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Because this is the first year for the CITD, the competition shows will be professionally taped and edited into a DVD available shortly after the festival! Come be part of the event, the fun, the weekend and the DVD for the very first Comedy Improv Throw Down!
Featuring:
Don't Break the Streak, Harrisburg, PA (Hosting)
1. The Second Place Champions, Glassboro, NJ
4. Hustlebot, Pittsburgh, PA
5. Dutch Blitzkrieg, Lancaster, PA
6. The Pitt Improvers, Bradford, PA
7. Face Off, New York, NY
9. Mishmash, New York, NY
10. MacCloskey and Myers, Dallastown, PA
11. D.U.P.E.D. Washington, D.C.
12. ShawnMikael(s), Washington D.C.
13. Supercrab, NY, NY
14. Blank Slate, Bethesda, MD
15. Fling Improv, Bethesda, MD
16. Dr Bayber's Secret Mischief Tape, New York, NY
Don't Break the Streak Improv is proud to announce the first annual, Harrisburg Comedy Zone 2010 Comedy Improv Throw Down!
This comedy festival is being held August 13-15th at the Harrisburg Comedy Zone in New Cumberland Pennsylvania.
16 Improv troupes will battle it out until one is left standing! Mixed in with all the competition and evening shows, at the Harrisburg Comedy Zone,
we have over 14 hours of improv workshops! Seven 2 hour blocks with the following lessons:
Harold workshop - by Hustlebot
How to get good paying gigs - by The Second Place Champions
Finding Your Best Characters - by Dutch Blitzkrieg
Musical Improv - by Mishmash
Favorite Short Form Games - by The Pitt Improvers
Breaking it down and working the gimmick - use the built in gimmicks of the game to get the most out of a scene - by Face Off
I Am Brave and Fearless, So What Am I So Afraid Of? - by Rick Horner from Activity Book
How Much Does it Cost? (Must be 21 or older to attend because we have a full bar on premises.)
The show admission for ALL performances is $20 per person
The workshop fee for ALL classes is $40 per person
Buy a combo ticket for just $50 and enjoy every improv show, competition and workshop for one low fee!
Want to attend only one workshop or show? No problem. $10 per class or show!
Current competition and Show Schedule
Friday 8/13/2010
5PM - 8PM Registration / Cocktail Party at Doc Holliday's
9PM - 10:30PM - Don't Break the Streak Improv Show in the Harrisburg Comedy Zone (official start of the festival!)
Saturday 8/14/2010
Noon - 6PM - 16 competing teams will be weeded down to just 6 who advance! (20 minutes per team)
8PM - 9:30PM - First evening show with the first three finalists each performing for 30 minutes in front of a general public audience. TWO teams will advance to Sunday.
10:30PM - 12:00AM Second evening show with the final three finalists each performing for 30 minutes in front of a general public audience. TWO teams will advance to Sunday.
Sunday 8/15/2010
Noon - 3PM - Final showdown between the top four teams from Saturday night. Two teams selected from the 8PM show and two teams from the 10:30PM show will throw down in the Harrisburg Comedy Zone. Each team will perform for 30 minutes with a 15 minute intermission between shows. The top two WINNING IMPROV TROUPES will be selected at this time.
6PM - 7:30 - Winning two teams battle it out in front of a live audience for the grand prize! Each team gets 45 minutes to perform and the winner will be selected at the end of the night. This final battle will wrap up the Comedy Improv Throw Down for 2010! 45 minutes, 10 minute intermission and the final 45 minutes from the final troupe.
Judging Criteria / Method
This Comedy Improv Throw Down will have three judges, each scoring the performance on a scale of 1-10. Judge number 1 is an expert in the field of improvisation and will be judging based on any long form / short form technical matter. The second judge will be a local celebrity and will vote solely on his or her entertainment value of the sketch. The third judge is a representative of the people...the people in the audience that is! The third judges job requires him or her to observe the audience more closely and monitor the "entertainment value" from the audience perspective and vote accordingly thus involving the entire audience into the voting process as well. (If you have fans, convince them to come root for your troupe!)
We're going to have a great Improv weekend and the opportunity to learn from others, what their strong points are, all in a peer to peer equal environment. Improv actors helping other improv actors period. Ok, we will be drinking a little too... some of us maybe a lot but we WILL be having fun either way. Come on out to a new type of improv Festival and tell everyone you were here when they did the first one back in 2010!
