelli, Nate Foster, Dawn Harris, Eitan Levine, Rod Sayegh, Shaina Stigler
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Listen, Kid
Thursday, May 24th – 9:30 PM
Listen, you mugs! Show business is tough, see, but here's two fellas that got the
straight dope: Hollywood producer extraordinaire Irv Newberg and his bosom
companion Charlie Tickertape. These two dapper dans are gonna show you the ins
and outs of the movie biz, from signing your star to Oscar night, and
everything in between. So sit back, grab yourself some hooch, and watch the
sparks fly in a behind-the-scenes scorcher you'll never forget!
Listen, Kid!
Cast: Kevin Cobbs, Alessandro King
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Cast: Kevin Cobbs, Alessandro King
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Michael Gellman's Scenario to Stage Improvisation Show
Friday, May 25th – 8:00 PM
From Comedia del Arte to Mike Leigh, Christopher Guest and Larry David, improvisation from scenario is how we will make a living in the craft we love. This show will feature his master workshop actors performing an improvised scenario-based one-act play.
Cast: Mike Moran, Elizabeth Quinn, Don Slovin, Lourdes Robles, Diana Hird, Marilia Angeline, Catherine Torpey and members of Yes&
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Cast: Mike Moran, Elizabeth Quinn, Don Slovin, Lourdes Robles, Diana Hird, Marilia Angeline, Catherine Torpey and members of Yes&
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Michelin
Saturday, May 26th - 8:00 PM
Ever wonder what an improv show would look like, with realistic and fun man/woman theatrical tension? And by realistic and fun we mean, “Have I been watching a show all this time because I can’t tell; this seems real. It seems like I’m watching a real situation between these two and although it’s entertaining, it’s making me feel a little awkward but these are really attractive people, so I think I’ll stay and be a voyeur.”
Get in your seat and buckle in. You are now rolling with Michelin: Gripping Improv.
Cast: Colin McNally, Michelle Francesca Thomas
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Get in your seat and buckle in. You are now rolling with Michelin: Gripping Improv.
Cast: Colin McNally, Michelle Francesca Thomas
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Mike Brown Solo Improv Extravaganza
Thursday, May 24, 9:30PM/Saturday, May 26, 7:00PM
Let's be honest. The Mike Brown Solo Improv Extravaganza is pretty much like other improv troupe that you'll discover along life's path...with one exception: the show is completely improvised by one person. That's right, improv fans! An entire improv troupe has just been reduced to a single person, which means that all characters discovered in the scene are portrayed through the eyes of one improviser. In addition, the show is presented in a monoscene format so that each moment holds a little bit more gravity than the last and the context remains intact.
The show started in 2009 when a small group of Mike's friends planted the thought of doing a solo improv show in his head. After successfully testing it out at The P.I.T.'s "Improdome" in NYC, Mike continued playing with this form around New York, as well as various clubs throughout the United States, until the "Mike Brown Solo Improv Extravaganza" was conceived and a new genre was reinvented.
Mike has made appearances on television's Gossip Girl, Law & Order, Cupid, and Mercy; and has performed in the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival, the Del Close Marathon and the Toronto Improv Festival.
Cast: Mike Brown
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The show started in 2009 when a small group of Mike's friends planted the thought of doing a solo improv show in his head. After successfully testing it out at The P.I.T.'s "Improdome" in NYC, Mike continued playing with this form around New York, as well as various clubs throughout the United States, until the "Mike Brown Solo Improv Extravaganza" was conceived and a new genre was reinvented.
Mike has made appearances on television's Gossip Girl, Law & Order, Cupid, and Mercy; and has performed in the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival, the Del Close Marathon and the Toronto Improv Festival.
Cast: Mike Brown
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Nobody’s Token
Saturday, May 26th – 7:00 PM
Nobody's Token was born out of a desire to showcase a collection of some of the most talented African American improv comedians and writers in New York. Keisha Zollar and Robert King, who had both been performing improv comedy in New York since 2003, founded Nobody’s Token in 2009. They gathered a group of actors and writers from varied performing backgrounds, including The People's Improv Theatre, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, NBC, College Humor, Super Deluxe, and Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, to create a live improvised show and to develop material for web/televised programming. Nobody’s Token performs monthly at The Peoples Improv Theatre, along with their sister group North Coast. Nobody’s Token has also performed in several festivals, including The North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival (DSI), the Baltimore and Boston improv fests, the Del Close Marathon, SketchProv (PIT), Up The Creek Improv Camp (The Creek), and more. Nobody's Token creates memorable characters and wacky situations nightly, in fun environments that have never been seen before. Borrowing from your favorite sitcom plots and situations, NBT creates a brand new comedy show for audiences raised on The Cosby Show and Fresh Prince of Bel Air. They welcome you to revel with wacky neighbors, lovable loser dads, smart-aleck kid sisters, and all your favorite sitcom friends. www.nobodystoken.com / www.facebook.com/nobodystoken
Cast: Raymond Cordova, Rob King, Julia Morales, Keisha Zollar
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Cast: Raymond Cordova, Rob King, Julia Morales, Keisha Zollar
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North Coast
Thursday, May 24th – 8:00 PM
Now that the East Coast/West Coast beef has subsided, North Coast is stepping up to throw down. Watch as New York's only freestyle rapping, beatboxing, long-form improv team performs a fully improvised "hip-hopera" right in front of yo mouf. You bring your favorite rap lyric and North Coast will make your gut bust and your head bop. And if you don't know, now you know.
