Shakespeare UnScripted: Improvised Plays in the Style of the Bard
Theatre Asylum (6320 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038)
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All offers for Shakespeare UnScripted have expired.
The last date listed for Shakespeare UnScripted was Sunday March 14, 2010 / 7:00pm.
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Improvatorium's Pure Improv: Scenes, Songs and Games
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Improvatorium, the company that brought you Zombience and Hitchcocked, brings you Pure Improv, a hilarious short-form improv show at Theatre Asylum. With long-form improv currently in fashion, Improvatorium returns to improvised scenes, songs, extended scenes, and traditional improv games that are now almost considered retro. The show is directed by Patrick Bristow (Ellen, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Who's Line is it Anyway?) and stars a rotating cast with a new special guest each show. Learn More
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34 Goldstar Member Reviews
Sam Alexander
I hope they were having a bad night... we left at intermission.Written on Feb 01 2010
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Vicki
this cast is amazing! laugh out loud hilarious, talented, creative: a joy to watch.Written on Feb 06 2010
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purplejoy
I didn't know what to expect, and was pleasantly surprised. I'm amazed at the wits of these improv actors being able to take the play in whichever direction without any script and made it super funny. I had lots of fun!Written on Jul 02 2010
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I have seen the different versions of unscripted that this improv group performs and they deliver everytime. They were great and even came out afterwards to talk to the audience. The only drawback is that parking may be difficult to find as it is in Hollywood and the theatre is small. But other than that, I highly recommend.Written on Jan 25 2010
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More Information About Shakespeare UnScripted
Quotes & Highlights
- “Shakespeare Unscripted is a superlative example of what theatrical improv should be.” --improvreview.com
- "Dan O’Connor’s troupe finds just the right blend of parody and homage in their witty, erudite entertainments." --LA Weekly ("Best Theater of 2009")
Description
Feb 12 at 10:30pm: Special All Star Show with guest performers Patrick Bristow (Groundlings), Paul Dooley (Breaking Away), David Razowsky (Second City) and Mike McShane (Whose Line is it Anyway? UK)
For those who yearn for more than just the 16 comedies William Shakespeare wrote (17, if counting “Two Noble Kinsmen”), the wait is over … so to speak.
Impro Theatre proudly presents all-new, improvised plays in the spirit of the Bard. Using only their guts, wits and a few suggestions from the audience to kick off the show, Impro Theatre attempts to “ascend the brightest heaven of invention” and create a completely original and entertaining story for each performance.
Monarchs, spirits, warriors, lovers, fools or clowns — no one knows what role he, or she, may be asked to play when stepping out to improvise. Originally directed by Brian Lohmann and Dan O’Connor — both of whom will again direct — at the Globe Playhouse in Los Angeles, Shakespeare UnScripted has received standing ovations in Chicago, Austin, New York City and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Cast members were also part of the critically acclaimed Unexpected Shaxpeare, a main stage show at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in 2006.
Heightened language sizzling with poetry and imagery, robust physicality, improvisational wit and verbal dexterity are brought together to bring character and plot to life — all to pay tribute to the genius of Shakespeare by an expert team of funny and gifted actors, whose explorations of great literary figures include Tennessee Williams, Dickens, Sondheim and Jane Austen.
Shakespeare UnScripted features Tracy Burns, Brian Jones, Stephen Kearin, Brian Lohmann, Nick Massouh, Jo McGinley, Dan O’Connor, Paul Rogan, Michele Spears and Floyd Van Buskirk. Jim Sabo and Ruben Vernier are light and sound improvisers.