Register Here today!
Featuring:
Don't Break the Streak, Harrisburg, PA (Hosting)
1. The Second Place Champions, Glassboro, NJ
4. Hustlebot, Pittsburgh, PA
5. Dutch Blitzkrieg, Lancaster, PA
6. The Pitt Improvers, Bradford, PA
7. Face Off, New York, NY
9. Mishmash, New York, NY
10. MacCloskey and Myers, Dallastown, PA
11. D.U.P.E.D. Washington, D.C.
12. ShawnMikael(s), Washington D.C.
13. Supercrab, NY, NY
14. Blank Slate, Bethesda, MD
15. Fling Improv, Bethesda, MD
16. Dr Bayber's Secret Mischief Tape, New York, NY
Don't Break the Streak Improv is proud to announce the first annual, Harrisburg Comedy Zone 2010 Comedy Improv Throw Down!
This comedy festival is being held August 13-15th at the Harrisburg Comedy Zone in New Cumberland Pennsylvania.
16 Improv troupes will battle it out until one is left standing! Mixed in with all the competition and evening shows, at the Harrisburg Comedy Zone,
we have over 14 hours of improv workshops! Seven 2 hour blocks with the following lessons:
Harold workshop - by Hustlebot
How to get good paying gigs - by The Second Place Champions
Finding Your Best Characters - by Dutch Blitzkrieg
Musical Improv - by Mishmash
Favorite Short Form Games - by The Pitt Improvers
Breaking it down and working the gimmick - use the built in gimmicks of the game to get the most out of a scene - by Face Off
I Am Brave and Fearless, So What Am I So Afraid Of? - by Rick Horner from Activity Book
How Much Does it Cost? (Must be 21 or older to attend because we have a full bar on premises.)
The show admission for ALL performances is $20 per person
The workshop fee for ALL classes is $40 per person
Buy a combo ticket for just $50 and enjoy every improv show, competition and workshop for one low fee!
Want to attend only one workshop or show? No problem. $10 per class or show!
Current competition and Show Schedule
Friday 8/13/2010
5PM - 8PM Registration / Cocktail Party at Doc Holliday's
9PM - 10:30PM - Don't Break the Streak Improv Show in the Harrisburg Comedy Zone (official start of the festival!)
Saturday 8/14/2010
Noon - 6PM - 16 competing teams will be weeded down to just 6 who advance! (20 minutes per team)
8PM - 9:30PM - First evening show with the first three finalists each performing for 30 minutes in front of a general public audience. TWO teams will advance to Sunday.
10:30PM - 12:00AM Second evening show with the final three finalists each performing for 30 minutes in front of a general public audience. TWO teams will advance to Sunday.
Sunday 8/15/2010
Noon - 3PM - Final showdown between the top four teams from Saturday night. Two teams selected from the 8PM show and two teams from the 10:30PM show will throw down in the Harrisburg Comedy Zone. Each team will perform for 30 minutes with a 15 minute intermission between shows. The top two WINNING IMPROV TROUPES will be selected at this time.
6PM - 7:30 - Winning two teams battle it out in front of a live audience for the grand prize! Each team gets 45 minutes to perform and the winner will be selected at the end of the night. This final battle will wrap up the Comedy Improv Throw Down for 2010! 45 minutes, 10 minute intermission and the final 45 minutes from the final troupe.
Judging Criteria / Method
This Comedy Improv Throw Down will have three judges, each scoring the performance on a scale of 1-10. Judge number 1 is an expert in the field of improvisation and will be judging based on any long form / short form technical matter. The second judge will be a local celebrity and will vote solely on his or her entertainment value of the sketch. The third judge is a representative of the people...the people in the audience that is! The third judges job requires him or her to observe the audience more closely and monitor the "entertainment value" from the audience perspective and vote accordingly thus involving the entire audience into the voting process as well. (If you have fans, convince them to come root for your troupe!)
We're going to have a great Improv weekend and the opportunity to learn from others, what their strong points are, all in a peer to peer equal environment. Improv actors helping other improv actors period. Ok, we will be drinking a little too... some of us maybe a lot but we WILL be having fun either way. Come on out to a new type of improv Festival and tell everyone you were here when they did the first one back in 2010!
Register Here today!