Orlando Improv Festival
September 19-21, 2010
Presented by TheDailyCity
The Winter Park Playhouse
Neon Forest Art Gallery
The inaugural 2010 Orlando Improv Festival Presented By TheDailyCity.com runs September 19-21, 2010. Improv groups from Boston, Austin, Seattle, Atlanta, Sarasota and Orlando are teaching workshops and performing special shows. Sunday September 19 is "Workshop Sunday" at Neon Forest Art Gallery, 1741 S Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL. September 20 and 21 are show nights, 5pm-1am at The Winter Park Playhouse, 711 North Orange Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789. The "shows' venue has a full bar and a large lobby for relaxing in between shows. The festival is Produced by Mark Baratelli and The Daily City.
2010 GROUPS
Improv Boston | Boston
Some Like it Improvised | Austin
You Are Here | Quiet Monkey Fight | Seattle
Astronaut University | Atlanta
The Arm | Atlanta
Bitch & Camaro | Atlanta
Phonebook | Lazy Fairy Improv Troupe | Sarasota, FL
Fast Facts | Offsides Improv | Orlando
Is This Seat Taken? | Jester Theatre | Orlando
The Early Show | SAK | Orlando
Island Time | The Cast Aways | Orlando
Droll Academy | Orlando
Bear Vs Wizard | Orlando
SHOW TICKETS
Ticket prices are $5-$7. Cash only. Available at the door. First come first served.
All Access Pass: The pass guarantees you a seat in all 12 shows in the festival. Learn more and purchase here. The first 40 buyers receive a custom Swag Bag filled with local goodies and 15 passholders get to take an "Intro to Improv" workshop on Workshop Sunday with Chris Dinger.
WORKSHOPS
Workshops are thirty bucks. Learn more and register here
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WORKSHOPS
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 19th
The Orlando Improv Festival "Workshop Sunday" is September 19, 2010. Location: Neon Forest Art Gallery (1741 S Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL). Four 2.5-hour workshops are being offered by teachers from Atlanta, Boston, Seattle and Orlando. Max class size: 15. $30 each. LONG AND CHEAP!
11:00am -1:30pm | Sept 19th
Ian Covell: Great Improv Happens On Purpose
Prerequisites: Students must have completed all four levels of SAK Comedy Lab or similar training program. Not for beginners.
http://workshop2010iancovell.eventbrite.com/
2:00pm - 4:30 | Sept 19th
Will Luera: Falling in Love on Stage
Prerequisites: None
http://workshop2010willluera.eventbrite.com/
5:00pm - 7:30pm | Sept 19th
Jed Rose: Digital Storytelling
Prerequisites: None
http://workshop2010jedrose.eventbrite.com/
8:00pm - 10:30pm | Sept 19th
Chris Dinger: All Access Pass Holder Workshop
Prerequisites: None
http://workshop2010chrisdinger.eventbrite.com/
SHOWS
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 20th
Shows take place 5pm-1am at The Winter Park Playhouse, 711 North Orange Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789. Tickets are $5-$7 at the door, cash only. Or you can buy an All Access Pass which gets you into every show guaranteed (see rules for details). Learn more about the pass here.
5pm-6pm Happy Hour in the Lobby
6pm: Fast Facts
Offsides Improv | Orlando, FL: Greg Yates, Jose Rodriguez, Jenni McIntire, Jamie Black, Richard Paul, Stephen Kadwell | offsidesimprov.com
Based on an interesting/fun fact from the audience the lines between fact and fiction are blurred as OFFSIDES bombards the audience with “facts” and stories inspired by them.
7pm: Detours & Droll Academy
(7:00-7:20) Detours
Bear Vs Wizard | Orlando, FL: Roger Worak, Dale Smith, Chris Dinger, Gabe Gundacker, Kevin Dusinberre, Charles Frierman, Lawrence Collins | bearvswizard.com. Detours is a form that examines all the possible ways that a single, short scene could have gone but didn't. The players perform a starting scene, lasting two to five minutes, and then perform variations on the original scene.
(7:20-7:40) Droll Academy
Droll Academy | Orlando, FL: Adam Scharf and Dan Collins | drollacademy.com. This two-man improv variety show, coached by Richard Regan Paul, features honest and witty scenework intermingled with spontaneous music and fun characters.
8pm: Is This Seat Taken?
