Girls Girls Girls Improvised Musical Comedy http://www.gggimprov.com Broadway-style musicals on the fly! Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:52:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 GGG welcomes back Aden to Saturday Nights! http://www.gggimprov.com/2012/01/ggg-welcomes-back-aden-to-saturday-nights/ http://www.gggimprov.com/2012/01/ggg-welcomes-back-aden-to-saturday-nights/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:37:10 +0000 GirlsGirlsGirls http://www.gggimprov.com/2012/01/ggg-welcomes-back-aden-to-saturday-nights/ Continue reading →]]>

photo courtesy of Kate Hardy Photography

While Aden wasn’t really gone from Girls Girls Girls, she has been unable to do Saturday night shows with us for quite some time as she has been yuckin’ it up over at Esther’s Follies for the better part of the past year.  Well, we are delighted to announce that our first show of 2012 will not only be Aden’s first Saturday Night show with GGG since her time with Esther’s, but we are expecting to have a full cast.  A FULL CAST!!  This Saturday night, get ready for some improvised musical fun as Girls Girls Girls headlines the Saturday Night Special!

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Girls Girls Girls Improvised Musicals Headlines the Saturday Night Special. The Merlin Works Improv 601 Graduates open the show with The Amazing Improvised Race!

Show Details:

  • What: Saturday Night Special
  • Date: Saturday, December 3rd 2011
  • Time: 10:00pm
  • City: Saturday Night Special in Austin, Tx
  • Venue: Salvage Vanguard Theater
  • Address: 2803 Manor Road
  • Country: US
  • Admission: $5
  • Notes: Girls Girls Girls Improvised Musicals Headlines the Saturday Night Special. The Merlin Works Improv 601 Graduates open the show with The Amazing Improvised Race!
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All You Can Eat Waffles and Comedy! Upstairs: Local Genius Society, The Amazon and the Milksop, Girls Girls Girls Improvised Musicals

The 10th annual WaffleFest is a three-day improv comedy festival featuring the best of the Austin Improv scene, with ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT waffles at every show!

Improv comedy in Austin is growing exponentially, and it can be hard to get a handle on everything that’s going on.

Fortunately, WaffleFest features 26 different troupes from all the improv camps in town, all united under one sticky banner of free waffles.

And it’s not just waffles, either. Included in the admission is all the toppings you could want- butter, whipped cream, strawberries, syrup, chocolate sauce, and Nutella.

Show Details:

  • What: Waffle Fest!
  • Date: Thursday, November 17th 2011
  • Time: 10:00pm
  • City: Waffle Fest! in Austin, Tx
  • Venue: The Hideout Theater
  • Address: 617 Congress Avenue
  • Country: US
  • Admission: $10
  • Box office: 512-HIDE-OUT
  • Notes: All You Can Eat Waffles and Comedy! Upstairs: Local Genius Society, The Amazon and the Milksop, Girls Girls Girls Improvised Musicals The 10th annual WaffleFest is a three-day improv comedy festival featuring the best of the Austin Improv scene, with ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT waffles at every show! Improv comedy in Austin is growing exponentially, and it can be hard to get a handle on everything that’s going on. Fortunately, WaffleFest features 26 different troupes from all the improv camps in town, all united under one sticky banner of free waffles. And it’s not just waffles, either. Included in the admission is all the toppings you could want- butter, whipped cream, strawberries, syrup, chocolate sauce, and Nutella. With every passing month, the Austin improv scene is gaining more national attention and respect. Come find out why. If you’re already hooked on improv, this is a great chance to catch your favorite troupes. If you’re new to the scene, come check out a show or two and figure out what you like.
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We filmed all of our Boys of Summer shows and are in the process of putting them all online. You can watch 3 and a half of them (along with some oldies) at Vimeo, 1 at YouTube and more to come soon! Here’s a still from one of our shows:

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In the September 2nd issue of The Austin Chronicle, Robert Faires wrote a feature piece on Girls Girls Girls and the process of what goes on in an improviser’s head during a performance. Luckily, the excellent Boys of Summer show with Jason Finkelman was the focus of the article, entitled:  ”Be Prepared: The secret to improv’s split-second successes is in years of training”

The piece featured interviews with GGG members Shana Merlin and Kacey Samiee, as well as show photos and videos. The article was part of the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival publicity.

