Impro Theatre’s

A completely improvised play in the style of Stephen Sondheim

Directed by

Dan O’Connor & michele spears

Set & Costume Designer

Sandra Burns

Lighting Designer

Leigh Allen

Stage Managers & lighting improvisers

Michael Becker & Alex Caan

Starring

Daniel Blinkoff, Ted Cannon, Kari Coleman, Josh Dean,

Lisa Fredrickson, Kelly Holden Bashar,

Brian Michael Jones, Brian Lohmann, Dan O’Connor,

Edi Patterson, jen Reiter, Paul Rogan, Cory Rouse,

Ryan Smith, Michele Spears,

Floyd VanBuskirk, Patty Wortham

SONDHEIM

Musical Director

Peter smith

guest Musical Directors

Matthew Loren CohenJonathan Green

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ENSEMBLE Kari Coleman, Lisa Fredrickson, Kelly Holden Bashar, Brian Michael Jones, Brian Lohmann, Dan O’Connor,

Edi Patterson, Paul Rogan, Ryan Smith, Michele Spears, Floyd VanBuskirk

ENSEMBLE GUEST ARTISTS Daniel Blinkoff, Ted Cannon, Josh Dean, Jen Reiter,

Cory Rouse, Patty WorthamMUSIC DIRECTOR Peter SmithGUEST MUSICAL DIRECTORS Matthew Loren Cohen

Jonathan Green

Ensemble & Crew

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There will be one 10-minute intermission.

Impro Theatre Company

STAGE MANAGERS/LIGHTING IMPROVISERS Michael Becker Alex CaanASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Emily Rose JacobsonTECHNICAL DIRECTOR Mike Jespersen GRAPHIC DESIGN BY Matt Buchholtz

IMPRO BOARD MEMBERS Barry Babok, Forrest Brakeman, Chris Paine, Scott Rubenstein, Lori SchwartzARTISTIC DIRECTOR Dan O’Connor ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Brian Lohmann MANAGING DIRECTOR Rick Bernstein DEAN OF THE IMPRO THEATRE SCHOOL Nick Massouh DIRECTORS OF L.A. THEATRESPORTS Paul Hungerford, Brian Michael Jones, Sam MolloIMPRO THEATRE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS Madi Goff Emily HollandSOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR Emily Rose Jacobson

IMPRO THEATRE MAIN COMPANY Kari Coleman, Lisa Fredrickson,

Kelly Holden Bashar, Brian Michael Jones, Stephen Kearin, Lauren Rose Lewis, Brian Lohmann, Nick Massouh, Jo McGinley,

Mike McShane, Dan O’Connor, Edi Patterson, Paul Rogan, Ryan Smith, Michele Spears, Floyd VanBuskirk

Jane Austen UnScriptedChekhov UnScriptedDickens UnScripted

Fairytales UnScripted L.A. Noir UnScripted

Shakespeare UnScriptedSondheim UnScripted

Tennessee Williams UnScriptedTwilight Zone UnScriptedThe Western UnScripted

Impro Theatre creates completely improvised, full-length plays in the styles of the world’s greatest playwrights, authors and composers. With no pre-planning or prepared scenarios, the performers combine verbal dexterity and dynamic physicality to bring character and plot to life in an instant, making each Impro Theatre show unique and unlike any other theatrical experience. The show you are about to see will never be seen again.

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Director’s note:Impro Theatre creates completely improvised plays in the styles of the world’s greatest playwrights, authors, and composers. With Stephen Sondheim, our process involves immersing the ensemble in his works in order to identify common themes, narrative structures, character types, song forms and musical motifs. We mix all of that with our extensive improvisational training – and we set out to collectively create an original, completely spontaneous “Sondheim-esque” musical where every word and every note are being created on the spot.

