2007_01_01_archive

Round Two!

Gitty Up! The second ever Improvisational Comedy Open Mic Night took

place at The DC Improv Comedy Club on January 14th, 2007 and once

again it was a huge success. With a standing room only crowd of about

80 people in the room (15 plus people were turned away), we got our

Improvisation on. Hosted once again by Allyson Jaffe (the queen of not

knowing how to explain games well, but looks cute with a whistle) we

had 8 troupes/groups enter and about 25 singles drop their names into

the mix. I decided to run this one a little different and rather than

pulling 5 troupes, I allowed all 8 to get their chance on stage. The

first half hour featured single performers playing short form Improv

Games...some faces were recognized from an article featured in The

Washington Post Weekend section;

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/11/AR2007

011100711.html?sub=AR Cool huh?

The second half of the show featured the following Improv Troupes

strutting their stuff; including reigning champion from the fist open

mic LOSER JOSH plus THUNDER HAMSTER, SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE, NEXT

WEDNESDAY, DEATH TO DUCKS, LAST MINUTE SIGNUP, JACKIE NOVAK PLAYERS

and 2 GUYS AND A GIRL.

After a tough voting process, the audience decided that LOSER JOSH

will move on to the next open mic and have a guaranteed performance

spot at The Comedy Spot on January 31st, 2007.

I realized after this night that I have created a monster so have

decided to host The next Improvisational Open Mic Night in the main

showroom of The DC Improv Comedy Club for a trial run so we don't have

to turn anyone away again. So mark your calendars for SUNDAY FEBRUARY

25th, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. at The DC Improv. Whether you are a single

improv artist or a group of friends interested in getting your improv

grove on, this is an awesome outlet to showcase your talent. Oh yeah

and did I mention that is was COMPLETELY FREE to the patrons?