“Seeing this show will be a lot like seeing a full-length play but instead of Romeo & Juliet, it’s Eminem & Nicki Minaj – and on top of their amazing rap skills, North Coast is incredibly funny. Comedy fans and hip-hop fans alike should check this out." - Maile Shoul, ImprovBoston North Coast website / North Coast on Twitter / North Coast on Facebook
Cast: Jonathan DeMuth, Boris Khaykin, Oscar Montoya, Rachel Rosenthal, Douglass Widick, Julia Morales, Shuan Fisher, and James Robilotta
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“Seeing this show will be a lot like seeing a full-length play but instead of Romeo & Juliet, it’s Eminem & Nicki Minaj – and on top of their amazing rap skills, North Coast is incredibly funny. Comedy fans and hip-hop fans alike should check this out." - Maile Shoul, ImprovBoston North Coast website / North Coast on Twitter / North Coast on Facebook
Cast: Jonathan DeMuth, Boris Khaykin, Oscar Montoya, Rachel Rosenthal, Douglass Widick, Julia Morales, Shuan Fisher, and James Robilotta
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OUR TOWN
Wednesday, May 23rd – 8:00 PM
OUR TOWN is a show similar in many ways to the play of the same name by Thornton Wilder; except it’s all made up, it’s probably a little more boring, and there’s no ladders. (The original staged production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” had a ladder motif. It was cool.) Improvisers create the world of a town while a visual artist maps out this world on a very large canvass.
Cast: Tamsi New, BJ Thorne, Matt Kaplan, Meredith Hackman, Adam Howard, Rosie Whalen, Stephen Keeley, and Jo Firestone, with special guest artist Joey Korein.
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Cast: Tamsi New, BJ Thorne, Matt Kaplan, Meredith Hackman, Adam Howard, Rosie Whalen, Stephen Keeley, and Jo Firestone, with special guest artist Joey Korein.
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Reverend Raymond Nader
Wednesday, May 23, 8PM/Thursday, May 24, 7PM
The Reverend Raymond Nader has singlehandedly converted the Bible Belt into Bible Cowboy Boots and Bible Leather Pants. His podcast called “Wake Up & Sin” is the most downloaded podcast on The Godcast Network, with over 50 trillion daily downloads. He has been profiled on America’s Most Wanted and To Catch a Predator with Chris Hansen, and his YouTube series “How To Repent for This Sin or That” has garnered over a gazillion hits with an unwavering five-star rating. All of his sermons are improvised, inspired by audience suggestion. The Reverend Raymond Nader is managed by Ben Hauck (benhauck.com), author of the book Long-Form Improv (Allworth Press, 2012).
Cast: Ben Hauck
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Cast: Ben Hauck
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Shackled
Friday May 25th, 2012 – 7:00 PM
Nate Starkey (Big Black Car, Starkey and Grace) and Dion Flynn (The Complete First Season, CareerMaps.net) will perform their critically acclaimed, highly popular two-man improvised thriller: Shackled.
Never have you had so much fun watching two grown men (chained at the ankles) make stuff up.
Cast: Dion Flynn, Nate Starkey
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Never have you had so much fun watching two grown men (chained at the ankles) make stuff up.
Cast: Dion Flynn, Nate Starkey
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STEELE/QUINN
Thursday, May 24th – 7:00 PM
STEELE/QUINN sounds like a lady cop show but it’s twice as bad-ass! It’s lady two-prov from New York City featuring Lorie Steele and Elizabeth Quinn. Their brand of improv is both classically theatrical and clownihly absurd. STEELE/QUINN creates characters and worlds that take you on a journey of misfits and mayhem.
