Thank You Ms Stacy


JTS, Hailey, Dwayne, Alexis, Ms Stacy, Ms Khoan, Richard, & Carlos.

A big thank you to my training class and especially our Teacher, Ms Stacy Paris.  She was super positive and helpful with our little bunch.  I want to work in Produce, Ralph's hired me and I trained over 50 hours as a Service Deli Clerk.  While it's not what I intended or will be doing going forward, I appreciated meeting, working, and learning with this crew.  Good people from interesting places doing interesting things.  They ham radio with with the Space Station, they fish for yellow tail off the coast of Catalina, they're librarians at the public library, they're working moms, they're Shaolin Kung Fu Teachers, and they are loving mothers from Wichita who just moved to LA to be close to their daughters.  And we all had a great teacher and caring friend in Ms Stacey.  Thank You.  


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Harlequino



Brought a buddy to a place I'm intimidated as all get out by.  Actor's Gang style is rooted in homage to the over 500 year old Comedia tradition.  The show, Harlequino, illuminated some simple truths about the genre, it's characters, familiar storylines, and bits.  The show began with a "Tear in the Curtain" as a ruckus in the lobby broke out.  The audience could only hear the exchange and watch as some actors left the stage to tend to the drama.  It added a welcome reality that was echoed in the second act when Harlequino was escorted away by the Magistrate Deus Ex Machina.  The Good Doctor narrates this living lecture on the world of Comedia del Arte, but whether the focus is on Harlequino or Pantalone the audience is left wonder.  The magic found most of my focus.  But everything about the ensemble was entertaining & enchanting.  Come what may, I hope to continue appreciating the Actor's Gang of Culver City.  The Lobby alone reminds me of Second City, Annoyance, & some Gaslight District Cabaret with all the framed photos and show posters from ensembles past.  The stage echoes The Rep's open playing space and an improv stage: When the performers are not in a scene, they can be seen off to the side, enjoying the show along with the audience.  I enjoyed the show along with everyone.
Harlequino On To Freedom . Actors Gang . Thursday - Saturday through October 31.
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Backroom Twelfth Night

presents
12th Night


Bar Lubitsch's backroom was Red with Gold trim and lit like some Stanley Kubrick film.  Packed with people, a few always familiar for a smile miles from Chicago.  The evening's introductions alone worth remembering.  A group cheers & the show began.  Close enough to be bumped into by the talented cast and catch the authenticity, humor, & truth which the intros requested we listen for.  Joy was always in the room.  Giggles by groups of friends egged on performers and they in turn would sit upon a lap or hide behind a shoulder.  The light never changed and the music was sung and played by the modern day lute, accoustic guitar.

Twelfth Night was a fun night.  I got to see the ISC's Joey Bland whiskey mixer up two parts.  Laura Wilkinson's Malvolio was the best Malvio performance I've ever enjoyed.  But then again that's Laura.  Once again Backroom Shakespeare delighted another packed room of enthusiasts who bought seven dollar beers and drinks and donated what they could because they're more than happy to cheers a Twelfth Night.

Bar Lubitsch . 7702 Santa Monica

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Dr Who Bews Room

Walked in on a star studded Armando wrapping up a newlyweds's journey.  Sometimes you highfive your stepson at an orgy.  Funny Show.



Stuck around for Dr Who Live at 10. I know nothing about Dr Who, the Tv Franchise or the 1996 Made for TV Movies.  I googled that much. The Show's references were maybe lost on me. I enjoyed it, the same way I hope anyone can enjoy any genre based show like Improvised Star Trek, Shakespeare, Jane Austin, or Hitchcock. I apologize if my obnoxious laugh was not in synch with the greater audience.  It was a fun show to unexpectedly appreciate.  From what I can tell of the Dr Who, She's a beautiful African woman, she's got wizard powers that she uses to both fight the Macro-Cosmic Bad Guys in a never ending war, while also helping out some normal folk on the side.  Cool? Cool.  The Show tonight was of a couple of brothers, one of which had a tendancy to murder, which in the end, saved the life of the brother he tricked into riding the slide to nowhere.  Also Dr Who's megalomaniac buddy fell in love with a robot which programmed itself with love.  Couple Laser Axes, cool needle drops, & some Interdimentional Teleportation later, Lights & Applause.  If you like Dr Who, this show is for you.  If you have a lot of money and wear diamonds and gold and picking up drinks and shots and like space travel and wizards, yes and this show is for you too. If, like me, you stumbled in on a whim, then you'll be glad you did.  I'm glad I did.

Then the Bews Room broke out.  A comedy drinking game show complete with stand-up contestants, free beers, taquilla shots, & a Playboy Radio Show Host who, respectfully, looked like a professionally accredited &; accompished pole dancer.  Yes, I will stay for your show throwing beers at me.  It was trivia & impressions mixed with charisma and sex appeal.  Everything Hollywood means to some at 11pm on a Saturday Night.  I think this show appeals to everyone, but especially so for those who like to party time usa rent, own, lease, drink, smoke, fuck, frat, bike, tattoo parlor, porno palace, vegas baby, Draft Kings, pool party, float trip, sports, jet, mercedes, rule!  I had fun.

Sobered up with Cody talking shops and scenes.  He's moving the comedy chains at the Nerdist while studying improv around town. Humbled at how much is going on everywhere.  Know I'll never see enough.  Till then I enjoyed a couple more shows at iO.  Move them chains.  Move them chains.  MIZ. Go Big Blue. Yes And Thank You. ZOU. Move them chains.
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What Goes Around, with The Reckoning

improvised by


Guy once saw his parents' abusive basement sex, they never really talked about it, so onto Galveston to be a tiny woman. Bought an inch of weed and a pound of hair. One day he/she met a brunette, brown out of her luck but beautiful and still got a heart. She can't tell the difference between race or age. Alive, they fell in love and got married in the Catholic Church. Maybe whats gone has already been back and gone again? Maybe you can never leave what's left behind? Maybe people just get married and fuck.



Another kind audience, another humbled thank You. I enjoyed Alex's accompaniment, Brad's character, Holly's grace, and Charlie & Eric for going all the way. 
September 24 2015 10pm at iO West Mainstage
jts





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