Saturday Night Improv Marathon

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.