Weakly Swirled News - Players needed!

Wesley · Post by **Wesley** » May 25th, 2006, 4:21 pm

If you are interested in playing in this show, PLEASE post here or PM me (even if you have before). I'd like to nail down a cast by mid-week and set up a few rehearsals.

Premise:
This show is a parody of Whirled News Tonight--which is itself a parody of the real news--in which we'll only be using the Weekly World News as our source material (which is also a parody of something (though I'm not sure what)).
That's three levels of parody, people!

Time:
The shows are Saturdays on June 17th and June 24th at 11:30.

Player requirements:
I will need players. I am not too concerned how many so long as you meet the following requirements:
--can cut loose and go insane on stage
--are highly imaginative
--can stay organic, doing everything from 1 line scenes to 5 minutes of parody, depending on what is called for
--aren't uncomfortable jumping out and starting a scene using suggestions like "Key to long life: Porridge, whiskey and cigarettes!," "Missionaries for Mars? Vatican training 24 priests to spread gospel," "Stupid Yankee prank has Dixie fightin' mad!," or "Ohio woman made pregnantâ€”by a bullet." (All of which were real WWN headlines.)
--aren't afraid to have fun
--will do whatever you can to promote the show and bring audience (from helping hand out flyers at 1st Thursday to just telling a friend)

Format:
I have been saving headlines cut from the Weekly World News on and off for about 6 months. I kept saying to myself, "Self, I know these will make for a good game sometime." Well, to hell with a game...now it's a format.
I will play the host/director. I will use the box and have the audience draw slips of paper out. I will then read the headline and maybe a little of the text if I think it sets it up better. Most are just headlines. Some may have attatched articles. Some may be weird ads or horoscopes. If it was in WWN, it is fair game!
The players will then jump out and do a scene inspired by the read. It could be literal, it could be related, it could be a 1-sentence punchline, it could be a 5 minute scene...whatever. It is all loose and organic and felt out on the fly.
So, if I did draw the "Ohio woman made pregnantâ€”by a bullet" headline, you might do a scene where she goes in to have a ballistics test done to find out who the father is (maybe she'd been shot by more than one man in the past month). Whatever! So long as it is fun and funny as the paper that spawned it.

Commitment:
Besides 1 or both showtimes, I would like to have at least 2, maybe 3 rehearsals. They can be short (90 mins) and casual (at a bar or pizza parlor), but I want to practice going nuts together.

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » May 25th, 2006, 4:21 pm

This show makes me weep with anticipation.

Wesley · Post by **Wesley** » May 25th, 2006, 4:23 pm

Hmmmm, I wonder if I should write WWn and tell them we're doing this? Maybe they'd give us a free subscription we could award to an audience member or something?
Or maybe they'd sue us.

Free speech!

Hmmmmm... What do you think, sirs?

Roy Janik · Post by **Roy Janik** » May 25th, 2006, 4:37 pm

I'm in, of course. Crazy fucking scenes, you say? Count me in.

vine311 · Post by **vine311** » May 25th, 2006, 4:41 pm

Wesley wrote:Hmmmm, I wonder if I should write WWn and tell them we're doing this? Maybe they'd give us a free subscription we could award to an audience member or something?
Or maybe they'd sue us.

Free speech!

Hmmmmm... What do you think, sirs?

Can't remember if I told you I wanted to be in this or not...well, I do.

Yes, you should write them and we could award an audience member with a lawsuit. And Bat Boy could be their lawyer and he'll shoot them until they are pregnant.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » May 25th, 2006, 4:58 pm

OHH OHH ME!! PICK ME!!!! Ever since Bigfoot dated my mother, and she had me cloned using alien DNA I always wantd to perform a show like this.

Jill Morris · Post by **Jill Morris** » May 25th, 2006, 5:07 pm

YES.

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » May 25th, 2006, 5:15 pm

Roy Janik wrote:I'm in, of course. Crazy fucking scenes, you say? Count me in.

Roy's been doing this format in his head for 6 months

Matt · Post by **Matt** » May 25th, 2006, 5:40 pm

Count me in....I love crazy hot sheet stories

---Matt---
---Improv For Evil---
---Wicked Funny---

HerrHerr · Post by **HerrHerr** » May 25th, 2006, 5:51 pm

I have a third nipple in the shape of Eva Gabor, you better put me in.

kaci_beeler · Post by **kaci_beeler** » May 25th, 2006, 5:59 pm

I fell down and hit my head, ouch. Now my shoelaces tell me to do things.
Can I snot on the show? My mucus has medicinal properties.

deroosisonfire · Post by **deroosisonfire** » May 25th, 2006, 6:10 pm

i am weak. i like my soft serve swirled. i always make news. i would like to be your woman.

fbillac · Post by **fbillac** » May 25th, 2006, 6:18 pm

w00t! Love to join in. That stuff is FOR REAL!!!

-Dav

troy · Post by **troy** » May 25th, 2006, 6:39 pm

You had me at "Woman Gives Birth to Batboy"...

beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » May 25th, 2006, 10:14 pm

i would like to volunteer my lighting and sound prowess to this show. i like to mix it up, keep it real, etc.

b