STEELE/QUINN is a 2011 INNY nominee for Best Comedic Duo from ImprovisationNews.com
Cast: Elizabeth Quinn, Lorie Steele
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STEELE/QUINN is a 2011 INNY nominee for Best Comedic Duo from ImprovisationNews.com
Cast: Elizabeth Quinn, Lorie Steele
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The Movie
Saturday, May 26th – 9:30 PM
Watch a big-budget blockbuster feature film unfold before your innocent eyes as this excellent cast not only performs every scene, but also seamlessly weaves camera moves, complicated transitions and special effects into the performance. A longform originally developed by Del Close and 'The Family' in Chicago.
Cast: This cast is directed by Ed Herbstman and features Alex Marino, Jamie Rivera, Chet Siegel, Nick Kanellis, Fiona Mallek, and Christian Paluck.
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Cast: This cast is directed by Ed Herbstman and features Alex Marino, Jamie Rivera, Chet Siegel, Nick Kanellis, Fiona Mallek, and Christian Paluck.
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The Oakwood Boys
Saturday, May 26th – 9:30 PM
The Oakwood Boys are two orphan brothers from Oklahoma that have moved to NYC to try to make it in Show Biz! Like Hee-Haw for the new millennium, Hoss and Donny bring family friendly song and dance (and hardcore conservative values) to the underground comedy and theatre scene of NYC!
Cast: Ross Taylor (Hoss Oakwood) & Chris Nester (Donny Oakwood)
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Cast: Ross Taylor (Hoss Oakwood) & Chris Nester (Donny Oakwood)
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The Raving Jaynes
Wednesday, May 23rd – 7:00 PM
The Raving Jaynes: Improvised Dance Theater, is a highly physical improv group that creates spontaneous theater for intimate spaces. Movement, text and sound are woven, smashed and twisted together to transform what waits in the empty space into sweaty stories. The performers interact with the audience and the space itself to discover the impulses unique to the moment and create a piece of “one-time-only” dance/theater.
Cast: Jamie Graham, Amy Larimer
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Cast: Jamie Graham, Amy Larimer
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The Scene
Sunday, May 27th – 7:00 PM
The Scene is a weekly showcase of improvised one act plays featuring guests from The PIT, Saturday Night Live, Second City, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Baby Wants Candy and more!
More on The Scene Tumblr site.
Cast: Dan Hodapp, Morgan Phillips, Chris Roberti, Alexis Saarela, Micah Sherman, Keisha Zollar
FIRST ACT: Brigid Boyle, Cathleen Carr, Bob Kulhan, Julia Morales, Steve Siddell, Doug Stoley
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More on The Scene Tumblr site.
Cast: Dan Hodapp, Morgan Phillips, Chris Roberti, Alexis Saarela, Micah Sherman, Keisha Zollar
FIRST ACT: Brigid Boyle, Cathleen Carr, Bob Kulhan, Julia Morales, Steve Siddell, Doug Stoley
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UNSCREWED & Other Improvised Films
Sunday, May 27th – 3:00 PM
Not available in stores... no longer available online... we bring you the Award-Winning indie mockumentary: UNSCREWED. Plus a selection of Improvised Shorts!
UNSCREWED (75 min.)
UNSCREWED is a biting satire that pokes fun at sexual insecurity in America. This feature film tells the story of one couple's quest to cure imperfect sex through the help of a sex-therapist, a urologist, and a trio of tantric counselors. UNSCREWED (originally titled “Dogs in the Basement”) premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize "for its complex view of modern society and the role of cinema in it." UNSCREWED also won a Special Jury Award for Comedy at the Santa Barbara Int'l Film Festival, and was enthusiastically received at the San Francisco Int'l Film Festival, the Hamptons Int'l Film Festival, the Athens Int'l Film Festival, and the Fort Lauderdale Int'l Film Festival.
“Genuinely funny... audiences will lap it up.” -Variety
“Funny & blissfully blunt… consistent hilarity.” – NY Daily News
“Plenty of laughs and unexpected poignancy.” – San Francisco Chronicle
Cast: Heather Smith, Elizabeth Quinn, Leslie Shearing, Michael Rose, Douglas Manes, Donna Klimek, Hans Hoffman
Improvised Shorts Screening with “UNSCREWED”
Vacation (1 min. 31 sec.)
Completely improvised while shooting, "Vacation" shows us a trailer for the next Big Movie that will be a Must See.
Cast: Mandy May Cheetham, Paul Barnes, Karl Dominik Aaron Felix-Austin, Michael Mongiardi, Sharjil Rasool
Tweak Performance (2 min. 14 sec.)
Completely improvised on location, "Tweak Performance" gives us a peek into the auditioning of a new anchor for a Toronto news show. They may need some tweaking, but then they're Hollywood, baby! Winner of a Second City Toronto 7 Day Shorts weekly competition.
Cast: Mandy May Cheetham, Francesco Dinardo, Robin Williams, Vinny
Actuality (3 min. 55 sec.)
