we’re going back to a format we haven’t done in a while.

Micetro™ – Created by Keith Johnstone, Micetro is an improv elimination format that includes directors. Up to sixteen improvisers start the evening in numbered jersyes. The directors pull numbers out of a hat to select small groups for each scene. The director sets up the scenario for the scene and may give the performers some side coaching. Of course, the audience then decides how many points the group is awarded. Throughout the show, the individuals with the lowest scores are removed. At the end of the show, there will remain one person standing, the Micetro!

i’m scheduled for the following dates:

april 13
april 28
may 18

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this weekend, i’m doing a show with a new format for the sunday players – the sunday night scene. the description on the bats improv site reads: improvised songs and scenes in a non-competitive format – just a night of fun for the audience and improvisers alike!

Date: Sunday, October 7
Time: 7 p.m.
Tickets: $5 advance/$8 door

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the year was 1990 and mc hammer just sold out going from classics like ring ‘em and turn this mutha out to can’t touch this and have you seen her? i guess this was my statement of the hammer’s demise. mc hanger made is debut during the “talent” portion of our thanksgiving banquet. sporting welding goggles and weightlifting pants mocking the cazals and “hammer” pants, and flanked by two dancers with “O”s masking taped to heir behinds, the hanger rocked the house at some community center on the central coast to OG hit “they put me in the mix” as the crowd cheered in unison “HANGER! HANGER!”, the stage was set for future parodies such as the Flippendales and Philly Vanilli.

which brings us to this photo…this was probably may 1991 at chumash auditorium, cal poly, SLO – intermission of our cultural night show. i recruited dancers, they brought their own hangers, and MC Hanger hit it big…or sold out depending on how you look at it.

i’m scheduled for shows on July 8 and August 5. both shows are a part of our Improvised Summer Games – culminating on August 12th directed by keith johnstone himself!

30 Sunday Players battle for laughs and points awarded by you, the audience! Cheer on your favorite competitors as they present a spectacle of improvised games, scenes and songs (known as “Micetro”), and only the top players will advance to the finale on August 12, directed by the creator of the Micetro format, Keith Johnstone. In that ultimate challenge, Sunday Players may face BATS Company members and improvisers from faraway lands!

tickets & show info

http://improv.org/shows/sunday.htm

SPRING THEATERSPORTS TOURNAMENT – Nights of improv filled with excitement, laughs, and battle to be the best! Each show features two exciting head-to-head matches…meaning you will see a total of four different teams per night! The two top scoring teams will square off on April 22.

as luck would have it, i made it to the Masters of Micetro Finals with my thrilling 3rd place finish back in january. so come cheer me on during my bid this sunday to become the master of micetro. the show starts at 7pm at the fabulous Bayfront Theatre at Fort Mason. Click here for more information.

A Micetro show begins with a stage-full of creative improvisers who are randomly grouped to perform a variety of entertaining scenes and songs. You and the rest of the audience play judge by scoring each scene. At the end of this entertaining free-for-all, the improviser with the most points is crowned “Micetro”. On March 11, 2007, the top players from previous Micetro shows will compete to be the one, true “MASTER OF MICETRO”!

The shows start at 7pm at the fabulous Bayfront Theatre at Fort Mason. Click here for more information.

the harold is an improv format developed by chiacgo director del close. it doesn’t have the sporting event feel of theatresports nor the elimination ways of micetro. it’s a more free form improv with bits of long form thrown in for good measure. who the heck knows what’s gonna happen. it’s improv.
come check it out