Unlike when we are improvising Jane Austen, Chekhov, Film Noir, or many of our other styles, Sondheim’s stories are not confined to any one specific world. With settings as varied as London in the 1800’s, New York City in the 70’s, Alaska’s Gold Rush at the turn of the century and subject matter from fairy tales to assassinations…there is no one world that identifies a Sondheim musical. Also unlike our other writers, Sondheim always collaborated with librettists, and they each had their own unique influence on his work. These differences have made it necessary to examine form more intently – not just looking at the stories he tells, but also looking closely at how he tells those stories.

Sondheim is always experimenting with form, stretching the conventions of musical theatre in original ways. In that we share a common goal. Impro Theatre is always striving to progress theatrically. Our work is all about process since we are making it up in front of you and our forms are constantly changing and adapting to whatever story we are creating in the moment.

This is our 4th production of Sondheim UnScripted. With each successive run we have challenged ourselves to dig deeper into his work. It is easy to get distracted by his trademark devices, but underneath the clever rhymes, the complex harmonies, and the ironic perspective - there is a compassionate examination of the complexities and imperfections of our selves and of our world.

Improvising Sondheim is an inspiring challenge that we look forward to every night! It’s a privilege to collaborate with our ensemble of actor/playwrights and our musical director to create a new musical for you - all the while looking deeper into our own humanity through the lens of Sondheim.

How would he tell a story about ___________? Tonight, with your help, we are going to try and find out.

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-Dan O’Connor and Michele Spears Co-Directors, Sondheim UnScripted

Welcome to the show! For the uninitiated, this unique form of theatre generates a few questions:

Who writes these plays?Everyone that is present on stage. Impro Theatre is an ensemble of actor/playwrights who write theatre as they perform it. Our musical director is improvising all of the music and our stage manager is im-provising the lighting elements.

What does it have to do with Sondheim?The answer is ... everything and nothing. Impro Theatre’s rehearsal process begins with immersing the cast in this specific style. The company reads and researches a great deal in an attempt to decon-struct the style – and then reinvent it in an entirely new way, right in front of your eyes. Over the course of the rehearsal process, we develop our own lexicon that embraces the essence of this particular genre without saying or performing anything that has already been written.

You must prepare a loose outline or know what characters you are going to play for each show?Nope. We do not. It would be even more difficult to plan ahead or use a “set” character. When you are both actor and playwright you can’t afford to plan ahead – you have to stay in the moment. If we plan ahead, we are working against what is actually happening on stage and probably not hearing or noticing that the story just changed be-cause we were too busy thinking. The actor must surrender his or her agenda. One of the challenges of performing this form of theatre is you never know who you will be until you walk out on stage.

What is it like performing a play when you don’t have a script?It is terrifying, inspiring and wonderfully exhilarating. The performers are embracing whole-heartedly the acting tenet to “be in the mo-ment” as they have no other choice.

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How do I know you are making it up?We invite you to come back and see another show – it will be com-pletely different from this performance. It is one of the reasons why people come back and see multiple shows!

What do you have coming up?In December, we will be performing Jane Austen UnScripted at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica, and in January 2016, we’re perform-ing Fairytales UnScripted at the Lewis Family Playhouse in Ran-cho Cucamonga. For more information about us, please sign the mailing list in the lobby or go online to www.ImproTheatre.com.

Thanks very much for coming to the show. We look forward to seeing what happens right along with you!

Sincerely,Dan O’Connor, Artistic Director

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Daniel Blinkoff (Ensemble Guest Artist) has been a member of Impro Theatre’s Impro Lab for the last three years and has been a guest artist with the company in Shakespeare UnScripted (Pasadena Playhouse), The Western UnScripted(Falcon Theatre) and Chekhov UnScripted (Impro Studio). Daniel has appeared in over 20 productions at SCR and is a member of Antaeus Theatre Company. Other LA credits: Opus (LA Drama Critics Award, Ovation Award, StageScene LA Best Actor Award),