Completely improvised, shot and edited DURING the Unscripted New York Festival, “Live and Unscripted” will be inspired by the words CHARACTER & STORY and by the events and happenings of the Festival itself!
Cast: Mandy May Cheetham, Karl Dominik, Jake Green, Ben Huack, Michelle Thomas, Miles Lindahl, Sasha Hirsch
Watch Actuality on our Home page or here on YouTube
The Realtor (4 min. 19 sec.)
Completely conceived and improvised on set, "The Realtor" gives us a peek inside the world of real estate from the eyes of a sensitive broker.
Cast: David Godbey, Veronica Savage
Mirror Exercise (6 min. 20 sec.)
Claire Merriwether is on a mission to improve herself. With the help of her transformative thinking guru, Jack Mindfeel, she must master "The Mirror Exercise" or be stuck in insecurity and low self-esteem forever. Conceived and improvised on set without a script.
Cast: Meg Scanlon, Israel Savage
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UNSCREWED (75 min.)
UNSCREWED is a biting satire that pokes fun at sexual insecurity in America. This feature film tells the story of one couple's quest to cure imperfect sex through the help of a sex-therapist, a urologist, and a trio of tantric counselors. UNSCREWED (originally titled “Dogs in the Basement”) premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize "for its complex view of modern society and the role of cinema in it." UNSCREWED also won a Special Jury Award for Comedy at the Santa Barbara Int'l Film Festival, and was enthusiastically received at the San Francisco Int'l Film Festival, the Hamptons Int'l Film Festival, the Athens Int'l Film Festival, and the Fort Lauderdale Int'l Film Festival.
“Genuinely funny... audiences will lap it up.” -Variety
“Funny & blissfully blunt… consistent hilarity.” – NY Daily News
“Plenty of laughs and unexpected poignancy.” – San Francisco Chronicle
Cast: Heather Smith, Elizabeth Quinn, Leslie Shearing, Michael Rose, Douglas Manes, Donna Klimek, Hans Hoffman
Improvised Shorts Screening with “UNSCREWED”
Vacation (1 min. 31 sec.)
Completely improvised while shooting, "Vacation" shows us a trailer for the next Big Movie that will be a Must See.
Cast: Mandy May Cheetham, Paul Barnes, Karl Dominik Aaron Felix-Austin, Michael Mongiardi, Sharjil Rasool
Tweak Performance (2 min. 14 sec.)
Completely improvised on location, "Tweak Performance" gives us a peek into the auditioning of a new anchor for a Toronto news show. They may need some tweaking, but then they're Hollywood, baby! Winner of a Second City Toronto 7 Day Shorts weekly competition.
Cast: Mandy May Cheetham, Francesco Dinardo, Robin Williams, Vinny
Actuality (3 min. 55 sec.)
Completely improvised, shot and edited DURING the Unscripted New York Festival, “Live and Unscripted” will be inspired by the words CHARACTER & STORY and by the events and happenings of the Festival itself!
Cast: Mandy May Cheetham, Karl Dominik, Jake Green, Ben Huack, Michelle Thomas, Miles Lindahl, Sasha Hirsch
Watch Actuality on our Home page or here on YouTube
The Realtor (4 min. 19 sec.)
Completely conceived and improvised on set, "The Realtor" gives us a peek inside the world of real estate from the eyes of a sensitive broker.
Cast: David Godbey, Veronica Savage
Mirror Exercise (6 min. 20 sec.)
Claire Merriwether is on a mission to improve herself. With the help of her transformative thinking guru, Jack Mindfeel, she must master "The Mirror Exercise" or be stuck in insecurity and low self-esteem forever. Conceived and improvised on set without a script.
Cast: Meg Scanlon, Israel Savage
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YES&
Friday May 25th, 2012 – 8:00 PM
YES& is Artistic New Directions’ very own improv ensemble. Born from Scotty Watson’s Workshops with a gathering of Michael Gellman adherents, the Ensemble’s first performance was as part of AND’s Eclectic Evening of Shorts V, wherein they improvised a new short play each performance while changing sets for the scripted works. What? Uh hun! Five two-minute scenes spaced between 6 scripted pieces, culminating in a rousing tie-it-all-together final 10 minute improvised scene. Way cool.....
Cast: Jeffrey Swan Jones, Carrie Keskinen, David Marx, Kristine Niven, Scotty Watson, Michael Henry, Wendy Joy, Zohar Adner, Randy Koren
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Cast: Jeffrey Swan Jones, Carrie Keskinen, David Marx, Kristine Niven, Scotty Watson, Michael Henry, Wendy Joy, Zohar Adner, Randy Koren
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