Thur-Sat, October 25-27, 7:30pm, also Sat, October 27, 2pm
Creatures of Impulse, the Bay Area's award-winning teen improv troupe, opens its 9th season at the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton with NIGHTMARE, promising new twists on their ever-popular Halloween-inspired fall classic. Audience suggestions drive the characters and stories for this un-scripted theatrical scare-fest. Every show different!
Four shows: Thursday, October 25, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, October 26, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, October 27, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Special preview show (cash only, $2 at the door): Tuesday, October 23, 7:30 p.m.
The Troupe suggests we "gather around the (figuratively speaking) campfire" as audience suggestions inspire Creatures of Impulse to create custom-made ghost stories live on stage. "Come and see your very own 'dark and stormy night' come to life!" says award-winning COI coach and director Mark Duncanson. "Every show is different, and we get lots of fans who come to two or more performances."
How it works: The teen improvisers in COI rehearse storytelling techniques, and study how to create characters that the audience can identify with, and will hopefully care about as well. 'Nightmare' is considered a long-form, story-based improv show. Audience members will be asked for suggestions before the show starts to help inspire the creation of characters and storylines. From this, the cast then develops a fully improvised "play" each night.
COI Founder and Director Mark Duncanson notes: "We hope to give audiences another perspective on improv with our long-form narrative performances like 'Nightmare.' Improv isn't just one-liners designed to go for laughs. We hope to create compelling stories and characters with audience suggestions, and then take them along for the journey."
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Creatures of Impulse, the Bay Area's award-winning teen improv troupe, opens its 9th season at the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton with NIGHTMARE, promising new twists on their ever-popular Halloween-inspired fall classic. Audience suggestions drive the characters and stories for this un-scripted theatrical scare-fest. Every show different!
Four shows: Thursday, October 25, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, October 26, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, October 27, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Special preview show (cash only, $2 at the door): Tuesday, October 23, 7:30 p.m.
The Troupe suggests we "gather around the (figuratively speaking) campfire" as audience suggestions inspire Creatures of Impulse to create custom-made ghost stories live on stage. "Come and see your very own 'dark and stormy night' come to life!" says award-winning COI coach and director Mark Duncanson. "Every show is different, and we get lots of fans who come to two or more performances."
How it works: The teen improvisers in COI rehearse storytelling techniques, and study how to create characters that the audience can identify with, and will hopefully care about as well. 'Nightmare' is considered a long-form, story-based improv show. Audience members will be asked for suggestions before the show starts to help inspire the creation of characters and storylines. From this, the cast then develops a fully improvised "play" each night.
COI Founder and Director Mark Duncanson notes: "We hope to give audiences another perspective on improv with our long-form narrative performances like 'Nightmare.' Improv isn't just one-liners designed to go for laughs. We hope to create compelling stories and characters with audience suggestions, and then take them along for the journey."
Thur-Sat, October 25-27, 7:30pm, also Sat, October 27, 2pm
Creatures of Impulse, the Bay Area's award-winning teen improv troupe, opens its 9th season at the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton with NIGHTMARE, promising new twists on their ever-popular Halloween-inspired fall classic. Audience suggestions drive the characters and stories for this un-scripted theatrical scare-fest. Every show different!
Four shows: Thursday, October 25, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, October 26, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, October 27, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Special preview show (cash only, $2 at the door): Tuesday, October 23, 7:30 p.m.
The Troupe suggests we "gather around the (figuratively speaking) campfire" as audience suggestions inspire Creatures of Impulse to create custom-made ghost stories live on stage. "Come and see your very own 'dark and stormy night' come to life!" says award-winning COI coach and director Mark Duncanson. "Every show is different, and we get lots of fans who come to two or more performances."
How it works: The teen improvisers in COI rehearse storytelling techniques, and study how to create characters that the audience can identify with, and will hopefully care about as well. 'Nightmare' is considered a long-form, story-based improv show. Audience members will be asked for suggestions before the show starts to help inspire the creation of characters and storylines. From this, the cast then develops a fully improvised "play" each night.
COI Founder and Director Mark Duncanson notes: "We hope to give audiences another perspective on improv with our long-form narrative performances like 'Nightmare.' Improv isn't just one-liners designed to go for laughs. We hope to create compelling stories and characters with audience suggestions, and then take them along for the journey."
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Creatures of Impulse, the Bay Area's award-winning teen improv troupe, opens its 9th season at the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton with NIGHTMARE, promising new twists on their ever-popular Halloween-inspired fall classic. Audience suggestions drive the characters and stories for this un-scripted theatrical scare-fest. Every show different!
Four shows: Thursday, October 25, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, October 26, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, October 27, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Special preview show (cash only, $2 at the door): Tuesday, October 23, 7:30 p.m.
The Troupe suggests we "gather around the (figuratively speaking) campfire" as audience suggestions inspire Creatures of Impulse to create custom-made ghost stories live on stage. "Come and see your very own 'dark and stormy night' come to life!" says award-winning COI coach and director Mark Duncanson. "Every show is different, and we get lots of fans who come to two or more performances."
How it works: The teen improvisers in COI rehearse storytelling techniques, and study how to create characters that the audience can identify with, and will hopefully care about as well. 'Nightmare' is considered a long-form, story-based improv show. Audience members will be asked for suggestions before the show starts to help inspire the creation of characters and storylines. From this, the cast then develops a fully improvised "play" each night.
COI Founder and Director Mark Duncanson notes: "We hope to give audiences another perspective on improv with our long-form narrative performances like 'Nightmare.' Improv isn't just one-liners designed to go for laughs. We hope to create compelling stories and characters with audience suggestions, and then take them along for the journey."
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