Macbeth (StageScene LA Best Supporting Actor), The Belle of Belfast (Ovation Award), and The Children (Ovation Award, GLAAD Award). Daniel received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

Ted Cannon (Ensemble Guest Artist) is very excited to perform with Impro Theatre. He has loved improvising since high school, and has been performing ever since; at Vassar College, with the Groundlings Sunday Company, and occasional shows at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade. Ted has appeared on Bad Judge, Justified, Gilmore Girls, How I Met Your Mother, the improvised show Campus Ladies, and random bits on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE, and Tosh.0, although if you recognize him, it’s probably from one

of his numerous commercials. If you need more, he even has a website: www.tedcannon.com

Kari Coleman (Ensemble) began improvising with LA Theatresports as a founding member. She was most recently seen in Spoils Before Dying with Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig, as well as reprising her role of ‘Helen Stacy’ in The Amazing Spiderman 2. Other credits include starring in the MTV seriesZach Stone is Gonna be Famous, playing ‘Whitney’ on Switched at Birth and guest star appearances in Scandal, NCIS: LA, Grey’s Anatomy, Glee, Major Crimes and NCIS. She also

played George’s psychotic girlfriend on Seinfeld, an embittered sex-ed teacher on Veronica Mars and performed a fire-eating act with Penn and Teller in Las Vegas.

Josh Dean (Ensemble Guest Artist) is thrilled to again be performing with Impro having previously appeared in Jane Austen UnScripted. In addition to various roles in TV and film, Josh starred as the lead in two improv-based sitcoms: ABC’s This Might Hurt and FOX’s Free Ride, which premiered to over 14 million viewers. Josh also directs video games including the award-winning Dragon Age: Inquisition and Need For Speed. Most recently, Josh can be seen in Castle and as recurring

character ‘Father Justin’ on Mike and Molly. He is represented by Domain Talent and managed by Steven Levy at Framework.

Lisa Fredrickson (Ensemble) In addition to Impro Theatre, Lisa has been an ensemble member of Seattle Theatresports, SAK Comedy Lab Orlando, Disney’s Comedy Warehouse, and Inflatable Betty. She is the resident improv teacher at California Lutheran University. She was an original cast member of Fellowship! The Musical Parody of “The Fellowship of the Ring” in Los Angeles, performed at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, and performed in Boo at New York, New York in Las

Vegas. TV credits include Greek, Desperate Housewives, and The Tick. She has been in numerous TV commercials, usually as some sort of uptight mother. She loves babies and banjos.

Kelly Holden Bashar (Ensemble) was most recently seen on 2 Broke Girls. She was ‘Pearl Nygaard’ in the Golden Globe and Emmy-winning Fargo (season 1) on FX. Some of her other credits include Parks and Recreation, Dog With A Blog, Gilmore Girls, and I Didn’t Do It. She co-starred with Rita Rudner in the film Thanks and can be seen in numerous commercials. Kelly is also a writer and one credit she is most proud of is being the co-writer of (and portraying ‘Pippin’ in) the critically acclaimed

play Fellowship! The Musical Parody of “The Fellowship of the Ring.” Her best role, by far, is mom to Brooke and Maggie.

Brian Michael Jones (Ensemble) Theatre credits include ‘Frodo’ in Fellowship! The Musical, West Side Story, Crazy For You, How to Succeed in Business, Oliver!, and 42nd Street. His TV/film credits include A Gamer’s Guide...to Pretty Much Everything, Community, Grey’s Anatomy, Castle, NCIS: LA, Bones and Raising Hope. His puppeteering and voice over work with the Jim Henson Company includes Muppets: Most Wanted, The Muppets (2015), Unstable Fables and the improvised

puppet show Puppet Up! Most recently he’s worked with Joel and Ethan Coen on Hail, Caesar! He also directs LA Theatresports and the Pepperdine Improv Troupe.

