Oct 24, 25, 26, Thur & Fri at 7:30, Sat at 2 & 7:30
Opening October 24 at the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton, the Bay Area's award-winning teen improv troupe Creatures of Impulse kicks off its 10th season with NIGHTMARES. The troupe promises new twists on the ever-popular Halloween-inspired fall classic. Audience suggestions drive the characters and stories for this un-scripted theatrical scare-fest.
"Come and see your very own 'dark and stormy night' come to life!" says COI coach and director Mark Duncanson, Recreation Supervisor with the City of Pleasanton. "Every show is different, and we get lots of fans who come to two or more performances."
The COI team rehearses storytelling techniques, and studies how to create characters that the audience can identify with, and will hopefully care about as well. Audience input inspires the creation of characters and storylines. From this, the cast then develops a fully improvised "play" each night.
Mark elaborates: "We hope to give audiences another perspective on improv with our long-form narrative performances like 'Nightmares.' 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."
About COI: Creatures of Impulse is a teen improv troupe sponsored by the City of Pleasanton Parks and Recreation Department. They study and perform short-form, long-form, narrative, and musical improvisation. COI founder and coach Mark Duncanson is himself an award-winning innovator and influencer, having been honored with the Martin Luther King Legacy Award in 2012.
Four shows: Thursday, October 24, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, October 25, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, October 26, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Special cash-only preview show: Tuesday, October 22, 7:30 p.m. (tickets $2 at the door).
Students $5, General $10.
Presented by City of Pleasanton Firehouse Arts Center.
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Opening October 24 at the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton, the Bay Area's award-winning teen improv troupe Creatures of Impulse kicks off its 10th season with NIGHTMARES. The troupe promises new twists on the ever-popular Halloween-inspired fall classic. Audience suggestions drive the characters and stories for this un-scripted theatrical scare-fest.
"Come and see your very own 'dark and stormy night' come to life!" says COI coach and director Mark Duncanson, Recreation Supervisor with the City of Pleasanton. "Every show is different, and we get lots of fans who come to two or more performances."
The COI team rehearses storytelling techniques, and studies how to create characters that the audience can identify with, and will hopefully care about as well. Audience input inspires the creation of characters and storylines. From this, the cast then develops a fully improvised "play" each night.
Mark elaborates: "We hope to give audiences another perspective on improv with our long-form narrative performances like 'Nightmares.' 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."
About COI: Creatures of Impulse is a teen improv troupe sponsored by the City of Pleasanton Parks and Recreation Department. They study and perform short-form, long-form, narrative, and musical improvisation. COI founder and coach Mark Duncanson is himself an award-winning innovator and influencer, having been honored with the Martin Luther King Legacy Award in 2012.
Four shows: Thursday, October 24, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, October 25, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, October 26, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Special cash-only preview show: Tuesday, October 22, 7:30 p.m. (tickets $2 at the door).
Students $5, General $10.
Presented by City of Pleasanton Firehouse Arts Center.
Oct 24, 25, 26, Thur & Fri at 7:30, Sat at 2 & 7:30
Opening October 24 at the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton, the Bay Area's award-winning teen improv troupe Creatures of Impulse kicks off its 10th season with NIGHTMARES. The troupe promises new twists on the ever-popular Halloween-inspired fall classic. Audience suggestions drive the characters and stories for this un-scripted theatrical scare-fest.
"Come and see your very own 'dark and stormy night' come to life!" says COI coach and director Mark Duncanson, Recreation Supervisor with the City of Pleasanton. "Every show is different, and we get lots of fans who come to two or more performances."
The COI team rehearses storytelling techniques, and studies how to create characters that the audience can identify with, and will hopefully care about as well. Audience input inspires the creation of characters and storylines. From this, the cast then develops a fully improvised "play" each night.
Mark elaborates: "We hope to give audiences another perspective on improv with our long-form narrative performances like 'Nightmares.' 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."
About COI: Creatures of Impulse is a teen improv troupe sponsored by the City of Pleasanton Parks and Recreation Department. They study and perform short-form, long-form, narrative, and musical improvisation. COI founder and coach Mark Duncanson is himself an award-winning innovator and influencer, having been honored with the Martin Luther King Legacy Award in 2012.
Four shows: Thursday, October 24, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, October 25, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, October 26, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Special cash-only preview show: Tuesday, October 22, 7:30 p.m. (tickets $2 at the door).
Students $5, General $10.
Presented by City of Pleasanton Firehouse Arts Center.
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Opening October 24 at the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton, the Bay Area's award-winning teen improv troupe Creatures of Impulse kicks off its 10th season with NIGHTMARES. The troupe promises new twists on the ever-popular Halloween-inspired fall classic. Audience suggestions drive the characters and stories for this un-scripted theatrical scare-fest.
"Come and see your very own 'dark and stormy night' come to life!" says COI coach and director Mark Duncanson, Recreation Supervisor with the City of Pleasanton. "Every show is different, and we get lots of fans who come to two or more performances."
The COI team rehearses storytelling techniques, and studies how to create characters that the audience can identify with, and will hopefully care about as well. Audience input inspires the creation of characters and storylines. From this, the cast then develops a fully improvised "play" each night.
Mark elaborates: "We hope to give audiences another perspective on improv with our long-form narrative performances like 'Nightmares.' 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."
About COI: Creatures of Impulse is a teen improv troupe sponsored by the City of Pleasanton Parks and Recreation Department. They study and perform short-form, long-form, narrative, and musical improvisation. COI founder and coach Mark Duncanson is himself an award-winning innovator and influencer, having been honored with the Martin Luther King Legacy Award in 2012.
Four shows: Thursday, October 24, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, October 25, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, October 26, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Special cash-only preview show: Tuesday, October 22, 7:30 p.m. (tickets $2 at the door).
Students $5, General $10.
Presented by City of Pleasanton Firehouse Arts Center.
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