Two teams from the Torch Theatre in Phoenix will be visiting Patagonia for a special joint event with our Pick Up Schticks Improv team. This show will feature ‘Long Form’ Improv, a style that involves complete shows made up on the spot. The shows typically last 30 minutes or more, as compared with the short skits such as those Pick Up Schticks has performed. Included in the teams will be “Adult Bakery,” a team that represented the Torch Theatre at an Improv ‘showdown’ in Austin earlier this year and that was accepted into the Coachella Valley Improv Festival in California and the Red Rocks Improv Festival in Utah. Their members include part-time Patagonia resident Scott Schoneman.
The Improv Show will be at 7 p.m. in the Tin Shed Theater on Saturday, November 8. Admission is a suggested donation of $5. The Torch team will also host an Improv workshop in the Tin Shed from 2 to 5 p.m. on the same day. The instructor will be Bill Binder, the founder of the Phoenix Improv Festival and the National Improv Network. Students will participate in a fun and creative environment in which all ideas are supported through improvisation’s core concept of saying “yes . . . and” to help further the scene. Concepts will focus on emotional reactions, listening, character development, and environment work to allow students to be in the moment on stage. No experience is necessary. Cost is $10 per person. Call Janice at 706-614-6959 to register. Limited to 12 students. Scholarships available.