Jester Theatre | Orlando, Florida: David Charles and Jay Hopkins | jestertheater.com. The show is a completely improvised one-act comedy based on a concept by David. Two of Orlando's favorite performers, David Charles and Jay Hopkins, improvise a completely original one-act comedy.
9pm: Improv Boston
Improv Boston | Boston, MA: Will Luera, Deana Tolliver, Don Schuerman and Elyse Schuerman.
improvboston.com | ImprovBoston Mainstage is the ever-evolving show that is the cornerstone of ImprovBoston. Blending skillful storytelling, memorable music, audience participation, and joyful chaos, an elite cast of Boston's best improvisers creates a show that redefines itself with every performance.
10pm: Astronaut University
Astronaut University | Atlanta, GA: Captain Brad Binkley, Captain Steve Capps, Captain Chris Nik, Captain Josh Warren | j.mp/AstronautUniversityOnFacebook. The AU show starts in a Space Shuttle where we have a long scene at the top to generate ideas for other long form scenes, then branching out into multiple scenes, but always bringing the show back to inside the "space pod" throughout the show.
11pm: You Are Here
Quiet Monkey Fight | Seattle, Washington: Jed Rose, Brian Sutherland, James Katica, Scott Yost, and Shawn Kemna | quietmonkeyfight.com. The show starts with a single word from the audience and then becomes a fluidly edited long-form show that features a coherent series of scenes that typically build up the layers to the overall storyline.
12am Midnight All-Play Jam
Assorted performers from this year’s festival come together to perform. No telling who will show up or what the format will be.
SHOWS
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 21st
Shows take place 5pm-1am at The Winter Park Playhouse, 711 North Orange Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789. Tickets are $5-$7 at the door, cash only. Or you can buy an All Access Pass which gets you into every show guaranteed (see rules for details). Learn more about the pass here.
5pm-6pm Happy Hour in the Lobby
6pm: The Early Show
SAK Comedy Lab | Orlando, FL: Mike Carr, Lawrence Collins, Chris Dinger, Charles Frierman, Stephen Kadwell, Jose Rodriguez, Greg Yates | j.mp/TheEarlyShowOnFacebook. The Early Show brings the high energy SAK style to its long form piece. Based on a single audience suggestion, the cast will explore themes, characters and stories and weave them together.
7pm: The Arm
Andy & Taylor | Atlanta, GA: Taylor Peterson and Andy Coen | j.mp/TheArmOnFacebook Our show begins with a normal conversation. This is used as a source for the first scene. The show grows organically out of our first scene and inevitably ends with the mixing of themes and hopefully a strong moral.
8pm: Island Time
The Cast Aways | Orlando, FL: Brian Bradley, Mark Daniel, Lisa Glaze, Matt Horohoe, Robby Piggott, John Telfer. Several performers from Downtown Disney’s former live comedy improv venue, Comedy Warehouse, come back together again for a reunion show. High energy and fun games.
9pm: Some Like It Improvised
Some Like It Improvised | Austin, TX: Kaci Beeler and Roy Janik | roydanger.com | kacibeeler.com. 'Some Like It Improvised' combines the comedy of mistaken identities, culture clashes, and mismatched couples into a fun night of improvised theatre. 'Mr. and Mrs. Danger' capture all
of the charm and nostalgia of the 1930s and '40s screwball comedies and present a hilarious improvised play that is as heart-warming as FDRs fire-side chats!
10pm: Phonebook
Lazy Fairy Improv | Sarasota, Florida: Christine Alexander, Chris Friday, Torey Greenwald, Darryl Knapp, Joey Panek | lazyfairyimprov.com. Lazy Fairy Improv Troupe is an ever-evolving, innovative, Sarasota-based improv troupe dedicated to entertaining, training and teaching others in the purest form of theater: IMPROVISATION.
11pm: Bitch & Camaro
Bitch & Camaro | Atlanta, GA: Tara Ochs and Ian Covell | j.mp/IanOnFacebook. If you have a problem, Bitch and Camaro can fix it. We're an improv duo that seeks out injustice so we can destroy it with machine guns, machetes, and mind blowingly fast-paced improv. Come see our show, unless you're too chicken - Bok bok.
12am Midnight All-Play Jam
Assorted performers from this year’s festival come together to perform. No telling who will showup or what the format will be.