7:30pm @ The Independent
GET UP [Austin]
Get Up is two master improvisers from Austin, Texas presenting narrative long form at its best. Expect multiple characters, quick edits, and sophisticated comedy as they make up a complete story on the spot, inspired by a music track.
Get Up members Shana Merlin and Shannon McCormick have been working together in different improv troupes, such as The Heroes of Comedy, and performances, such as No Shame Theatre, since 2002. In 2005, they decided to get rid of all the dead weight and form a two-person improv troupe. In their debut show at FronteraFest 2005, they won Best of the Week with their original format "24 (minutes)," an improvised parody of the hit show "24," where they solve a matter of national security in exactly 24 minutes while the clock is ticking onstage. Later that year in "The Giants of Austin Improv Show", they debuted their format "Fast Forward," where they interview an audience member and turn his life into an action adventure thriller. In 2006 they added sound improviser Sara Farr to their ensemble to provide a live soundtrack and scoring to Shannon and Shana's improvised stories. Get Up's latest format begins with the audience randomly selecting the theme music for the show, listening to it, offering ideas as to what images the music suggests and the performers use that as inspiration for a improvised comedic one act play.
- Reviews and Accolades -
Austin Chronicle Review
2009 FronteraFest Winner Best of the Week and Best of the Fest
- Other Festival Appearances -
Several Out of Bounds', Seattle Festival of Improv Theater, FronteraFest, Out of Bounds West, San Francisco Improv Festival
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IMPRO MELBOURNE [Melbourne, Australia]Impro Melbourne is Australia’s premier improvisation company, performing a diverse range of exceptional quality productions.
IM’s reputation as an improvisation company with dynamic talent and a strong creative focus on challenging the work of improvisation has created much interest nationally and internationally. The company has worked across Australia and in Belgium, Germany, UK, Canada, USA, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Norway, France and Sweden.
- Reviews and Accolades -
"This is one of the funniest and cleverest improvisational pieces I’ve seen for ages. From the moment the cast step on stage, they are simply brilliant, and very, very funny." - Aussie Theatre
"Highly entertaining, often hilarious, sometimes breathtakingly quick-witted and inventive, a stand-out" - The Age
"Rolling with the comedic punches with seeming ease, the performers did great work both individually ad as a team." - Funny Tonne
- Other Festival Appearances -
Inspinazi! - Leuven, Belgium
Die Gorillas - Berlin, Germany
Improvaganza - Edmonton, Canada
Off the Cuff - Brisbane, Australia
Nationals - Sydney, Australia
Canberra Classic - Canberra, Australia
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"Highly entertaining, often hilarious, sometimes breathtakingly quick-witted and inventive, a stand-out" - The Age
"Rolling with the comedic punches with seeming ease, the performers did great work both individually ad as a team." - Funny Tonne
- Other Festival Appearances -
Inspinazi! - Leuven, Belgium
Die Gorillas - Berlin, Germany
Improvaganza - Edmonton, Canada
Off the Cuff - Brisbane, Australia
Nationals - Sydney, Australia
Canberra Classic - Canberra, Australia
on the web, on the facebook, on the myspace, on the twitter
====> BUY TICKETS NOW
<==== Tickets purchased at the door for the Sunday night Headlining shows will be cash-only. If you need to use a credit card, please use the Buy Tickets link to buy tickets before show time.
CAST
Shana Merlin
Shannon McCormick
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