The Project: a look back!

[The Project]

At the end of March 2008, The Project ends after a good 3+ years, and I just realized how many people and teams were part of this enjoyable improv experiment. Take a look!:


2005 ("The Early Year"):

"Tuscadero"
Pat Baer
Angela DeManti
Alex Marino
Tiffany Morningstar
Louie Pearlman
Zach Tabacco

"Yar's Revenge"
Tony Carnevale
Stan Laikowski
JB Rote
Chris Schneider
Dave Warth
Becky Yamamoto

"Primal Bias"
Kevin Cragg
Kevin Hines
Will Hines
Dave Lombard
Gavin Speiller
Erik Tanouye

"¡Festante!"
Julie Brister
Matt Donnelly
Jim Festante
Rebekka Johnson
Caitlin Miller

"Butter"
Amanda Allan
Michael Jeffrey Cohen
Elana Fishbein
Alan Fessenden
Jen MacNeil
Maddy Mako

"Nice Squad!"
Rob Cacy
Erin Rose Foley
Birch Harms
Matt Pack
Sean Taylor
Zach Woods

"Team Roo Roo"
Neil Casey
Brett Gelman
John Gemberling
Curtis Gwinn
Will Nunziata
Joe Wengert

"Merchants of Chaos"
Bob Alstrum-Acevedo
Dominic Dierkes
Dave Furfero
Dan Goodman
Ernie Privetera
Ben Schwartz

"Dunaway"
Jessica Allen
Liz Black
Jeff Hiller
Lennon Parham
Amy Rhodes
Eliza Skinner

"The Impossibles"
Chuck Dauble
Mo Fathelbab
Nick Gibbons
Mike Hagen
Rachael Mason
Andy Rocco

"The Biggest Dog in the World"
Brendan Gallagher
Sue Galloway
Federico Garduno
Rob Lathan
Silvija Ozols
Nate Shelkey

"Iditarod Stewart"
Danielle Cook
Jen Hammaker
Porter Mason
Billy Merritt
Ryan Rogers
Shelly Stover

"Fat Kitchen"
Jane Borden
Brian Fountain
Chris Himes
Terry Jinn
Risa Sang-urai
Ptolemy Slocum



2006 ("The Draft Year"):

"Kitten Men"
Kirk Damato
Dave Furfero
Fedrico Garduno
Louis Kornfeld
Stan Laikowski
Dave Lombard
LeMar McLean
Dave Warth

"The Vishnu-Bopp Improv Pandemic"
Kelly Buttermore
Jim Festante
Silvija Ozols
Matt Pack
Ben Schwartz
Alix Sternberg
Erik Tanouye
Becky Yamamoto

"Megastore"
Pat Baer
Tara Copeland
BJ Gallagher
Jon Gutierrez
Rebekka Johnson
Billy Merritt
Andy Rocco
Kristina Sepulveda

"Weiner Dog"
Rob Cacy
James Eason
Maddy Mako
Ryan Rogers
Risa Sang-urai
Nate Shelkey
Ryan Sturt
Beth White

"Dystopia"
Tony Carnevale
Danielle Cook
Kevin Cragg
Nick Gibbons
Dan Goodman
Jen MacNeil
Stacy Mayer
Chris Schneider

"Danger Death Ray"
Mike Hagen
Damon Ketron
Rachel Korowitz
Dyna Moe
Tiffany Morningstar
Pamela Murphy
Ernie Privetera
JB Rote

"The Fightin' Lobcats"
Bob Acevedo
Matt Decoster
Birch Harms
Chris Himes
Caitlin Miller
John Murray
Megan Neuringer
Jodi Skeris

"Confession Mobile"
Carl Arnheiter
Jane Borden
Lou Fernandez
Terry Jinn
Rob Lathan
Rachael Mason
Ptolemy Slocum
Shelly Stover

"Pancake"
Amanda Allan
Matt Donnelly
Mo Fathelbab
Dan Gregor
Jen Hammaker
Kevin Hines
Shannon O'Neill
Eliza Skinner

"Breathalyzer"
George Basil
Christian Cappozolli
Angela DeManti
Dominic Dierkes
Alex Marino
AJ Morales
Sean Taylor
Dave Thunder

"The Rebecca Factory"
Michael Jeffrey Cohen
Paul W. Downs
Alan Fessenden
Elana Fishbein
Erin Rose Foley
Louie Pearlman
Marian Rosin
Rosemary Stevens



2007/2008 ("The Competition Years"):

"Aunt Kathy"
Kelly Buttermore, Diana DePasquale, Jen MacNeil, Michele Medlin, Jen Nails, Sarah Nowak

"Touchdown Dierkes"
Jon Bander, Greg Burke, Dominic Dierkes, Donald Glover, Dan Gregor, DC Pierson

"Bright Eyes"
Jessica Allen, Eugene Cordero, Alan Fessenden, LeMar McLean, John Murray, Jean Villepique (later addition: Amy Heidt)

"The Ghosty Teen Mysteries"
Lynn Bixenspan, Kirk Damato, Violet Krumbein, Mary Regan, Ainsley Waller, Dave Warth (later additions: Betsy Todd & Ernie Privetera)

"Strongers"
Elna Baker, Will Hines, Terry Jinn, Ptolemy Slocum, Shelly Stover, Kevin Townley (later additions: Ellie Kemper & Andrew Secunda)

"Super Breakout"
Kevin Cragg, Matt DeCoster, Rob Lathan, Andy Rocco, Sean Taylor, Dave Thunder

