24 hours of Improvisation!!!! This Weekend!
Posted by Trapper | Filed under News, Shows, The Trapper, Uncategorized
USS Rock N Roll is proud to be participating in the Second City That Never Sleeps. This is a 24 hour improv performance for charity. USS Rock N Roll will be doing the 6:30am to 9:30am shift. Taking the stage with improvisers who at that point have been on stage for 9 HOURS!
Here are the details for the entire event:
Come join us December 4-5, 9:30 PM-9:30 PM. as some of the funniest people in Los Angeles push their skills and good health to the limit for a great cause.
The Second City That Never Sleeps Hollywood is a 24-hour improv performance by some of Los Angeles’s finest improv/sketch comics to benefit a scholarship fund for the kids of Hollywood Arts, a homeless service provider and education center serving 18-25 year-olds in Hollywood. Read the rest of this entry »
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Question and Answer
Posted by Mouth | Filed under Mail Bag, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv. Any questions you want discussed can be. Email us @ captain@ussrocknroll.com., The Mouth
In response to the blog QUALITY VS QUANTITY:
Great blog! I’m curious what you think I should do if the team that I’m not that jazzed about and notice a lack of commitment in is my iO-sanctioned Harold team. Is it a “do the best job I can” type of situation or a “get out while I can” situation? Thanks for any advice!
iO puts people together because they are hoping they will succeed. The people who make teams want nothing more than to hit a home run when they mush random players together. Thought goes into it but in the end it’s up to chance if the chemistry is there.
Tags: Harold Teams, ioWest, King Ten, Local 132, Powerhouse, Sweetness
Swimming When Wet
Posted by Touch | Filed under Talkin' Shop - We talk improv. Any questions you want discussed can be. Email us @ captain@ussrocknroll.com., The Touch
My heart pounds like the Queen’s currency. My palms are bone dry and covered in sweat. The scene I just left literally groaned. My next thought – “Beyond embarrassment. No way I’m going out there again.”
Perfect. Way to play. We’re done here.
Unless…you want to stick around for a paragraph or two…maybe take a closer peek at the ol’ decision making process… expose us to ourselves a lil’ bit. Like we use to. Sound good?
Good. I’ll go first. Hiding is nothing new. In fact, you can spot hiders throughout human history. The Buddha – hider. Jesus – hider. Anne Frank – total hider. Ninjas – hiders by trade. In fact, one of the most famous hiders in American history – Amelia Airheart –still hiding. The bit goes on and on. My point is my friend, you are in good company…if you were a historical figure that is! Fortunately, you do improv, so that label will never burden the shoulders of your legacy.
Tags: Brian Gallivan, Powerhouse
LAist reviews Tuesday nights at iO
Posted by Plague | Filed under The Plague, USS Show Review
LAist.com reviewed some recent Tuesday night shows at iO West. I don’t want to say the reviewer is a genius… but he’s certainly no dummy. Read below or see the original article here.
What really makes these guys shine is their proficiency to play inside the Harold
Lately, at iO West on Tuesday nights, a strange thing has been happening: they’ve been stacking the deck. With Monday nights as their cream-of-the-crop Armando shows and Saturdays reserved for Beer Shark Mice or some other formidable team, it would be entirely possible for iO to experience a bit of the mid-week improv doldrums. But instead, with the last three Harold Competition champion teams running back-to-back-to-back, Tuesdays at iO are becoming a great go-to for improv in Los Angeles.
First up to bat at 9p is Local 132 and the USS Rock N Roll, two formidable teams with a strong improv mind and a love of all things Harold. Local won the 2007 iO West Harold Competition as a relatively unknown team, and have been bouncing around on the mainstage calendar ever since. Their fast-paced, youthful energy are a welcome addition to an iO landscape that can sometimes cater to a slightly older crowd.
Tags: Armando, Beer shark mice, Brian Gallivan, iO West, Jim Woods, LAist, Local 132, Powerhouse, Suzy Barrett, Sweetness
