I know the Del Close Marathon is next weekend, but do to some lucky scheduling I got to perform a ton of improv on Saturday.
At 9 I was asked (along with brother, Will) to sit in with 4 Track at the Magnet Theater. I’ve know Alan Fessenden for ages, and Matt Evans for slightly fewer ages and it was a blast to get to work with them both.
Coincidentally, a few days earlier while watching the awesome match up at Cagematch between Sandino and Doppleganger (go watch Doppleganger at Cagematch!) , Will and I mused about how we missed performing together.
The show was fun, with a particularly fun scene about some Australians who couldn’t get boomerangs to work and a slide show about amazing 20 dollar handjobs.
Then after 4 Track I ran over to perform with Reuben Williams. Our first half shows have been hitting on all cylinders lately. So it was a blast discovering the world of Pubic-Wig-Suits-Sewn-Together-Strip-Clubs and seeing how the bad economy had forced every business to install a beer tap.
Then in Reuben’s second half we did a fun show about Tea Parties. I get worried when we get loaded suggestions for our monoscenes because the audience is asking for a show that can easily get jokey, and that generally doesn’t work. But this week and during last week’s Lebron James monoscene I think Reuben handled it very well. I don’t know why I get so worried, that team has got plenty of smart performers on it then can both hit references, make commentary, and still find ways to end the show with George Washington stepping through a time portal only to fall in lust with a frisbee-fanatic.
After that show, I jumped in a cab, raced down to Players Theater where The Lab (hosted by Tesla) had put together a show that included a MonkeyDick reunion and a fwand reunion.
fwand shows are always a blast. Even though we were missing almost half our team, it was a treat to get to perform with Shannon, Chelsea, Sean, and visiting from LA, Dominic. A show that included a girl with an exposed brain, a safe full of snakes, and tortured bears always had an amazing musical performance by Shannon for a girl who was raised by wolves.
An exhausting night, that was so much fun. Thanks to everyone who made that possible.
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DCM 12 – Brothers Hines not on Printed Schedule
Del Close Marathon Time… due to some last minute changes make sure you check out the online schedule. Or you might miss out on The Brothers Hines.
We are opening up the Hudson Guild Stage at 6:30, so come check us out.
My Full Schedule:
Friday 6:30pm - Brothers Hines - we are related. I like to think this is the purest form of my sense of humor I get to in improv. Mostly because it’s just the two of us, so everything is at least 50% my idea. Same would hold true for Will. Anyway, we haven’t performed a Brothers Hines show in a while, and you never know when we will perform again, so come check us out.
Saturday 10:00pm - Reuben Williams - my first marathon show with Reuben since joining the team last fall. I’m excited, our shows have been really good lately and I expect this one to match or exceed those.
Sunday 1:30am - The Straight Men - This is a show Dominic Dierkes and I put together last year. Everyone in this group’s goal is to the be the straight man of every scene. Therefore, his scene partner must be the unusual one right? - This show was great last year. We’re all curious as to whether we can top ourselves. Either way, it’s a great line up.
Sunday 5:30pm - Mailer Daemon - This was the third Harold Team I was on, but the first one that was awesome. Improv was never easier then when I was on this team. Things clicked together. It’s where I met Jon Gabrus and Dominic Dierkes, and became friends with former acquaintances Ben Rodgers, Shannon O’Neil, Matt Moses, Ellie Kemper, and Eric Appel. Also, we will perform an invocation, so it’s Charlie Todd approved.
On top of that I hope to see the return of Nailed Down, so I will be doing some audience audience work for that show.
DCM12!