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Impro Theatre's Shakespeare UnScripted

Shakespeare Unscripted

Directed by Brian Lohmann and Dan O’Connor

Shakespeare Unscripted is a completely improvised play in the style of William Shakespeare. Poetry, drama, comedy and romance all are possible when Impro Theatre attempts to “ascend the brightest heaven of invention.”

There is no script and no net. Using only guts, wit and a few suggestions from the audience to get the show started Impro Theatre creates an entire play inspired by the Bard.

Influenced by the improvisational techniques of Keith Johnstone, Mike Leigh, the Commedia dell Arte’, and set in a spontaneous tornado of Shakespearean ideas and characters, Impro Theatre creates a completely unique and thoroughly entertaining story every performance. You will never see the same show twice!

LA WEEKLY says, "GO!" "The company is clever, nimble and quick on its feet, and the result is an amiable, crowd-pleasing divertissement."

Full Review:

NEW REVIEW GO SHAKESPEARE UNSCRIPTED The Impro Theatre specializes in improvising full-length plays in the literary style of prominent writers, including, in the past, Jane Austen, Tennessee Williams, and Stephen Sondheim. Here, under the direction of artistic directors Brian Lohman and Dan O'Connor, they're tackling the Bard, taking the most minimal suggestions from the audience and spinning them into dizzily amusing mock-Shakespearean epics. At the performance I attended, they created a comedy that might be called Much Ado About Blue-Birds. Miranda (Lisa Frederickson) is the slightly deaf daughter (she seems to hear clearly only the songs of blue-birds) of the Duke of Kent (Lohman). Kent has decided to marry her off to the elderly Duke of York (Floyd Van Buskirk), but she has already developed a fancy for Price (O'Connor), a young man from the village who loves her, and has learned to tweet like a blue-bird to woo her. The course of true love is threatened by a couple of mischievous fairies (Brian Jones and Edi Patterson) and a man-eating bear until the blissful final scene, which is as sententious as any old Will created. The company (including Michele Spears and Stephen Kearin) is clever, nimble and quick on its feet, and the result is an amiable, crowd-pleasing divertissement. Theatre Impro at Theatre Asylum, 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood; Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m., thru Feb. 14. (323) 401-9793. (Neal Weaver)  

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Previews
Fri. Jan. 8th - 8PM 
Sat. Jan. 9th - 8PM

Runs
Sun, Jan 10 – Sun, Feb 14
Friday & Saturday 8PM 
Sunday 7PM
Show Calendar

BUY TICKETS
$15 Previews 

$20.00 General Admission

Special Show Info
Running time: 90 minutes.

Website

Theatre Asylum
6320 Santa Monica Blvd. 
Los Angeles, CA  90038 
Street Parking 
Area Map

Special Theatre Info
Allow time for Street Parking! Wheelchair Access is available at this theatre.
The theatre has concessions.

“William Shakespeare wrote 17 Comedies...Impro Theatre presents the all-new, improvised plays in the spirit of the Bard in "Shakespeare Unscripted".

Using only their guts, wits and a few suggestions from the audience to kick off the show, Impro Theatre attempts to "ascend to the brightest heaven of invention" and create a complete original and entertaining story for each performance. 

Tickets and Info at:
https://www.plays411.net/newsite/show/play_info.asp?show_id=2232

“DEATH DEFYING…The theatrical equivalent of circus aerialists…these remarkably clever performers fly through the show with the very greatest of ease… all involved keep the laughs coming and the cadence astonishingly Shakespearean.” 
– F. Kathleen Foley, LA Times 

“IMPRO SPARKLES. This band of razor sharp wordsmiths brought their A game….a must see for comic improv and Shakespeare fans alike.” 
– Jason Lovett, Stagehappenings.com 

“HILARIOUS…This is a company worth watching… outstandingly talented” 
Kate West reviews 

“GO. The wit, charm, energy and creativity on display are delightful and entertaining.” 
Lovell Estell III, LA Weekly