Spotlight: Kansas City Fringe Festival

The Kansas City Improv Community will be well represented at the Kansas City Fringe Festival. Not only that, but all improv will be performed at The Hollywood Room at the former Paddy O'Quigley's, 100 East 20th Street.

Groups:
Makeshift Militia
Spite-the ladies of Tantrum
Improv-Abilities
Loaded Dice-Thunderdome Season 1 winners
Trivial-Provsuit-John Robison and James Nelson of Roving Imp
Full Frontal Comedy
Roving Imp
The Trip Fives
The Hypothetical Seven

Click on the picture to see a better view of the schedule. Hope to see you there!

Spotlight: Improv Venues

There are two venues in Kansas City dedicated to improv.

Comedy City in downtown Kansas City has been there for over 20 years and has as much history as it has funny.

Roving Imp in downtown Bonner Springs is just over a year old and has huge potential. As of now, Roving Imp is the only venue that provides regular improv classes.

Every weekend there is some form of improv going on at these clubs. Click on their links to find out more.

Spotlight: The growth of improv in Kansas City

The University of Missouri-Kansas City saw the birth of their first improv group Makeshift Militia last summer. Now, there at least 3 groups forming at the University, which is great for the community here in Kansas City. They are requesting coaches, seeing shows, and starting to put on some great shows themselves. In fact, they are all performing this weekend. More information below:

When: This Friday, April 18th, at 8:00 pm (doors open at 7:30).

Where: UMKC Campus, Grant Hall Room 306 (third floor)

What:

Come see a showcase of UMKC improv featuring the Makeshift Militia and, more excitingly, debuting two new teams to the Kansas City improv scene! There will be short form, long form, sketch, and a lot of awesomeness! The three different teams will each perform for 25 minutes in the show format introduced by Thunderdome.

If you want to see what the future of college improv is in our city, come check these teams out at the beginning of their careers!

***The show is free***

Spotlight: space-substance crutch

Improvisers in Kansas City tend to always rely on the same imaginary object when they are in a scene. 74% of those individuals use some sort of cup or mug, 20% use a different kitchen utensil, 5% use a purse, and 1% use a weapon of some kind.

Based on the data above, we here at the Kansas City Improv Blog have scientifically figured out what type of improviser uses each item.

Cup user - You have grasped the fundamentals, and you are listening to your scene partner, while still being in tune with your environment.
Kitchen utensil - You are a mediocre improviser, get a cup you idiot.
Purse - You are clearly a woman, or a confused man. We know women aren't funny, a confused man is funny, good job.
Weapon - You want to drive every scene with your idea. Good luck making improv friends.