"The Adoricorns"
George Basil, Tara Copeland, Paul Downs, Marcy Jarreau, Garrett Palm, Nicholas Zimmerman

"Gift of the Wild"
Amanda Allan, Pat Baer, Tiffany Morningstar, Pamela Murphy, Risa Sang-urai, Eliza Skinner (later addition: Katie Cheek)

"Trademark"
Jodi Skeris, Bob Acevado, Birch Harms, Eileen Mullane, Jim Santangeli, Phil Wedo

"Team Fernandez"
Lou Fernandez, Ashley Ward, Matt Stinton, Nate Starkey, Matt Oberg, Sarah Nowak (later addition: Kevin Cragg)

"Mice Cream"
Erin Rose Foley, Jon Golbe, Ethan Kaye, Shannon Manning, Louie Pearlman, Betsy Stover

"Fiefdom"
Chris Camp, Shelly Kauffman, Pat Love, Kim Rittberg, Jamey Shafer, Trevor Williams

"Jon & Mo's Salute to Feminism featuring Leggy Dames!"
Sarah Burns, Mo Fathelbab, Amey Goerlich, Jon Gutierrez, Katie Schorr, Ari Scott

"Hop Fries"
Karisa Bruin, Cliff Campbell, Hannah Chase, Andrew Dahl, Sean Taylor, Joe Thistle

"Longbottom"
Jenny Gabel. Bob Grady, Maddy Mako, David Murray, Rebecca Teran, Charlie Whitcroft (later addition: Corey Grimes)

"Kid Friendly"
Joe Garden, Kara Klenk, Mark Lee, Johnny McNulty, John Meigs, Jill Morris

"Machine Wash Tuxedo"
Lauren Bahlman, Jen Bartels, Stu Goldstein, Alex Malaos, Chris Schell, Neal Shukla

"Afternow"
Benjamin Apple, Christine Nangle, Josh Patten, Jennifer Schwerer, Ryan Wilensky, Terry Withers


I know, right? Thanks for being part of it everyone!

Thanks to all who helped out with the show throughout its history!
(Of course I have to mention Cat Kemp, Maddy Mako, Abigoliah Shamaun, & Dave Bluvband on the tech booth.)

And the countless improvisers who performed in the "Big Team Skirmish"!

Four more shows left!

-Terry

 

[Maddy]

Oh, Big Team Skirmish!

 

[TerryJ]

Oh, Big Team Skirmish!

"Since the dawn of Man, there has been conflict...
People fighting over scraps of food...
over territory...
over love...
After the Third World War, which nearly destroyed humanity,
the remaining people of the earth have abolished fighting,
and now settle their differences through improv comedy.
This is their story.
This is Big Team Skirmish."

-Terry

 

[ProfessorKirk]

Who was Masked Poultry?

 

[TerryJ]

Who was Masked Poultry?

You mean "Unknown Poultry"? I don't know, but he was a real asshole.

On the other end of the spectrum, how about that Erik Tanouye! Great improviser and gracious human being. No wonder he is the "Anchorman".

-Terry

 

[Regan]

Thank you for being such a great host for over three years, Terry. It was an honor to be a part of the Project!

 

[Maddy]

Do you remember how Confesion Mobile got their name?

 

[beckybean]

man, when the project started i was so excited, i went every week! i love those days!

 

[Morningstar]

Thank you for the awesome times and delicious candy bars, the Project!

 

[TerryJ]

Do you remember how Confesion Mobile got their name?

I believe it was in a scene in our first show. I am sure Lathan or Carl was somehow involved. (I just walked into Carl in the hall, as we work at the same company. To initiate the scene, Carl started as a priest... and Lathan pulled up in a car beside him.)

man, when the project started i was so excited, i went every week! i love those days!

¡Viva Festante! (Also, Jim Festante. I hope he lives a long time.)

-Terry

 

[schwerer]

Wow. That's some list! What an honor to participate in such a long and glorious tradition.
Let's finish this thing up with a bang!

 

[PatBaer]

I will miss the project greatly. Its been a huge part of my life these last 3 years. From my first improv group to being on a team with Billy to getting the chance to create my own group.... thanks Terry.

 

[ChrisCamp]

Some of the funniest improvised shows I've ever seen performed in New York took place at The Project. I feel fortunate to have taken part for a few seasons! It's been such a supportive, light-hearted and fun atmosphere at all the shows. Gotta love that.

 

[TheMonkey]

MORE TEAMS!

Also Blue Team!

also The Worst.

 

[donweasel]

The Project: Small Haiku Not-skirmish

The Project broke ground.
A wonderful gift to all.
Thank you Terry Jinn.

 

[TerryJ]

I am, at best, an awkward host.

For some reason, I love repeating the bad intro jokes over and over again.

The best, I think, was the intro for Primal Bias:
"This next team is a Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction novel... please welcome to the stage Primal Bias!"

The next best was for Dunaway:
"This next team is an Academy award-winning actress... please welcome... Dunaway!"

I would intro those teams with those exact lines every time they had a show.

The scene that, without fail, people bring up over and over again as one of the funniest scenes they've ever seen (in any improv show) is Team Roo Roo's "JAG" scene.

-Terry

 

[qnarf]

boo tony!
thanks, terry, for the project.

 

[R and R]

I loved doing this. Thanks Terry. The Impossibles and Confession Mobile were fun fun fun.

 

[Shannon Manning]

boxhead!

 

[TerryJ]

boxhead!

I think that's the Masked Improviser (to the left of Boxhead)? And that is definitely that jerk "Unknown Poultry" on the right.

-Terry