Friday, March 30, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Performer of the Week: Becky Schroeter
Who do you admire?
What is one of your most memorable moments performing?
Monday, March 26, 2007
Week Four Highlights
Scary animals need friends too. Best friends, a tiger and a bat long for other friends to play with. Too many games of rock, paper, scissors and goat, sheep, lemon were making them crazy. Meanwhile, two zoo collectors were pondering how they could sell more tickets. They thought that adding some scary animals to their zoo would attract more patrons. They ventured to the farthest reaches of the jungle to find their would-be scary attractions. Sure enough, they found the scary animal friends and captured both of them. A wandering panda was also caught in the fiasco and escaped with the zoo keeper’s hat. The panda wasn’t afraid to help the scary tiger and bat. She devised a plan to lure the evil zoo keepers into the cage using the hat she had stolen. Once they had the zoo keeper’s captured, they forced the zoo keeper’s to be scary to know how it felt like to be trapped in a cage being scary all the time. They realized their wrongs and everyone lived a happy life playing goat, sheep, lemon.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Jacob Clark wrote a review about Hogwash for the Seattle Gay News.
University Theater offers wonderful programs for kids, or the kid in all of us
March 23, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Performer of the Week: Arthur Allen
Mark Twain for his wit.
Charlie Chaplin because he made extremely hard work look like so much fun. His work is brilliant.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Week Three Highlights
Scientists have found that sad potatoes don’t grow very well. A farmer realized this when her potatoes would not grow. She called on the help of a klutzy fairy who had trouble helping. A watering fairy came along to help but she didn’t have enough water to make a whole field of potatoes happy. A pair of conniving leprechauns decided that they wanted to poison the field of potatoes for nonsensical reasons. You know how leprechauns are! The fairies and the farmer sought help from a wise tree creature who helped them make a rain storm to water the field before the leprechauns could carry out their plan. The potatoes grew real big and sprouted arms and feet and danced a happy potato dance with the farmer and the helpful fairies. The rain stopped and a rainbow appeared which made the sneaky leprechauns happy too. Rain storms rule!
Come have fun with us next week at 2pm!
Chicago Tour Announced - APRIL 2007.
Jerk Alert Productions presents...
Bailiwick Arts Center Studio Theatre
1229 W Belmont Avenue | Chicago IL 60657
April 21, 22, 28, 29, 2007
Saturday / Sunday @ 2 p.m.
BUY TICKETS RIGHT HERE
$15.00 for adults
$13.00 for children
Free for kids under 3
STARRING:
Gillian Bellinger
Aaron Caponigro
Kate Cohen
Megan Green
Shelby Jennings
Jason Knauf
Kara Kulhanek
Vinnie Lacey
Tim Young
Jill Olson
Martin Verni
Darrin Townsend
Chrissy Swinko
Matt Owens
director: Shelby Jennings
producer: Jill Olson
executive producer: Jason Anfinsen
executive producer: BJ Tregoning
art director: Jason Knauf
technical director: Matt Owens
Monday, March 12, 2007
Week Two Highlights
In other news, it turns out that if you sing into a magical microphone, especially one that talks to you, you can in fact be transported to just outside the gates of the Smuckers Peanut butter factory. If you ever happen to find yourself there, scream really loud to the princess in the tower and wait patiently as she runs down the long, long, long spiral staircase. Beware, however, of the two parrots that may have overheard you singing, and followed you. While you’re being introduced to the gnomes and the head elf, the two parrots may accidentally eat all of the peanut butter in the factory, and thus, the world. If this does happen, fear not! Simply ask everyone to help make more peanut butter and soon there will be enough for everyone once again!
Be a part of the fun!!!
Come see Hogwash every Saturday!!!
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Feature Article in The Falcon Newspaper.
According to the kids: Hogwash lets audience tell the story
The Falcon Newspaper
March 7, 2007
WOW. The press digs our show. Now you have to come see us Saturday!
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Feature Article in The UW DAILY
"Hogwash: An Improvised Tall Tale sets the bar quite a bit higher."
Below is the link for the full article. Many thanks to The Daily for their support. See ya Saturday!
That's a load of Hogwash
The UW Daily
March 6, 2007
Monday, March 5, 2007
Opening Day Highlights!
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Hogwash Opens March 3 in SEATTLE
Jerk Alert Productions and Wing-It Productions are thrilled to announce the jubilant return of...
Saturday March 3 - May 19, 2007
Historic University Theater
5510 University Way N.E.
Seattle, WA 98105
2 P.M.
$10.00 for adults
$8.00 for children
kids under 3 get in free
(206) 297 1767 / buy tickets here
HOGWASH is an hour long extravaganza of the arts, implementing improvisation, music, storytelling, drama, for an educational afternoon of family theatre. Seasoned actors jump into action at the kooky suggestions of each brilliant audience of 3 - 103 year old narrators, who drive the exciting plot into a world of unknown possibilities. As each weird story is acted out, graphic artists paint props, draw backdrops, and illustrate key set designs to enhance the bizarre reality of every tale. Seattle jazz / funk band The Hamstrings score every scene with an instrumental soundtrack that elevates every exciting moment.
HOGWASH was created in Chicago 2004 by Jason Anfinsen is one of dozens of art projects from Jerk Alert Productions, an independent theatrical collective of actors, writers, directors, musicians, painters responsible for some of the freshest underground theater, books, and films on the planet: Stimulus, Haener Vs. Haener, Pep Rally, Juke All Over Your Face, Stab At Sleep, Popularity Contest & Fun Factory. This run of HOGWASH is directed by Lauren Domino, and co-produced with Wing-It Productions, creators of the wildly entertaining Jet City Improv & Twisted Flicks.
NATIONAL PRESS
"Highly Recommended" - Chicago Reader
"Kid friendly improv with edge" - The Seattle Times
"Educates while it entertains" - Timeout Chicago
"Improv comedy for the 3-12 set" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Creative and unique" - Go City Kids
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
2005 Chicago Improv Festival.
2005 Toronto Improv Festival.
2007 Seattle Festival of Improvisational Theater.