Song from a Mark Baratelli's Improv Cabaret performance
2007 New York City Fringe Festival
Jim Rhinehart on piano
Needed:
Improv Pianist July 24-27, 2008 to perform with Mark Baratelli's Improv Cabaret (improvcabaret.com) at the San Francisco Improv Festival July 24-26 and the San Francisco Theatre Festival July 27. Airfare and housing paid. Pianist must be fluent in improv on the piano, be able to follow singer and make offers musically, back and forth, during a song. Pianist plays music for improvised songs in the show as well as background musical accents while actor is storytelling.
This is a sub position. A pianist has already been secured. In case he becomes unavailable, the sub would go to San Francisco.
Contact:
Mark Baratelli: email@markbaratelli.com, markbaratelli.com
About:
Mark Baratelli's Improv Cabaret is a 45-minute solo musical cabaret...improvised. It has been seen in New York City, Miami and San Francisco to rave reviews, won the Patron's Pick Award 2 years in a row (06 and 07) at the Orlando Fringe, had a 5-week run at the Parliament House and was accepted to several prestigious comedy festivals in 2007.
Reviews:
"It is what comic improvisation should be. One extremely talented actor letting his mind take him where it will, combining outrageous creativity with the finely-honed craft of telling a complete, compelling and hilarious story."
-NYTheatre.com
"Like a two-person Baby Wants Candy...one of the (2007 Charleston Comedy) festival's best performances"
-Charleston City Paper writer Patrick Sharbaugh
"Had the audience captivated from the moment Mark hit the stage"
-Dirty South Improv Festival Artistic Director
"Baratelli has an impressively showy singing voice and a nicely warped imagination"
-Elizabeth Maupin, Orlando Sentinel 2006
"The songs were good, the singing was very good and the storytelling was fantastic"
-C. Dewayne Bevil , Orlando Sentinel 2007