improvobsession:

Today, we’re talking Los Angeles Indie Improv Festival, THE SECOND YEAR! And back each for their second time, Casey FeighNick Mandernach, and Jonny Svarzbein. First we cover all the important information about the LAIIF, like it’s Saturday May 25th from 11AM to Midnight. Also we talk a bit about the organizing of the show with help from CrashbarTuesday Night ThunderRoom 10111th Hour Show, and the Manifesto Show  And we talk about some of the wonderful people who helped get the show on it’s feet this year including Improv Artvice master David Kantrowitz and the man behind Danny Cohen’s greatest hits, Danny Cohen! Also, someone throw an after party. 

ALSO, you should really review the show. See here: Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh Episodes Available Now.

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ROOM 101 FORMATHON w/ TOLEDO REP and JAM ACADEMY featuring JOHNNY MEEKS!

Room 101 celebrates the cornucopia of improv!! Feast, my friends.

****7:00

Wanna Sauna [Slacker] - Luke Klompien, Blake Walker, Chris
Duce, Matt Cordova, Thomas Ouellette

Inside a Whale [Pretty Flower] - Matt Flanzer, Bonnie He, Ryan Barton-Grimley, Todd Weinger, Gregg Alexander

The Silverlake Players [Tableau] - Ruha Taslimi, Timm Sharp, Joe Kardon, Madeline DeCourcey, Jessica Haymond

****8:00

Teatherball Diaries [Small Town] - Evan Golden, Kurt Mason Peterson, Aaron Pita, Kat Purgal, Stacy Kaney, and Joe Thompson

The RHYTHM Method [The Rhythm] - Peter Murphy, Lara Zvirbulis, Drew Spears, Matt Figueira, Alison Yates, Victoria Tate and Cory Caprice

Lo Fidelity [Soundtrack] - Lilan Bowden, Daniel Berson, Cynthia Kao, Ryan Hitchcock, Kate Huffman, Jessica Haymond, Bob Ladewig, Chad Damiani and Honora Talbott

Kaiju [Monoscene] - Justin Michael, Mary Holland, Joel Jensen, and Marissa Strickland

****9:30

Hot Hot Pickle [Macoscene] - Rene Gube, Nick Mandernach, Jacob Womack, Casey Feigh

Dr. Hugh Mentry [Documentary] - Matt Figueira, Kat Palardy, Lizzie Redner, Jesse Benjamin, Sarah King, Dan Foster, Drew Spears, Michael Anastasia, Jessica Lowe

Shakedown [The Comeback] - Toni Charline, Nick Mandernach, Joel Jensen, Hector Santa-Cruz, Rene Gube, Matt Sheelen

Toledo Rep [One-Act Play] - Suzi Barrett, Eugene Cordero, Tricia McAlpin, Johnny Meeks, Billy Merritt, Joel Spence, Rebecca Drysdale

****11:00 

Jam Academy w/ UCB Training Center Director Johnny Meeks!

Room 101 is pushing the boundaries of the jam with new fomats/ forms/ fun shit. Over the next few months we’ll be working on HAROLD SKILLS. This month we’ll be doing SECOND BEATS! Anyone can come and play.

ROOM 101 w/ COMING CLEAN and LAST SOUNDTRACK JAM w/ JAMES EASON

Yes oh Yes oh Yes

*****8:00

Yes Anderson - Sebastien Stella, Joey Trbovich, Angel Moore
Carissa Blades, Giorgis Despotakis, Ange Lynn, Vincent Selhorst Jones, Stephanie Merlo, Derek Lettman, Vinnie Duyck

Lawrence of Arkansas - Jake Goldman, Ryan Stanger, Madeline Walter, Grazi DiPaolo, Lindsay Ames. Joe Massingill, Michael Mullen

Search for the Cure - Jesse Esparza, Carlos Jaime, Meg Maro, Nadia Osman, Scott Singer, Amy Spalding, Mike Trubiano

McQueen - Rachel Sondag, Danny Cohen, Daniel Berson, Ed Roe, Josh Brekkus

—-Intermission, hit Danny Cohen——

*****9:30

Stuttering Lumberjack - Allan Johnson, Carla Valderrama, JB Bogulski, Jeremy Mckiernan, Mark Ilvedson, Michael Marcus, and Olivia Chaniewski

Shakedown - Nick Mandernach, Rene Gube, Toni Charline, Hector Santa-Cruz, Joel Jensen, Matt Sheelen

Candy Girl - Tricia McAlpin, Marcy Jarreau, Ann Maddox, Jessica Jardine

Coming Clean - Will McLaughlin, Monika Smith, Kevin Penderson, Amanda Sitko, Drew DiFonzo Marks

Then the Room 101 Jam Academy* w/ guest JAMES EASON! This week is the last soundtrack jam (4/4). The soundtrack was created by the group MOTHER and we have one one of it’s members playing with us tonight!!

*Room 101 is pushing the limits of the jam with new forms/ formats/ fun shit. Anyone can come and play.

ROOM 101 w/ WINSLOW and REUBEN STARSHIP! (plus jam guest Alex Berg!)

