The Improvised Shakespeare Company comes to Austin!

kamesasst · Post by **kamesasst** » September 26th, 2011, 12:49 pm

5 SHOWS – OCT 27TH to OCT 30TH
Long Center for the Performing Arts

You’ve probably already heard of them – now come see them for yourself!

Insider discount for Austin improvisers!
Use promo code: “ISC” for $10 off opening night, October 27 at 7:30pm
Tickets available at the Long Center website or by calling 512.457.5100

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"Downright Hilarious... Staggeringly Brilliant" --Time Out Chicago

"Anyone who still needs convincing that Improv can produce an independent piece of capital-A Art would do well to see The Improvised Shakespeare Company... Neither laughter nor amazement is short in supply." --The Onion

“MIND-BLOWING…It was one of the funniest, most amazing things I’ve ever seen.” --The Charleston City Paper

SHOW DESCRIPTION: Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written), The Improvised Shakespeare Company creates a fully improvised Shakespearean masterpiece right before your eyes. Nothing is planned-out, rehearsed, or written. All of the dialogue is said for the first time, the characters are created as you watch, and if ever you're wondering where the story is going...so are they! You've never seen the Bard like this before!

SHOW HISTORY: The Improvised Shakespeare Company, founded in 2005, has been performing its critically-acclaimed show every Friday night at the world famous iO Theater in Chicago for over five years and continues to entertain audiences around the globe with its touring company. The ISC has been featured at the Piccolo Spoleto Fringe Festival, Off Broadway in New York City, the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival, UCB’s Del Close Marathon, and the prestigious Just For Laughs festival in Montreal and Chicago. It has been named Chicago's best improv group by both the Chicago Reader and the Chicago Examiner and has received a New York Nightlife Award for "Best Comedic Performance by a Group". The ISC was recently honored by the Chicago Improv Foundation as its "Ensemble of the Year".

“Don’t miss them. Seriously… a bona fide phenomenon…” –Time Out New York

"Go laugh your iams off" --New York Times

“These guys set a higher standard for comedy” - The Huffington Post

Roy Janik · Post by **Roy Janik** » September 30th, 2011, 1:37 pm

Thanks for the discount. I plan on coming opening night. Saw you guys at CIF a few years back.

kamesasst · Post by **kamesasst** » September 30th, 2011, 2:40 pm

Thanks Roy! Hope you enjoy the show!

buseman · Post by **buseman** » September 30th, 2011, 5:39 pm

YES! Among the best shows I've ever seen.

Miggy · Post by **Miggy** » September 30th, 2011, 6:19 pm

Looks like there are now 6 shows(!)

Please keep us all posted on your experience here in town / the audiences, etc...

Also... since no one else did, I'll post the link:

http://ev9.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce ... =&appCode=

kamesasst · Post by **kamesasst** » October 18th, 2011, 10:25 am

Thanks for linking, Miggy! Can't believe it's already October--Austin, here we come! In nine days that is...

kamesasst · Post by **kamesasst** » October 25th, 2011, 10:19 am

The Improvised Shakespeare Company fnially arrives in Austin this week! There's still time to use the opening night promo code: “ISC” for $10 off the ticket price for October 27 at 7:30pm.

http://www.thelongcenter.org/the_improv ... mpany.aspx

Hope to see you there!

Nicole Beckley · Post by **Nicole Beckley** » October 25th, 2011, 11:40 am

I'm going to see this on Thursday.

kamesasst · Post by **kamesasst** » October 25th, 2011, 12:36 pm

Nicole Beckley wrote:I'm going to see this on Thursday.

Where's the "Like" button on this forum??

Asaf · Post by **Asaf** » October 28th, 2011, 1:09 am

Improvised Shakespeare at the Long Center was amazing tonight. Like genuinely jaw-droppingly impressive. I recommend it highly.

kaci_beeler · Post by **kaci_beeler** » October 28th, 2011, 2:35 am

Great, great work from these dudes. I second Asaf, highly recommended.

Post by **Jon Bolden** » October 28th, 2011, 8:49 am

How long did the show run?

kamesasst · Post by **kamesasst** » October 28th, 2011, 2:39 pm

So glad you guys enjoyed the show!

Jon, the show runs about 75 minutes. Hope you can make it out!

Post by **Jon Bolden** » November 1st, 2011, 4:53 pm

Brazo! I went on Sunday at 7pm and I loved it. It looked so effortless and playful.

I would love to see these guys at Out of Bounds next year!

acrouch · Post by **acrouch** » November 3rd, 2011, 10:34 am

I caught the Sunday matinee in which the suggestion "Hamlet Gets a New Lease on Life" resulted in a Shakespeare-savvy sequel to Hamlet (it turned out that almost everyone had faked their deaths in the original).

Extremely impressive.