Brian Lohmann (Associate Artistic Director / Ensemble) Impro directing credits include Tennessee Williams UnScriptedat South Coast Rep, L.A. Noir UnScripted at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (mainstage), Shakespeare UnScripted(OSF Green Show) and Dickens UnScripted at the Broad Stage. He directed and composed the score for The Servant of Two Masters at Pepperdine University, directed ModRock at the El Portal, and Camenot at ACME NoHo. Favorite roles include the

‘Cat’ in HONK! – Shakespeare Santa Cruz, ‘Brian Beekman’ in the film Thankswith Rita Rudner and ‘Johnny Lonely’ in his original solo show Johnny Lonely’s Unhappy Hour.

Dan O’Connor (Artistic Director / Co-Director / Ensemble) is co-founder and Artistic Director of Impro Theatre. He has directed Chekhov UnScripted (Odyssey Theatre), co-directed Jane Austen UnScripted (Broad Stage), Sondheim UnScripted(OSF Thomas Theatre), Shakespeare UnScripted (Odyssey), The Western UnScripted (Laguna Playhouse/Falcon Theatre) and Fairytales UnScripted with Calder Quartet (The Broad Stage). He performed in the Improbable Theatre’s Lifegame Off-

Broadway. He co-created and starred in the NBC/PAX television improv comedy show World Cup Comedy. Television/Film credits include VEGAS, Raising Hope, Campus Ladies, Malcolm in the Middle, Starstruck and Seinfeld. Stage credits include ACT and A Noise Within. Television directing credits include the critically acclaimed ABC hybrid sitcom Sons and Daughters and Campus Ladies for Oxygen. Dan has taught and directed improvisational theatre to universities and companies around the world including UCSB, DUKE, UT Austin, Dreamworks Animation and Cirque Du Soleil. He is a graduate of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Dan recently gave a TED TALK at TEDx Napa Valley about teaching the world to improvise. www.danoconnor.net

Edi Patterson (Ensemble) Some of Edi’s credits include a recurring role on Black-ish, The League, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 2 Broke Girls, Californication, The Exes, Weeds, FX’s Partners (on which she was a series regular), the new horror comedy film You’re Killing Me, and guest writing for Saturday Night Live. She is currently a Main Company member at The Groundlings.

Jen Reiter (Ensemble Guest Artist) Jen’s first Sondheim role was playing ‘Cinderella’s Mother’ (aka ‘the Tree’) in Into The Woods. Recent television credits include Married, The Exes and Mulaney. 5-year-old girls know her best as the voice of ‘Mother’ on Nick Jr’s Olivia. Adult women & 90’s sitcom aficionados know her best for making out with John Stamos in a yogurt commercial. Jen is excited to be performing for the first time both with Impro Theatre and at the Falcon Theatre.

Paul Rogan (Ensemble) Originally from London, Paul worked with all of the UK’s major improv groups, including the Comedy Store Players and with Eddie Izzard and Friends. He joined Impro Theatre to co-direct and perform in Jane Austen UnScripted. U.S. TV includes Castle, Anger Management, Legit, My Name is Earl, Big Love, Cougartown, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Sleeper Cell, Cory in the House. Film includes Miss March, Thunderpants, and A Knight in Camelot. Theatre includes ‘George’ in Who’s

Afraid of Virginia Woolf, the ‘Emcee’ in Cabaret, and ‘Malvolio’ in Twelfth Night. As a stand-up comedian, Paul has played hundreds of live, TV and radio gigs. www.paulrogan.com

Cory Rouse (Ensemble Guest Artist) is very excited to once again be working with Impro Theatre on Sondheim UnScripted. He has been making things up for a while. He did some TV and movie stuff for a bit. Currently, he is making things up as a Creative Director at Walt Disney Imagineering’s Research and Development. He would like to thank his wife Leigh and his daughter Olivia for listening to him practice. Love you gals!

