New Improv Page http://fuzzyco.com/improv/ A clearinghouse for information for the world-wide improvisational theater community. en-us fuzzy@fuzzyco.com Copyright 2008 2008-07-07T16:12:42-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Mick Napier http://fuzzyco.com/improv/personalities/mick_napier.html Time Out Chicago interviews Mick Napier.... 3111@http://fuzzyco.com/improv/ Time Out Chicago interviews Mick Napier.

]]> Personalities 2008-07-07T16:12:42-06:00 New Orleans Improv Festival http://fuzzyco.com/improv/festivals/new_orleans_improv_festival_1.html The New Orleans Improv Festival has been announced for October 23-25, 2008 and is accepting submissions for performers. Ian Hoch... 3105@http://fuzzyco.com/improv/ The New Orleans Improv Festival has been announced for October 23-25, 2008 and is accepting submissions for performers. Ian Hoch writes:
We're celebrating our third year in our cozy space with three days of improv, friends and fun. America's most eccentric city plays host
to improv's most exciting performers and teachers.

Visit www.neworleansimprovfestival.com to apply. Applications are due August 1st, 2008.

Questions call 504-899-0336 or email ian@lanuittheater.com

This is the improv festival you wish you could take home in your pocket!

]]> Festivals 2008-07-03T15:17:02-06:00 Factory http://fuzzyco.com/improv/television/factory.html Vetran improv actors Mitch Rouse, David Pasquesi, Jay Leggett, and Michael Coleman star in the largely improvised new Spike TV... 3098@http://fuzzyco.com/improv/ Vetran improv actors Mitch Rouse, David Pasquesi, Jay Leggett, and Michael Coleman star in the largely improvised new Spike TV show Factory. The complete first episode is available for viewing online.

(via Coudal)

]]> Television 2008-07-01T14:35:47-06:00 IO West hit by car http://fuzzyco.com/improv/theaters/io_west_hit_by_car.html IO West was hit by a car yesterday and the jokes are almost too easy.... 3090@http://fuzzyco.com/improv/ IO West was hit by a car yesterday and the jokes are almost too easy.

]]> Theaters 2008-06-27T16:03:21-06:00 Groups Update http://fuzzyco.com/improv/groups/groups_update_29.html Groups Added: Glamorgan Improvisation Troupe (World - UK) Improvers (USA - California) Improvisorium (World - Germany) The Lobby (USA -... 3066@http://fuzzyco.com/improv/ Groups Added:

Glamorgan Improvisation Troupe (World - UK)
Improvers (USA - California)
Improvisorium (World - Germany)
The Lobby (USA - California)
Ludus Ludius (World - UK)
Rodents of Unusual Size (USA - Colorado)
Spike Improv (USA - Colorado)
Triage (USA - Oregon)
Wat'n da los (World - Germany)

]]> Groups 2008-06-09T17:02:55-06:00 Improvaganza: The Hawaii Festival of Improv http://fuzzyco.com/improv/festivals/improvaganza_the_hawaii_festiv.html Improvaganza: The Hawaii Festival of Improv has announced dates for their 3rd annual festival -- September 25-27, 2008 -- and... 3065@http://fuzzyco.com/improv/ Improvaganza: The Hawaii Festival of Improv has announced dates for their 3rd annual festival -- September 25-27, 2008 -- and is accepting performance applications through June 13.

]]> Festivals 2008-06-09T15:58:39-06:00 TJ Jagodowski http://fuzzyco.com/improv/personalities/tj_jagodowski.html The Chicago Reader profiles TJ Jagodowski. Update: The Time Out Chicago blog points out that Time Out Chicago did a... 3042@http://fuzzyco.com/improv/ The Chicago Reader profiles TJ Jagodowski.

Update: The Time Out Chicago blog points out that Time Out Chicago did a similar profile last year.

]]> Personalities 2008-06-05T20:49:25-06:00 Paul Sills - 1927 to 2008 http://fuzzyco.com/improv/personalities/paul_sills_1927_to_2008.html Paul Sills, son of Viola Spolin and co-founder of the Compass Players, has died at age 80. (via Time Out... 3030@http://fuzzyco.com/improv/ Paul Sills, son of Viola Spolin and co-founder of the Compass Players, has died at age 80.

(via Time Out Chicago)

]]> Personalities 2008-06-02T16:52:03-06:00 Groups Update http://fuzzyco.com/improv/groups/groups_update_28.html Groups Added: Awkward Silence Comedy (USA - Indiana) Bad Grammer (USA - Massachusetts) Bent Theatre (USA - Virginia) The B-List... 3008@http://fuzzyco.com/improv/ Groups Added:

Awkward Silence Comedy (USA - Indiana)
Bad Grammer (USA - Massachusetts)
Bent Theatre (USA - Virginia)
The B-List (USA - New Jersey)
La Bon de Rue (World - France)
CXP (USA - Iowa)
La Brique (World - France)
EFIT - Ecole Française d'Improvisation Théâtrale / Equipe COMMEDIA (World - France)
Eux (World - France)
Extraordinary Rendition (USA - North Carolina)
Freeze Dried Monkey (USA - Georgia)
The Ha-Ha Sisterhood (USA - Massachusetts)
Improv Colorado (USA - Colorado)
Improvisation & Co (World - Sweden)
Improvisation Inundation (USA - California)
Improvenös (World - Switzerland)
The Jove (USA - Florida)
The Magic Meathands (USA - California)
The Mixed Nuts - Dramagenics Family Improv Theater (USA - Arizona)
Nerd Love (USA - California)
A Pair of Nuts (USA - Florida)
Playback Theater Northwest (USA - Washington)
Roberto Alomar (USA - California)
Squishy! (USA - Ohio)
Stone Soup Improv (USA - California)
Ventura Improv Company (USA - California)

]]> Groups 2008-05-09T18:07:53-06:00 Del's Last Party http://fuzzyco.com/improv/books/dels_last_party.html The cover story in this week's Chicago Reader is an account of Del Close's deathbed party, excerpted from Kim "Howard"... 2946@http://fuzzyco.com/improv/ The cover story in this week's Chicago Reader is an account of Del Close's deathbed party, excerpted from Kim "Howard" Johnson's new biography of Del, The Funniest One in the Room: The Lives and Legends of Del Close.