*****8:00

The Weather with Chip Van Der Dyke - Nina Concepcion, Mike Diaz, Beth Alexandroff, Cole Fremed, Chase McCown, Ashley Phillips

Momgeree - Danielle Calvert, Sarah King, Kate Lane, Kimberly Mcvicar, Molly Reynolds, Susan Sassi, Sammie Fran Teran

Mister Lady - Chris Baughman, Paul Ciampanelli, Rajan Dharni
Jillian Fratkin, Elizabeth Hower, Jakob Markovits

No Mamas - Zack Pearlman, Sarah Caspel, Nick Rasmussen, Moses Storm

——Intermission, drink water——

*****9:30

Lava Lava Lava - Mano Agapion, Ryan Rosenberg, Danny Cohen, Matt Reid, Erika Heidewald, Stephen Perlstein, Hannah Kasulka

Shakedown - Rene Gube, Toni Charline, Nick Mandernach, Joel Jensen, Matt Sheelen, Hector Santa-Cruz

Winslow - Mano Agapion, Drew Tarver, Jon Mackey, Echo Kellum, Mary Sasson, Gilli Nassim, Dan Lippert, Justin Michael

Reuben Starship - Eugene Cordero, Katie Dippold, Anthony King, Chris Kula, Lennon Parham, John Reynolds, Charlie Sanders, Eric Scott, Kate Spencer, Joe Wengert

THEN THE ROOM 101 JAM ACADEMY* w/ GUEST ALEX BERG! Soundtrack Jam 3 of 4. We’ll be teaching the Soundtrack form (simple and fun!) as well as getting some advice on it from our guest.

*Join Room 101 as we push the limits of the jam. We’ll be trying different formats/forms/fun shit to stretch our improv muscles. Anyone can play!!

markdavidchristenson:

OH BOY!!!! EPIC!!!!
themanifestoshow:

THE 2ND ANNUAL LA INDIE IMPROV FESTIVAL WILL BE SATURDAY MAY 25TH!!!
STAY UPDATED ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE - SUBMISSION INFO COMING SOON
https://www.facebook.com/TheLaIndieImprovFestival?fref=ts
davidkantrowitz:

Logo I designed for the highly-anticipated LA Indie Improv Festival!

markdavidchristenson:

OH BOY!!!! EPIC!!!!

themanifestoshow:

THE 2ND ANNUAL LA INDIE IMPROV FESTIVAL WILL BE SATURDAY MAY 25TH!!!
STAY UPDATED ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE - SUBMISSION INFO COMING SOON

https://www.facebook.com/TheLaIndieImprovFestival?fref=ts

davidkantrowitz:

Logo I designed for the highly-anticipated LA Indie Improv Festival!

catbathchad:

My name is Chad Damiani. I run the indie improv show Catsby on the first and third Sunday of every month.

My group CAT BATH! and I started promoting the show years ago – when getting booked on an indie night was a big deal for new groups. Since then, there’s been an explosion of indie shows…

Must-read post for players and teams who want to grow in the community.

Poster by Danny Cohen!

Poster by Danny Cohen!

ROOM 101 NIGHT OF ROMANCE w/ THE SWARM!

Free Show!

Come join Room 101 for an evening of romance-themed laughter.

******8:00

Fruit Gingrich [The Dating Game] - Rachel Middleton, Sean Cork, Leslie Watkins, Vince Massi, and Bryan Musil

Mom’s New Boyfriend [Relationshipaint] - Dan Amerman, Courtney Hawkins, Josh Joy Kamensky, Cody Kopp, Thomas Ochoa, Kristie Rohwedder

Gaffney [Craigslist Personals}- Anthony Bentrovato, Nathan Caywood, Bradford Evans, Alexander Frost, Haley Hepworth, David Kantrowitz, Rachel Roderman, Heather Woodward

Shakedown [Interviews Nick’s Parents] - Toni Charline, Matt Sheelen, Joel Jensen, Nick Mandernach, Rene Gube, Hector Santa-Cruz

———Intermission, fall in love————-

*******9:30

Gay Moon [When Harry Met Sally] - Alice Gardin, Jeffrey Linneman, David Kearns, Jessica Rona, Joe Saunders, Moses Storm, Nicole Day, Stephanie Nelson

Fiddlers Green [Couple] - Mary Holland and Matt Newell

Couples [Couples] - Allyn Rachel and Patrick Carlyle, Rene Gube and Dickie Copeland, Sergio Cilli and Julia Bellows, Chris Alvarado and Lauren Lapkus

THE SWARM [Dreamboats] - Billy Merritt, Sean Conroy, Andy Daily, Andy Secunda

JAAAAAAM!! Anyone can jam

ROOM 101 w/ DAILY DOUBLE and TOLEDO REP!

Things are getting classy.

*****8:00

The Yachters - Sally Anderson, Traci Thiebaud, Brandon Harmen, Hillary Curwen, Sigi Gradwhol, Alex Weber

Cakewalk - Ben Parks, Kevin Hoffman, Jesse Klien, Matt Mazany

White Single Female Lawyer - Beck Medina, Carla Valderrama, Joe Cabello, Chris Iredale, Kyle Stegina, Tim Urian 

Boat (Sketch Team) - Amos Vernon, Mike Lane, Nunzio Randazzo

——-intermission, buy a suit——-

*****9:30

Monthly Sauce - Cynthia Kao, Matt Manser, Dan Banas, John Ford, Erika Heidewald, Nadia Osmond, Greg Jones

Shakedown - Nick Mandernach, Joel Jensen, Rene Gube, Toni Charline, Matt Sheelen, Hector Santa-Cruz

Daily Double - Toni Charline and Betsy Sodaro

Toledo Rep (Performs Downtown Abby) - Johnny Meeks, Billy Merritt, Eugene Cordero, Joel Spence, Suzi Barrett, Tricia McAlpin

Then JAAAAAM!!

ryanjameshitchcock:

farlizzle:

ryanrosenblog:

thisismattreid:

The first music video shot and produced by Matt Reid himself

Danny Cohen is something special. Not sure what, but something.

“It’s the year 3000, the future of love / Everybody knows that what we’re doing requires gloves”

Consummate entertainer

Yummy gummy zummy!

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