Ryan Smith (Ensemble) is excited to perform with Impro once again. Other UnScripteds he’s been in include Shakespeare, Sondheim, Dickens, Western, and Horror. He is a co-author and a performer in the multiple award-winning stage show Fellowship! The Musical Parody of “The Fellowship of the Ring.”Prior to that, Ryan was a writer/producer for MADtv on Fox. His sketches from that show have accumulated a combined 1.7 gagillion hits on YouTube (rough estimate). When he is not

working in commercials or voiceovers, he really, REALLY likes hanging out with his girlfriend fiancée and their three insanely cute dogs, Buzby, Charlie and Oliver.

Michele Spears (Co-Director / Ensemble) is a founding member of Impro, and has also performed with Theatresports, Inflatable Betty, Pulp Playhouse, and Disney’s Laughing Stock Company. Recent projects include: Object of Her Affection at REDCAT (director); Traveling Music at Stage 72 in NYC (director/choreographer); The L.A. Gay Men’s Chorus Down Under Concert (choreographer); The Soltanoff/Findlay Projectfor Center Theatre Group (performer); Sondheim UnScripted

at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (director/performer); and Wake Up Your Weird at the O’Neill Theater Center (director/choreographer). Her work has been recognized with LA Weekly, N.Y. Night-Life, Dramalogue, StageScene LA, and Santa Barbara Independent awards, and an American Choreographers’ Award nomination. She’s a graduate of NYU/TISCH, a member of the Directors Lab West, and currently teaches theatre at Harvard-Westlake School. www.michelespears.com

Floyd VanBuskirk (Ensemble) began his career working numerous Seattle stages, including Seattle Rep directed by Daniel Sullivan. Co-founder and first Artistic Director of Seattle Theatresports/Unexpected Productions in 1983, he moved to Los Angeles in 1994 and joined LA Theatresports, was Education Director 2000-2002 and Artistic Director 2002-2004 when the company’s name changed to Impro Theatre. Some TV credits: Bosch, You’re The Worst, Las Vegas, NCIS, How I Met

Your Mother, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Reno 911, Family Guy. Films include: Reno 911/Miami, Balls of Fury, A Mighty Wind. He works extensively in voiceover and is a singer-songwriter with the band, CATAHOULA.

Patty Wortham (Ensemble Guest Artist) discovered improv in college with Two Left Feet, an improv group at Columbia University. A former member of The Groundlings Sunday Company, Patty has performed sketch and improv comedy with a variety of companies in Los Angeles and New York. Theater credits include: G is for Gilgamesh at NY Fringe Festival, Ann E. Wrecksick in the basement of a Mexican restaurant, and Rock of Ages (Regina) in both the original Los Angeles and Las Vegas

productions. Television credits: one too many E! Network countdown shows, many national commercials portraying supportive mothers/housewives, and the voice of various California cows. She hosts the Strangely Attractive Podcast (.com) - download and enjoy!

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Peter Smith (Musical Director) is thrilled to be working with the fine actors of Impro Theatre once again. Primarily a Jazz pianist, Peter was the associate musical director on Duets on ABC, and is the arranger and MD for Molly Ringwald. He is also an actor who has appeared on Broadway, on TV and in films. A New Yorker, Peter has called Los Angeles home since 2005, and lives here with his wife and two daughters.

Matthew Loren Cohen (Guest Musical Director) is a classically-trained pianist. He currently oversees the music improv program at the Nerdist School and also acts as music director and teacher for Second City. Matthew has composed music for and music-directed shows at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, among others. He created and music-directed the improvised musical Best Musical! (Porchlight Music Theatre), music-directed The

Nuclear Family (The Groundlings, The Belt Theatre) and wrote the original musicals Jason & Ben (New York Musical Theatre Festival) and Broads on Boards(The Annoyance). Matthew’s music has been heard on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Sundance Channel and Spike TV. www.matthewlorencohen.com

