Jane Austen Winter Feast and Frolic: A performance of the critically acclaimed Jane Austen UnScripted
Dates:
Saturday, December 4th, 2010
Time:
TBA
Where:
Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center
1310 11th St
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Tickets:
TBA
More information:
310-434-3200
The Broad Stage Website
An improvised play in the style of Jane Austen.
Directed by Paul Rogan and Dan O’Connor
“Eleven first-rate comedians…breathtaking wit…” — LA Weekly
“One of the funniest evenings in town… a stunning feat of performance and literary wizardry. And incidentally, it’s hilarious.” — Annie Gilbar, Los Angeles Times Magazine
4-STAR RATING by Los Angeles Times Readers
“ImproTheatre’s gift lies in far more than improv’s expected one-liners and zingers–rather, their gift is the more subtle and complex art of storytelling…Austen would be pleased, indeed.” — Laist.com
“I LOVED Jane Austen improv!” — CoolGrrrls.com
“Gorgeous period costuming and language…the players will make you laugh and then inspire you to read the classic works for yourself…you will want to come back for more.” — Kate West Reviews
“One thing that is for certain is the continued success of this outstanding group of actors and something absolutely not to be missed.” — SoCal.com
“A talented team of eight performers executes right before the audience’s eyes… Amusing…funny take of J.A. that really takes off!” — Accessibly Live
“Jane Austen UnScripted is a delicious combination of humorous wordplay and stiff upper lip mannerisms.” — Entertainment Today
Jane Austen only wrote six novels in her lifetime, but they are some of the most beloved tales of love and misunderstanding, wit and wisdom, and passion and betrayal ever written.
Now, for the first time in two centuries, Impro Theatre delivers a new Jane Austen story every night. Passionate, willful women flirt and verbally joust with handsome, brooding young noblemen. Hearts are broken, secrets are revealed and true love wins out in the end. Or does it?
The essence of Austen’s brilliant and timeless romantic comedies and social satires is brought faithfully to life by this expert team of funny and gifted actors, whose other explorations of great literary figures include Shakespeare, Dickens, Sondheim, and Tennessee Williams.
A world premiere improvised play in the style of Tennessee Williams
Directed by Brian Lohmann
Produced by Impro Theatre and CAFE Arts.
“TENDERLY COMEDIC…savvy…lingers somewhere between satire and homage…a very smart choice.” —Steven Leigh Morris, LA Weekly
“IMPROV GENIUSES…Absolutely hilarious…a different show every time…they let loose their imaginations and the rest is magic.”
—Steven Stanley, StagesceneLA
“PLENTY OF LAUGHS…charming…delightfully manic…remarkably smooth.” —Jennie Webb, Backstage West
“Funny, moving and absolutely in keeping with Williams…Impro Theatre’s considerable agility and its infectious sense of play makes you want to go back again to see what else this group can conjure next out of Williams’ high humidity”. —Charlotte Stoudt, Los Angeles Times
Goldstar “Roar of the Crowd” Winner
Some of our critically-acclaimed unscripted performances.
As a fundraiser for Impro Theatre, The Student Company will perform 24 improvised episodes in the style of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone.
“Serling placed average people in extraordinary circumstances so he could investigate the moral and political questions of his time.”
Directed by: Jo McGinley
Starring: Jim Babcock, Marianne Bennett, Stephanie Clayton, Courtney Flynn, Jack Jernigan, Alvin Lam, Jason Murphy, Jessica Jimenez Perry, and Gary Rae.
When: 2010 DATE TBA
What: Noon to Midnight
(episodes are 25 minutes, doors will open in between episodes to let audience in and out, no entry after an episode has begun)
Where: At the Impro Theatre Workspace
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