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Asaf wrote:We can get all the Jewish improvisers together and call it HannuCon.
I hate how exclusive you Jews are. Everyone at my country club agrees.
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There's also Evans/Reese in NYC, one-half of Amnesia Wars who sit on stage behind microphones and do improvised radio-type scenes, tell anecdotes about their week, and occasionally give relationship advice even though they are eminently unqualified to do so. High comedy.
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Three groups that need to happen:

Lamb of Orf - Jeremy and I discussed this at a party at Dinosaur Moonbase One. By "discussed" I mean that I told him firmly that we should do a show of this name and he looked frightened.

BeerProv - Wes Bain and me drinking my somewhat potent homebrew and waxing eloquently about the widest variety of topics possible. Occasionally we break out into a soft-shoe number, just to give the audience's collective psyche a chance to take a breather.

Straight Shooters - two straight men, Justin York and Bob McNichol, share the stage for a night of scenes that are so grounded in reality that they actually increase the local pull of gravity.

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the_orf wrote:There's also Evans/Reese in NYC, one-half of Amnesia Wars who sit on stage behind microphones and do improvised radio-type scenes, tell anecdotes about their week, and occasionally give relationship advice even though they are eminently unqualified to do so. High comedy.
Do you know these guys, Orf?
http://getup.austinimprov.com
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Signifying Nothing just formed a few minutes ago. It consists of Valerie (Sound) and Wes (Fury). Valerie is all musical and Wes is entirely mute. They will debut in this weekend's 3fer.
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shando wrote:
the_orf wrote:There's also Evans/Reese in NYC, one-half of Amnesia Wars who sit on stage behind microphones and do improvised radio-type scenes, tell anecdotes about their week, and occasionally give relationship advice even though they are eminently unqualified to do so. High comedy.
Do you know these guys, Orf?
I know them quite well. I performed with Amnesia Wars for a couple years. We exchange holiday cards and jovial insults. TRUE FACT: Jason Evans is a black man from Houston, TX, who attended Vassar College.
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Three more

Jokyr & Jester - Utah's duo performs the Shalack (sp?), and tears you up

Bare - Chicago's fuzziest group

Men in Shirts - Detroit's duo has broken themselves and others.
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shksprtx wrote:Phil Aulie and I had talked briefly about one over the summer...I don't think we ever discussed whether it would be a two-person gig, or whether we would go for a larger cast size, but here's the basic concept:

Real Men Have Curves: Improv by fat guys, For fat guys, and About fat guys.

Could work as a two-man show. I also think it would work really well as part of a three-fer or double-bill, but maybe not so much as a stand-alone.
I'm in if you want me.
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Asaf wrote:
valetoile wrote:Jewcy: Shana Merlin and Asaf Ronen: unkosher improv
I am always up for the Jew-prov. Shana?
Alch! The rehearsals! Oy Veh! What a farkatke idea! Meshugine!

But it would be a mitzvah for the whole mishpokhe . . . allright . . . you've guilted me in to it. I'm in.
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Short and Sweet: Michael Ferstenfeld (short) and Caitlin Sweet (sweet), before she left for New York. Sigh.

Polite Society: now pretty much just Mike and Andy

Gospelprov: Jesus and Judas, the ultimate jewish comedy duo!

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Twin Towers: Chris Trew and Cody Dearing

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I had been thinking of just mixing my pseudonym(LuBu) with other people's names to see what I come up with:

w/ Cody Dearing: Code Bu
w/ Chris Trew: Trew Bu
w/ C.J. Allen: LuAllen
w/ Rachel Mardosky: Bu Sky
w/ Sara Farr: A Lube too Farr.
w/ Asaf Ronen: AsBu
w/ Arthur Simone: Luthur
w/ Dave Buckman: BuckBu (also similar to BookBu w/ Tom Booker)
w/ Nick Ramirez: Lick
w/ Bob McNichol: BobBu
w/ Jeff Britt: LuBritt
w/ Kristin Firth: LiliBu
w/ Roy Janik: LuRoy
w/ Erika May: LuMay
w/ Kaci Beeler: Buuler?
w/ Shannon McCormick: McBu

obviously, these aren't groups, but it was still fun to type.
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Ha! Enjoyed that!

Who's name ends in "yah"?

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mpbrockman wrote:Ha! Enjoyed that!

Who's name ends in "yah"?
There's always Yamina.
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The Cola Sisters!
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