The Basics Okay, this is a game pretty similar to something you’ve probably played before. A suggestion card is read and you have to come up with an answer that fits it. Usually this is done by picking from cards in your hand. Sound familiar? Our game is like that only you get to use your phone instead of the … Read More
My Top 10 Favorite Games – 8 of 10
Connect the Dots It harkens to my long-form days back with my first improv troupe Knock You Socks Off, where the gimmicks of short-form were tiresome and frustrating. So much of a ‘good’ show was measured by the amount of laughter from an audience and less on the experience of the actors. Any joke gets old, and by then Quick … Read More
My Top 10 Favorite Games – 7 of 10
Greatest Hits Who’s Line is it Anyway? has become a staple for comedy improv, not only for its clean-cut condensed 30 minute T.V. format, but because it features a couple brilliant musically talented performers. And every song made up on the spot by Wayne Brady is a god-damn Billboard chart topper. If only everyone knew how difficult that … Read More
My Top 10 Favorite Games – 5 of 10
Dead People It was Ryan Locante that made me love this game. He was hoisted up by another actor animating his lifeless body. Someone lost control somewhere and he lunged forward, with limp arms and feeble legs. Once caught, still leaning forward, his eyes bulged out of his shaved head, and he looked like Moby getting kicked in the nuts. … Read More
My Top 10 Favorite Games – 6 of 10
Missing Shakespeare “They talk weirid. There’s all those words.” She says. “I can’t understand. I just don’t geet it.” I’m on my third beer wondering how I’m going to convey in some sort of efficient, and un-condescending, way the significance of Shakespeare today. It was an auditorial art. Reading and writing were not common back then, so the understudy couldn’t … Read More
Quick Wits In Review – October 17th and 18th
Quick Wits – Friday – October 17, 2014 Very important stuff on Friday night! We now know that women are the leading cause of global warming. And Joel / Luke certainly got more than they bargained for in “Game-O-Matic” when Blake’s game name for “J-K-L” ended up being “Joel Kisses Luke”. Pretty self-explanatory… no need to ask. But even better … Read More
Quick Wits Recap – October 10th and 11th
Pretty crazy weekend at Quick Wits. First was a Friday night where we invited Comedy Hypnotist John Moyer to the theatre. We put off our regular show to see what John could do to our crowd. The results were hilarious! John had volunteers dancing, playing instruments, strutting around proudly thinking they had see-through clothes, and a whole lot more. It … Read More
Quick Wits In Review – October 3rd and 4th
Quick Wits – Friday – October 3, 2014 Another very fun and crazy Friday night at Quick Wits. For the past few months Quick Wits has been doing some different shows on Friday. This has included Stand Up, Cards Against Humanity Shows, Battle Royales, and all sorts of things. But this Friday it was back to just a regular Wits … Read More
My Top 10 Favorite Games – 4 of 10
Human Prop All audience participation games are great. In fact, most of our away shows consist of prodding audience members up in front of their peers and making fun of them in some way or another. Human Prop, however, burst the safety bubble of everyone, audience participant or not. The humor becomes multi-layered; much more complex as both actor … Read More