Tuesday, October 25, 2005

shots from kevin leas' camera!

We'd like to send a mad shout-out to Kevin Leas for these great photos of our Improvathon...he took over 1,000!!! More to come!





Monday, October 24, 2005

Friday Night Shot!

I know the Insider was at the show on Friday night. Here's a secret, advance sample!



ROCK!

Friday, October 21, 2005

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It begins....

Oh so very, very soon!

What's awesome about the 25.5 hours of improv hilarity? Well, there is the original, Rochester-created formats that will be performed: Mookie & Brian's City Council, Johanna's Characterprov, Swithun's Happy Fun Kids Show, Brian's Britaprov, Paul's Nellis Presley and so very much more! There will be guest stars from University of Rochester's In Between the Lines truope coming down at 8 AM to play a little Micetro and trying to be crowned GRAND MICETRO CHAMPION in the spirit of former winners Shawnda Urie and Adam Litz! Let's not forgot the IN-CRED-IB-L-E DEBUT of LAKE BOAT, GCI's Improvised Soap Opera. Costumes + Entrance Music + a whole lot of sleep deprivation = WOW.

So, hopefully you heard about the show somehow. Perhaps it was on WBEE, Fickle, MIX 100.5, WBER, City Newspaper or on any number of other places. What matters is we want you there - starting tonight! Got some time tomorrow? HEAD ON DOWN. Need a haircut? We'll gladly do that too. Just ask for Beki and bring your own Sissors! ROCK ON.

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Monday, October 17, 2005

GCI gets in with MIX 100.5 fm.

GCI-ers will make radio history as they talk about The 25 1/2-hour Improvathon at MIX 100.5 fm Tuesday the 18th! Tune in as they get some time between 7:30 and 8:oo am!

Got your tickets yet? Well, get 'em at www.gevacomedyimprov.org!

Saturday, October 15, 2005

We invite...YOU! To Season III!

BRIAN and friend-of-GCI ADAM invite you to enjoy the benefits of Geva Comedy Improv's Season III!

Get free tickets to the Improvathon!!!

Wanna get an all-day pass to GCI's 25 1/2-Hour Improvathon? Go to www.gevacomedyimprov.org and fill out a CREATE-A-CHARACTER sheet...we'll pick one lucky entrant to win all-show passes! It could be you! And if you stay the whole time? Then you get SEASON PASSES TO EVERY GEVA COMEDY IMPROV EVENT FOR SEASON III AT GEVA THEATRE CENTER!!!

Friday, October 14, 2005

Thursday, October 13, 2005

GCI grabs some air time at WBER!

Hey -- to get the word out about our 25 1/2-hour improvathon, members of Team GCI will trek down to 90.5 fm WBER Friday, October 21st to talk up the Improvathon!

We'll be on from 7:05 am to 7:20 am, chatting with the likes of such luminaries at Joey Guisto and SGT Pepper. Tune in, y'all!

The Improvathon starts at 10:30 pm October 21st and goes all the way to the end of Saturday the 22nd! Go to www.gevacomedyimprov.org for all the details!

-tim

Monday, October 10, 2005

Geva Comedy Improv presents
The 25 1/2-hour Improvathon!
shows subject to change!
Go to www.gevacomedyimprov.org for tickets prices and purchasing

21-Oct
10:30 PM
Theatre Sports -- root for your fave, boo the judge! Two teams vie for improv supremacy as they take your suggestions and make improv mince meat out of each other!!!

22-Oct
12:30 AM
Improv Karaoke
-- just like singing in your favorite bar, but…well, without the singing. Take the stage and improv with GCI!

2:00 AM
Nellis Presley
-- Let GCI's Paul Nellis tell you the tales of his world tour and other adventures! Featuring live music from Nellis Presley!

4:00 AM
Campfire Improv -- Bring your strange and fantastically unexplainable personal stories to the Nextstage and discover the truth about what goes bump in the night through the magic of
improv!

6:00 AM
Micetro with U of R's In Between the Lines Improv troupe -- see the improv next-gen as U of R's troupe battles for individual improv supremacy!

8:00 AM
The Morning Musical -- what better way to keep the improvisors going than a rousing, heart-warming musical?

10:00 AM
Gorilla Theatre -- See the improvisors duke it out by directing each other in scenes of hilarity and genius! Give them a suggestion! Help them out! The winner gets the prize…to take home the coveted gorilla!!!

12:00 PM
Britaprov -- We've filtered all the minerals out and left only the delicious pure improv for your viewing pleasure. No sets, no preconceived characters, no rules! It's Britaprov!

2:00 PM
Swithun's Happy Fun Kids' Show -- This family-friendly, happy fun time show will teach you life lessons, how to play well with others, and you might even learn a thing or two!

4:00 PM
City Council Improv
-- Got a problem? Take it to city council! See what happens when the citizens of Anywheresville air their grievances, and how the smallest change in the laws can create hilarious results!

6:00 PM
Joanna's Character Improv -- did you fill out your character sheets? See what happens when Team GCI takes your character suggestions and turns them into instipituously fantabulistic theatre!

8:00 PM
The pilot episode of Lake Boat -- Mystery…passion…deceit…the improvised soap opera FIASCO begins as the crew and passengers of this fast ferry take on dangerous waters and dangerous-er…uh, danger!

9:30 PM
pizza party!

10:30 PM
Theatre Sports -- Yeah, we've made it all the way!!! More hilarity as two more teams trump each other with scenes and games made up from audience suggestions!

Promoting the Improvathon at WBER!

Hey, radio junkies, Team GCI will be sending representatives down to 90.5 fm WBER Friday, October 21st. Tune in from 7:05 am to 7:20 am and hear live discussions and light chat about our most ambitious project yet, The 25 1/2-hour Improvathon!!!!

-tim

THE IMPROVATHON!!!

Sunday, October 02, 2005

ghosties, ghoulies, and the improvathon.

Have you heard about our 25.5-hour improvathon? We're kicking off SEASON III with a day-and-a-skosh of improv antics! Details will be here when we get them, but get your coffee makers ready and get ready to see some exciting improv! Has this ever been done in Rochester's history? Not that we know of! Come see a Rochester first!!! Come see the 25.5 hour improvathon...maybe you'll see Sarah, the Geva Ghost at some point in the night...it is close to Halloween, you know!!! www.gevacomedyimprov.org for more deets!