Tonight at 9pm! The RISE Repertory Company presents the Concept Album!
RISE Repertory Company is a new show that brings you new long-form improv forms like the JTS Brown, Harold, Concept Album, The Subject, and so many more! These veteran improvisers will give you a show that you can't see anywhere else in Colorado and possibly the world. And even if you don't know what we just said, you'll enjoy it we promise!
CAST:
Cass Jacoby, Margarita Archilla-Kohart, Joey Ciraca, Anatasha Blakely, Jacob Sorling, Melissa Schenter, Matt Rodriquez, Haley Cohen, Jorge Soto, Asa Erlendson, Nick Armstrong, Eleanor Hollinsworth, Connor Schuck, Robyn Mohan
Directed by: Nick Armstrong
Comedy is my church. No pretending, just authentic thoughts and shared messes. Find your humanity, find connection, find yourself laughing. Get a ticket!! helenerose.com/comedy #ComedyIsLife #Authenticity #SelfReflection #MentalHealthAwareness #Humanity #StandUpComedy #DenverComedy #LaughOutLoud #FindYourself #ReelsComedy
🎤 LAST CALL, COMICS 🎤
Tomorrow is the FINAL day to submit for the Rise Comedy Festival Stand Up Competition happening July 24th & 25th in Denver, Colorado!
Whether you’re a seasoned killer or an up-and-coming comic ready for a bigger stage, this is your shot to perform as part of the Rise Comedy festival weekend alongside incredible comedians from all over.
Two nights. Big crowds. Festival energy. A chance to show what you can do.
Don’t talk yourself out of submitting. Send the tape.
🗓 Submission deadline: TOMORROW
🎭 Competition dates: July 24–25
📍 Denver, Colorado
See you at the mic. 🎙️
THIS SATURDAY 6-7:30PM - Let's Get Loud! Musical Comedy Variety Show @risecomedy
Catch a special Denver Fringe Festival Preview of Musical Comedy acts followed by Minor Adjustments: The Improvised Musical.
Featuring -
@thompsonpowers@blakeisaclown
John Clayman
#denverfringefestival #musicalimprov #comedy #improvisedmusical #musicalcomedy
Scene Study focuses on group scene work, centered on a contemporary play. The class will include a table read of the script, followed by individual scene assignments in which actors will develop skills including script work, blocking, moment-to-moment acting work and rehearsal technique. This class culminates in a final showcase performance of the rehearsed scenes.
Actors should be prepared to work in small groups with optional outside rehearsal.
Acting 201 (Tuesdays 5/19-6/23 @6 :30pm-9:15pm )
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instructor: Jessica Austgen is an award-winning actor and improviser who realized that doing improv made her acting better, and acting experience made her improv better. Neat!
Jess performs at Rise Comedy with The King Penny Radio Show, an improvised 1940’s radio drama. She’s the one in the blonde wig, Vera VonDunk. You may have also seen her onstage as Renfield in Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really at the Arvada Center or in David Byrne’s Theater of the Mind at the DCPA.
Teaching work includes DCPA, Denver School of the Arts, University of Denver, Camp Improv Utopia, Denver Improv Festival, University of Northern Colorado, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado Thespian Convention.
Awards: Colorado Theater Person of the Year 2018 (True West Awards), Best Actress in a Comedy (Westword, Best of Denver 2003, 2012), Best Supporting Actress in a Play (Marlowe Awards 2015, 2019), Best Ensemble (Henry Award, 2017)
Tonight at 7pm, see Kaytlin Bailey's The Oldest Profession
The Oldest Profession is a mad dash through 10,000 years of history from a sex worker’s perspective.
Stand up comic, historian and sex worker rights advocate Kaytlin Bailey offers a new angle on the world’s oldest profession, reframing the story of western civilization through the perspective of stigmatized women. Weaving history, stand-up comedy, and lived experience in a fast-paced and profoundly moving solo show. The performance is punctuated by a projected art history slideshow.
Opener for this special event is the amazing Lizzy Wolfson!
Tonight at 7pm, Come watch as some of Denver's top comedians commit to deceit and murder, as they play the Traitors game live on stage. Based on the popular social deduction game adapted for TV, 'The Traitors: Improvised' will divide the player into two groups: The Faithful and The Traitors. The Traitors will lie, manipulate and MURDER The Faithful one by one. The Faithful will try to discover who the Traitors are, and vote banish them. Shall they be successful and rid the castle of all The Traitors by the end, they win. However, if Traitor makes it to the end, they will win! Will the faithful sleuth out the Traitors, or will the Traitors deceive their way to the end? So join us for laughing, drinking and MURDER as the game is afoot!
Dead Parents Club gets to perform on the same stage as these other amazing shows. If you want to see multiple shows buy tickets to all of em or get a festival pass so you can see as many as your sweet little heart desires.