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Girls Girls Girls is proud to announce we have been accepted into the New York Musical Improv Festival, November 1 – 6 at the Magnet Theater in New York City. The ladies are so pumped to get to see musicals, improvised and scripted, in the capital of musical theater, NYC. Because of the generous Kickstarter support from our fans, we’ll get to perform our show alongside musical improv troupes from all over the country. The good news is our excellent musical improviser, Jason Laney, is already there!

Normally each improv town has a couple of musical troupes. We have no idea what it will be like to have tons of musical improvisers all in the same place. We’re guessing it’s like band camp and theater camp and nerd camp all combined into one! And we’ll be bringing our experience and knowledge back to Austin when we provide a free community workshop or event in 2012. Stay tuned for us to announce our show dates!


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Featuring Girls Girls Girls at the Salvage Vanguard Theater

Show Details:

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Girls Girls Girls Improvised Musicals

Austin, TX

Girls Girls Girls is Austin, Texas’ oldest all-female musical theater improvisation troupe. Their specialty is creating full-length improvised Broadway musicals from a single audience suggestion. In other words the Girls and their live musicians make up the songs, dances, characters and stories to create one complete, blow-your-socks-off musical…and they do it completely on the fly.

Girls Girls Girls Improvised Musicals has been an artistic collective since September 2002. They have had the pleasure of performing in festivals in Minneapolis, Seattle, Honolulu, Atlanta, Dallas and, of course, our home of Austin, Texas. GGG has taken the honor of Best of the Week of Frontera Fest (ATX), as well as recognition as Austin’s Best Improv Troupe in the Austin Chronicle. GGG conceived and produced the Ladies Are Funny Festival (L.A.F.F.), a comedy showcase for women from around the world.

Previous Festival Appearances:
- Austin Chronicle’s Best of Austin: Winner: Best Improv Group
- Frontera Fest: Winner Best of the Fest, Best of the Week, Wildcard
- Austin Improv Collective: Best Improv Troupe
- Official Headliner: Out of Bounds Improv Festival 2008
- Official Headliner: Twin Cities Improv Festival 2009

Cast:James Rone, Tom Reed 

 

Ringo

Minneapolis, MN

Ringo is James Rone, Tom Reed and a guitar combining forces to create tight-harmonied acoustic songs and hilarious scenes based on an audience suggestion. It’s what would happen if you put your favorite bromance in a blender with the Indigo Girls and pressed the “improv” button.

Ringo combines musical and comedic prowess to deliver an innovative brand of improv that delights audiences on stages across Minneapolis. The members of Ringo perform regularly at Comedy Sportz, Brave New Workshop and Huge Theater and in leading roles in musical theater and hit soul music ensemble, The Robinson Crusoe Organization.

 

Show Details:

  • What: Out of Bounds Comedy Festival
  • Date: Thursday, September 1st 2011
  • Time: 7:30pm
  • City: Out of Bounds Comedy Festival in Austin, Tx
  • Venue: The Hideout Theater
  • Address: 617 Congress Avenue
  • Country: US
  • Admission: $10
  • Age restrictions: All Ages
  • Notes: GGG performs at the Out of Bownds Comedy Festival along with Minneapolis’s improv singing duo Ringo. http://www.outofboundscomedy.com/girls-girls-girls-improvised-musicalsatxringomin/
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It’s America’s two favorite things: Ladies and Foreigners! They will both perform in this double bill for Fourth of July weekend.

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For the Boys of Summer grand finale the tables are turned. The fabulous Jason Laney is coming out from behind the piano to star onstage, singing and dancing along with his troupemates in GGG. You might have seen this Berklee College of Music graduate in Le Sexy or as the musical director for the Coldtowne Sketch Show. He’s known for classical interpretations of Lady Gaga songs, being a great cook, and looking smoking hot in pink and black.  We interviewed this marvelous maestro so you would have something to dream about until he debuts with GGG on Friday August 26th at 10pm at the Hideout Theater.

Show Details:

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