COMEDY & IMPROV
The Improv Summit
December 5, 2010
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Mighty, Mighty Improv Summit at Hyde Park Theatre
Local Legends Pgraph and The Frank Mills Share Bill of Unrivaled Awesomeness
On December 5th, a spectacular cross-section of Austin improv will storm the Hyde
Park Theatre stage for an evening of smart, sweet, and subtle comic invention. Hosts
The Glamping Trip will be joined by Parallelogramophonograph and The Frank Mills
in a lineup that?s a perfect introduction to improv for people who?ve been meaning to
check out Austin?s nationally-known scene but have no idea where to start.
(At the same time, even jaded connoisseurs will leap at the chance to see The Frank
Mills and Pgraph -- both past winners of the B. Iden Payne award for Outstanding
Improvisational Ensemble -- on the same bill, an increasingly rare event given their
respective weekly residencies at ColdTowne and The Hideout.)
“People have a lot of good reasons to not go see improv,” says John Ratliff, whose twoman
group The Glamping Trip specializes in the same reality-based scenework as the
evening?s headliners. “They?re afraid it?ll be terrible and awkward to watch, or that even
if it?s good it?ll be nothing but Viagra jokes and parodies of TV commercials. We wanted
to showcase our style of improv, which is more about characters and recognizable
human emotions. In a way, it?s improv for people who think they don?t like improv.”
“Obviously, we want a full house,” says David Hess, the other half of The Glamping Trip,
“but even better than a full house would be a house full of people who?ve never seen
improv before.”
The Improv Summit at Hyde Park
featuring The Frank Mills, Parallelogramophonograph, and The Glamping Trip
7pm Sunday Dec. 5th
Hyde Park Theatre (511 W. 43rd St., just off Guadalupe and 43rd)
$10
Online ticket sales: www.theglampingtrip.com
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$10
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Dates:
December 5, 2010Times:
7pm
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