]]> Books 2008-04-04T17:45:48-06:00 Groups Update http://fuzzyco.com/improv/groups/groups_update_27.html Groups Added: Baby Grenade (USA - New York) Beijing Improv (Beijing, China) (World - China) Chicago Improv Associates (USA -... 2797@http://fuzzyco.com/improv/ Groups Added:

Baby Grenade (USA - New York)
Beijing Improv (Beijing, China) (World - China)
Chicago Improv Associates (USA - Illinois)
Dirty Laundry Improv (USA - Florida)
Fun Dip (USA - Texas)
Grandma's Third Leg (USA - Massachusetts)
Hoopla (World - UK)
Insensitivity Training (Canada - Ontario)
The Last Laugh (USA - Pennsylvania)
The LineBenders (USA - North Dakota)
The Lobby (USA - California)
LUDI Toulouse (World - France)
National Comedy Theatre Phoenix (USA - Arizona)
Running Gag Improv (USA - Tennessee)
Spin Cycle Improv (USA - Wisconsin)
Teatro Al Toque (World - Chile)
THEY improv (USA - Florida)
Troubled Shores (USA - Massachusetts)

]]> Groups 2008-02-04T17:47:08-06:00 Vice interviews Asssscat http://fuzzyco.com/improv/personalities/vice_interviews_asssscat.html The latest issue of Vice Magazine -- the "Second Annual Fiction Issue" -- features interviews with improvisors Amy Poehler, John... 2759@http://fuzzyco.com/improv/ The latest issue of Vice Magazine -- the "Second Annual Fiction Issue" -- features interviews with improvisors Amy Poehler, John Lutz, and Jack McBrayer in the context of UCB's Asssscat.
Improv comedy is the bravest, most immediate form of making up stories that there is. It’s not always the funniest, or the smartest, or the best, but it’s always the bravest. The dawgs who do this shit have big balls, yo.

[...]

The basic theory of good improv is, we think, about letting go, accepting looking stupid, and making mistakes then turning them into gold at the drop of a dime. Most people who are great at improv, like Asssscat, learned this stuff first- or second-hand from a man named Del Close, who is to improv comedy what George Washington is to America or Thomas Edison is to, oh, you know, quadruplex-telegraph repeaters.

Anyway, on a good night, watching Asssscat perform is like being in a car speeding downhill with no brakes—in a funny way. They pretty much know the secret that unlocks the enchanted world of laughter, so we decided to try and get them to tell us…

Two minor corrections: it's Schaumburg, not Schomberg, and ImprovOlympic, not Improv Olympics. No S, no space. (Well, and it's iO anyway, now.)

]]> Personalities 2008-01-15T23:39:39-06:00 Groups Update http://fuzzyco.com/improv/groups/groups_update_26.html Groups Added: Les Improvisades (World - France) Irony City (USA - Pennsylvania) The No-No's (Canada - Saskatchewan) Project Dufflebag (USA... 2650@http://fuzzyco.com/improv/ Groups Added:

Les Improvisades (World - France)
Irony City (USA - Pennsylvania)
The No-No's (Canada - Saskatchewan)
Project Dufflebag (USA - California)
PROJECTproject (Canada - Ontario)
Synergy Theater (USA - California)
10,000 to Flight (Canada - Ontario)

]]> Groups 2007-11-15T18:43:49-06:00 Groups Update http://fuzzyco.com/improv/groups/groups_update_25.html Groups Added: Amuse-Bouche (USA - Virginia) AttiMatti (World - Italy) The Completely Off Broadway Players (USA - New Jersey) Empty... 2615@http://fuzzyco.com/improv/ Groups Added:

Amuse-Bouche (USA - Virginia)
AttiMatti (World - Italy)
The Completely Off Broadway Players (USA - New Jersey)
Empty Stage Comedy Theatre (USA - California)
Extempore (World - Italy)
5-6-7-8 (USA - Washington, DC)
Freeze Frame Improv (USA - New Jersey)
Die Impronauten (World - Switzerland)
Makeout Clinic (USA - Pennsylvania)
Over the Edge (World - Zimbabwe )
Quiet Monkey Fight (USA - Washington)
Roving Imps (USA - Kansas)
Second Thought Improv (USA - Florida)

]]> Groups 2007-10-12T17:37:15-06:00 Dirty South Improv Festival now accepting submissions http://fuzzyco.com/improv/festivals/dirty_south_improv_festival_no.html The Dirty South Improv Festival is now accepting submissions from performers. The festival will be February 19-23, 2008 in Carrboro... 2614@http://fuzzyco.com/improv/ The Dirty South Improv Festival is now accepting submissions from performers. The festival will be February 19-23, 2008 in Carrboro and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. There's a submission fee, which is $25 until October 15 and $35 thereafter.

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