CAN’T TELL US NOTHING (Houston) - improv
Can’t Tell Us Nothing are members of the Station Theater Improv community and have been performing together for ten years. They have performed at numerous improv comedy festivals around the United States and headlined improv comedy shows in New York and Los Angeles. They won the Contest4Improv4Humans in 2018. Can’t Tell Us Nothing utilizes audience discussions and opinions to inspire comedic characters and scenes in their fast paced shows. Come ready for lots of laughter and audience participation!
CAST: Amechi Ngwe, Antoine Baisy, Jon Myles, Tandiwe Kone.
LA SPAZZATURA (San Francisco) - improvised opera
La Spazzatura [Italian: (n) trash] is low brow opera, high brow improv. Based on a single audience suggestion, Emily Markoe, Nicole Odell, Olivia Puerta and Meghan Trowbridge perform comedic arias, duets, and perfectly executed recitativo* with the help of their accompanist Michael Risse. They have performed at SF Sketchfest, the West Coast Musical Improv Festival, Westside Comedy Festival, San Diego Improv Festival, Bay Area Musical Improv Festival, Femprovisor Fest, and Ladystravaganza.
*That sound you heard was Mozart rolling in his grave to 5/8 time.
CAST: Emily Markoe, Meghan Trowbridge, Michael Risse, Nicole Odell, Olivia Puerta.
MUSIC: Ritika Bhattacharjee.
AUSTIN SECRETS (Austin) with KIMIA BEHPOORNIA - improv
Austin Secrets uses live improvisation to explore secrets anonymously submitted by you and other festival goers. Serious secrets will be treated with proper respect, and more lighthearted secrets will be treated with wit, humor, and even a bit of satire. So expect a mix of comedy, some drama, and everything in between. Originally running for an unprecedented NINE seasons, Austin Secrets has also been "franchised" in cities around the USA. Austin Secrets is inspired by projects like
PostSecret, Mortified, Found Magazine, StoryCorps, and This American Life, all of which take our lives and reflect them back to us humorously and sincerely.
CAST: Chuy Zarate, Courtney Hopkin, J.R. Zambrano, Jessica von Schramm, Kaci Beeler, Lisa Jackson, Margaret Hunsicker, Roy Janik with Kimia Behpoornia.
KIMIA BEHPOORNIA If Kimia looks familiar you might have seen her on Reboot, Atypical, Abbott Elementary, that one outdoor bar sitcom that only did one season on NBC...? Or maybe you're one of the real ones who loves improv and has seen her on Dropout TV. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she's been performing improv since the 5th grade and no, we're not gonna do the math on that.
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