Jonathan Green (Guest Musical Director) is an award-winning composer with credits in film, television, live theatre, records, and radio. He has also composed a wide variety of music for the Universal Studios Theme Parks in Florida, Hollywood, and Japan, as well as Coca Cola, Nickelodeon, Animal Planet, Disney, and Dreamworks Animation. He was also the music director at the renowned ACME Comedy Theatre for over twenty years and his Christmas song, “You’ll Always Be With Me For

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Impro CrewSandra Burns (Set & Costume Designer) is an award-winning artist based in Los Angeles. She designs costumes and sets for theatre, dance, TV and film. Past collaborations include work at DouglasPlus, REDCAT, South Coast Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, The Broad Stage, Fountain Theatre, LATC, Odyssey Theatre, the Falcon Theatre, St. Ann’s Warehouse and PS 122. Sandra was the costume designer for the Academy Award nominated short film New Boy. She is currently the assistant costume designer on the FOX’s TV series Last Man on Earth. Sandra received her MFA from the California Institute of The Arts (CalArts). sandraburnsdesign.com

Leigh Allen (Lighting Designer) a multi-award winner for lighting design, is a recipient of the Career Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. Leigh returns to Impro Theatre after her highly acclaimed designs for Stop Kiss, Half of Plenty, Razorback and American Dead. Other credits include: Beauty and the Beast (Musical Theater West), Champagne (Regent Cruise Lines), Shimmy! (Princess Cruise Lines), Snoopy On Ice, The Red Road (Native Voices), Killer Joe (Ovation Award: Production of the Year), The Fab Four (South Bay CLO), The Prince of LA (The Old Globe in San Diego) and Vincent in Brixton (Pasadena Playhouse). Leigh also received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle and LA Weekly Lighting Design Awards for Johnny Got His Gun.

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Michael Becker (Stage Manager/Lighting Improviser) is grateful for the opportunity to stage manage and run lights for Sondheim UnScripted. This production marks Michael’s first time exploring improvised Sondheim, having done lights and sound for other genres/authors including Shakespeare UnScripted(Carrie Hamilton Theatre), Chekhov UnScripted (Impro Studio), Jane Austen UnScripted (Broad Stage), Twilight Zone UnScripted (Falcon Theatre), and Tennessee Williams UnScripted (South Coast Rep). He would like to thank his family, friends, and most of all, Impro Theatre for giving an interested student the chance to get involved.

Alex Caan (Stage Manager/Lighting Improviser) is thrilled to have been granted such an amazing opportunity to work with a company as talented and innovative as Impro Theatre. He has studied the art of improvisation for the past 6 years, the majority of which he gleaned from his time with UC Santa Cruz’s long-form improv troupe, “Someone Always Dies.” He would like to thank the entire Impro company for being so supportive of him and for existing in general.

Emily Rose Jacobson (Assistant Stage Manager) A native Texan, Emily is overjoyed to be working with Impro Theatre as an ASM and as their Social Media Coordinator. Ever since she was introduced to Impro Theatre two years ago, she has sought to create unique and impactful theatre just as they do. She is a recent BFA Theatre graduate from Chapman University and is currently in MB Stage Productions’ The Video Games. She would like to thank the entire company, her family, and Theresa Dudeck.

Rick Bernstein (Managing Director) has worked with many LA arts organizations over the last 10 years including The Road Theatre Company (Managing Director), Elephant Theatre Company (Managing Director), LA Stage Alliance (Marketing Services Coordinator), Colony Theatre (Marketing Manager) and The Theatre @ Boston Court (Administrative Manager). In addition to his work with Impro, he is also the Managing Director of Rogue Machine Theatre, and he has managed several shows throughout Los Angeles. Rick’s film and television production credits include The Tonight Show, K-PAX, Tomb Raider and Frozen Assets(which critic Gene Siskel named “The Worst Film of the Year”). He is a graduate of Stanford University.

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