Tilted Frame Network: An Improv Show in Two Cities Simultaneously
Off-Market Theater (965 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
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- FREE - $10.00*
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The last date listed for T.F.N. - Tilted Frame Network was Friday January 29, 2010 / 8:00pm.
Goldstar Member Tips
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Valerie Aurora on What to Wear
Casual
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mr.rick on Other
If shy or don't want to interact w/performers, don't sit on aisle
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mr.rick on Other
If you're shy or don't want to interact with the performers, don't sit on an aisle
3 Goldstar Member Reviews
Valerie Aurora
As expected, the show had a few funny moments in between wrangling with the new technology (I went to opening night). Definitely worth attending if you want to see how theater acts are incorporating new technology into their shows.Written on Jan 18 2010
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It was a fun way to spend the evening and very innovative with the interaction with LA.Written on Feb 01 2010
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mr.rick
I like comedy improv shows, where the performers don't know what they are going to say or do before the skit actually begins. This one was just okay. The idea of a dual show (half of the performers are in SF, the others are in a similar theater in LA) was pretty cool, and worked well. It allowed for more creative scenes (e.g., one studio could pretend to be a news station, and the other would be the reporter on the scene, etc.) and the technology worked well. There was naturally a lot of audience participation, particularly to throw out ideas, but the LA studio didn't have lights on the audience (the SF studio did) which made it a little hard to follow when the LA performers were interacting with their audience. As for the performers, ALL of the performers in LA were fantastic! MOST of the performers in SF were pretty good, although one of the SF performers was not good at all. His partner in a scene would throw him a line, and rather than saying anything creative, or building on the joke, he would just stare back at the first guy and say, "I don't know what that means" or "I don't know what you're talking about", and then the first guy would have to salvage the scene. Seriously, this one guy should NOT have been performing live, he just isn't ready yet. But the other performers were pretty good, so as long as the bad fellow wasn't in the scene, it went well. All of the skits, except for one called the Dating Game, required input from the audience and thus were crazy and creative. The Dating Game one asked for no input from the audience, and might just as well have been completely written out and memorized ahead of time (rather than improv), and thus was not entertaining. But the other acts were. Overall, an enjoyable evening if you're into improv, particularly watching the LA performers.Written on Jan 22 2010
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More Information About T.F.N. - Tilted Frame Network
Website
http://www.cafearts.com/tiltedframe/
Description
Step into the studio and become part of the link between San Francisco and Los Angeles with the Tilted Frame Network (TFN). Audiences in both San Francisco and Los Angeles will witness a short form improv show going on simultaneously on two stages in these two cities. Actors interact across this distance through an internet connection, performing new improv games inspired by technology, the internet and video.
T.F.N. brings together elements of Television, Internet and Improv.
Starting during the dot com revolution Tilted Frame has been pushing the envelope of multi-media production for more than seven years. Opening with Taste Like Random in the summer of 2002, Tilted Frame uses video and the internet in a way no other company has used them before. Now, with companies in Los Angeles and San Francisco, they have further experimented with the format of the show, leading up to this cross-state performance.
Combined Artform has been producing new and classic works in the performance scene for over ten years. Created by Producing Artistic Director Matthew Quinn and Bertha Rodriguez in 1998, they were joined by Steve Kahn in 1999, and have collaborated with actors, singers, filmmakers, sketch comedy groups, musicians, improvisers, and fine artists in hundreds of shows, including Santaland Diaries, Eavesdropper (SF), PAPA, Tilted Frame – SF & LA, the SF Solo Festival, and recently with PianoFight on Shortlived and FORKING (LA). They built Off-Market Theaters in 2005 and took over Theatre Asylum in Los Angeles in 2007. They continue to develop the connection between SF and LA as well different arts and artists to be a part of the evolution of performance and production. www.combinedartform.com
About The Artists
Directed and Produced by Matthew Quinn
Featuring:
San Francisco--Tanner Agron, Daniel Berson, Alex Boyd, Diana Brown, Wylie Herman, Keara McCarthy, Max McCal, Greg Shilling, Daniel Sullivan, Barry Weir.
About the Ticket Supplier: Combined Artform/Theatre Asylum
Founded in 1998, C.A.F.E. (Combined Artform Entertainment) is on a mission to develop and combine all art forms to pioneer the "arts of the future," as well as be an active and supporting member of the San Francisco--and now Los Angeles--performance production scene. Created by Producing Artistic Director Matthew Quinn, and joined by Steve Kahn in 1999, C.A.F.E. has collaborated with actors, singers, filmmakers, sketch comedy groups, musicians, improvisers and fine artists in more than 100 shows, including Santaland Diaries, Eavesdropper (SF), Monday Night Improv Jam (SF), Thursday Night Improv Jam (LA), PAPA (at the Eureka with Open Fist), Tilted Frame Improv and the SF Solo Festival.