New Improv Page tag:fuzzyco.com,2008:/improv//2 2008-05-09T23:07:53Z A clearinghouse for information for the world-wide improvisational theater community. Movable Type 4.1 Groups Update tag:fuzzyco.com,2008:/improv//2.3008 2008-05-09T23:07:53Z 2008-05-09T23:07:53Z Groups Added: Awkward Silence Comedy (USA - Indiana) Bad Grammer (USA - Massachusetts) Bent Theatre (USA - Virginia) The B-List... Fuzzy http://fuzzyco.com/ 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)

]]> Del's Last Party tag:fuzzyco.com,2008:/improv//2.2946 2008-04-04T22:45:48Z 2008-04-04T22:45:48Z The cover story in this week's Chicago Reader is an account of Del Close's deathbed party, excerpted from Kim "Howard"... Fuzzy http://fuzzyco.com/ 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.

]]> Groups Update tag:fuzzyco.com,2008:/improv//2.2797 2008-02-04T23:47:08Z 2008-02-04T23:47:51Z Groups Added: Baby Grenade (USA - New York) Beijing Improv (Beijing, China) (World - China) Chicago Improv Associates (USA -... Fuzzy http://fuzzyco.com/ 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)

]]> Vice interviews Asssscat tag:fuzzyco.com,2008:/improv//2.2759 2008-01-16T05:39:39Z 2008-01-16T05:39:58Z The latest issue of Vice Magazine -- the "Second Annual Fiction Issue" -- features interviews with improvisors Amy Poehler, John... Fuzzy http://fuzzyco.com/ 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.)

]]> Groups Update tag:fuzzyco.com,2007:/improv//2.2650 2007-11-16T00:43:49Z 2007-11-16T00:44:13Z Groups Added: Les Improvisades (World - France) Irony City (USA - Pennsylvania) The No-No's (Canada - Saskatchewan) Project Dufflebag (USA... Fuzzy http://fuzzyco.com/ 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 Update tag:fuzzyco.com,2007:/improv//2.2615 2007-10-12T22:37:15Z 2007-10-12T22:38:37Z Groups Added: Amuse-Bouche (USA - Virginia) AttiMatti (World - Italy) The Completely Off Broadway Players (USA - New Jersey) Empty... Fuzzy http://fuzzyco.com/ 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)

]]> Dirty South Improv Festival now accepting submissions tag:fuzzyco.com,2007:/improv//2.2614 2007-10-12T17:19:00Z 2007-10-12T17:19:17Z The Dirty South Improv Festival is now accepting submissions from performers. The festival will be February 19-23, 2008 in Carrboro... Fuzzy http://fuzzyco.com/ 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.

]]> More LOLImprovCats tag:fuzzyco.com,2007:/improv//2.2578 2007-09-21T16:28:41Z 2007-09-21T16:29:07Z If you couldn't get enough of those Improv LOLCats, here are more (with some overlap) from the Improv Resource... Fuzzy http://fuzzyco.com/ LOLimprovCat

If you couldn't get enough of those Improv LOLCats, here are more (with some overlap) from the Improv Resource Center and from PhillyImprov.

]]> Seen around these internets tag:fuzzyco.com,2007:/improv//2.2576 2007-09-20T16:33:24Z 2007-09-20T16:33:44Z Tyson Chicken has a website that will let you make "Improv-o-grams", which are really just video of some actors*... Fuzzy http://fuzzyco.com/ Improv-o-gram

Tyson Chicken has a website that will let you make "Improv-o-grams", which are really just video of some actors* dressed in silly costumes and leaving some spaces in their bits for your fill-in-the-blank message. The only kind of improv it resembles is the worst sort of plug-and-chug short form. But, hey, I'm glad those four got some work!

* I mean, the actors are improvisors. I recognize "Brian" as Ithamar Enriquez, who is a delightful improvisor. They're just not improvising here. Oh, you know what I mean.

(Via Jill)

]]> Toronto International Improv Festival tag:fuzzyco.com,2007:/improv//2.2556 2007-08-28T22:26:16Z 2007-08-28T22:26:31Z Now that's lead time... the Toronto International Improv Festival will be accepting admissions through May 1, 2008 for their next... Fuzzy http://fuzzyco.com/ Now that's lead time... the Toronto International Improv Festival will be accepting admissions through May 1, 2008 for their next festival, which will be August 11-17, 2008.

]]> LOLimprovCats tag:fuzzyco.com,2007:/improv//2.2481 2007-08-24T18:13:46Z 2007-08-24T18:14:04Z Posters at the Chicago Improv Network have combined two of my favorite things, improv and LOLcats, into LOLimprovCats.... Fuzzy http://fuzzyco.com/ lolimprovcat.jpg

Posters at the Chicago Improv Network have combined two of my favorite things, improv and LOLcats, into LOLimprovCats.

]]> Groups Page Update tag:fuzzyco.com,2007:/improv//2.2475 2007-08-21T22:31:13Z 2007-08-21T22:31:48Z Groups Added: Bunlar Onlar (World - Turkey) The Distracted Globe (USA - South Carolina) 8th Floor Improv (USA - Ohio)... Fuzzy http://fuzzyco.com/ Groups Added:

Bunlar Onlar (World - Turkey)
The Distracted Globe (USA - South Carolina)
8th Floor Improv (USA - Ohio)
Impro Deutschland e.V. (World - Germany)
Lux - Theater des Moments (World - Germany)
On the Spot (World - UK)
Paroli (World - Austria)
The Play Incubator (USA - Colorado)
Radiostar (USA - California)
Rubble Rubble (Canada - Manitoba)
Sa-SKIT-toon (Canada - Saskatchewan)
Teatro Do Nada (World - Brazil)
The West Side Eclectic (USA - California)

]]> Susan Messing tag:fuzzyco.com,2007:/improv//2.2472 2007-08-20T22:37:08Z 2007-08-20T22:38:01Z Fuzzy http://fuzzyco.com/ Time Out Chicago has profiled improvisor Susan Messing:

Students in Messing’s packed improv classes at the Annoyance Theatre and I.O. admire her way of making any word seem endearing (even fuck you and whore are lovingly dispensed) and benefit from teaching methods Messing claims were crafted while high in her bathtub. Almost everybody in Chicago improv has sought Messing’s guidance at one point; at 43, after 17 years in the biz, she’s become a genuine guru.
]]> Groups Update tag:fuzzyco.com,2007:/improv//2.2387 2007-06-28T00:04:59Z 2007-06-28T00:06:21Z Groups Added: FST Improv (USA - Florida) Sie Haben Da Was (World - Germany)... Fuzzy http://fuzzyco.com/ Groups Added:

FST Improv (USA - Florida)
Sie Haben Da Was (World - Germany)

]]> The Improv Encyclopedia tag:fuzzyco.com,2007:/improv//2.2386 2007-06-27T23:38:10Z 2007-06-27T23:38:52Z The Improv Encyclopedia has a new address (the easy-to-remember improvencyclopedia.org) and a new look. Tom Tollenaere tells me that they're... Fuzzy http://fuzzyco.com/ The Improv Encyclopedia has a new address (the easy-to-remember improvencyclopedia.org) and a new look. Tom Tollenaere tells me that they're up over 500 games now. Go have a look!

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