We are "Hammerspace", a long-form, Los Angeles-based experimental Improv Group. We perform pretty regularly at the iO (Improv Olympic) West in Hollywood, CA. Hammerspace is originally the creation of Patrick Ian Moore and Juli Crockett. Our favorite Improv groups are "King Ten" and "Dasariski".
Hammerspace performs in The Andy Dick Experimental Theater and The Hammerspace Mystery Radio Hour performs in the Upstairs Black Box Theater (for both spaces use the entrance on Cosmo).
We would love for you to come and see our show. Our performances are almost always FREE!
To contact Hammerspace write us here on MySpace, send a Yahoo IM to hammerspaceimprov, or call (626)614-9422.
In addition to Patrick Ian Moore (The Day the Earth Stopped)
Hammerspace also features:
Kelly Chase
Brittany Wilkerson
TJ Gooding
Nikki Muller
Hammerspace is close friends with/and big fans of: Ed Greenberg (The Committee, Laughter for a Change).
TV Shows
Films
The Evangenitals performing "The Sun is Shining" (lead by Juli Crockett).
(That’s Patrick Ian Moore of Hammerspace playing the frog in the video!)
Albums
Modern improvisational theatre and comedy falls generally into two categories: shortform and longform.
Short-form improv consists of short scenes usually constructed from a predetermined game, structure, or idea and driven by an audience suggestion. Most short-form games we know today were first created by Viola Spolin. Viola Spolin can probably be considered the American Grandmother of Improv. She influenced the first generation of Improv at The Compass Players in Chicago, which led to The Second City. Her son Paul Sills, along with David Shepherd, started The Compass Players and Second City.
Long-form improv performers create shows in which scenes are often interrelated by story, characters, or themes.
Hammerspace Improv's Interests
General
Music
The Pixies, Ween, They Might Be Giants, MC Chris, The Beastie Boys, The Evangenitals, Cash'd Out, Johnny Cash, Artichoke, Opening Night: The Musical, 8-Bit.
Movies
Billy Jack, Waiting for Guffman, American Movie, This is Spinal Tap, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, The Blues Brothers, Stripes, Neighbors, Akira, Malice Doll, Bubba Ho-Tep, The Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, The Shining, Bride of Frankenstein.
Television
Home Movies, The Venture Bros., The Office, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Patrick Ian Moore (of Hammerspace Improv) performs mime on Horror Kung-Fu Theater.
Books
Truth in Comedy, Art By Committee, The Stranger, Writing Down the Bones, Cat's Cradle, Dune, Too Much Coffee Man, The Diary of Soren Kierkegaard, Guru, The Funniest One in the Room, Sin City, Right to be Hostile, Moby Dick, The Dark Knight Returns, On the Road, Watchmen, Respect for Acting.
Heroes
Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Bill Murray, Warren Zevon, Del Close, Steve Martin, Mark Twain, Hank Williams, Benjamin Franklin, Simone Weil, Alicia Silverstone, Tarzan of the Apes, Space Ghost, Dan Aykroyd, Laurel Coppock, Bruce Lee, Jonathan Winters.
About me: Hammerspace- the physical dimension that characters reach into to pull out very large mallets or other objects.
Harold (improvisation):
Harold is a form of improvised long-form theatrical comedy. The Harold was developed by Del Close. The Harold has become the signature form of iO (Improv Olympic) in both Los Angeles and Chicago. The Harold is also taught and performed at The Upright Citizen’s Brigade in New York and Los Angeles, and Second City in both LA, Chicago, and Canada.
The Harold is now performed by improvisational theatre troupes and teams across the world. A typical Harold is 25 to 40 minutes.
Del Close's book, Truth in Comedy is the definitive text on the Harold.
FREAK DANCE: THE FORBIDDEN DIRTY BOOGALOO "When pop comes to lock, when you’re breakin’ on the make, sometimes you got to take a chance and dance." Freak Dance: The Forbidden Dirty Boogaloo, is a new musical theater extravaganza, I wrote and I am in. Freak Dance is a straight up, in your face, activated story of how dancers from different worlds come together to save Fantaseez Dance Center, the soul of the streets where dancing is the dream of every street kid, combating the city building inspector, the rival studio, and the Forbidden Dirty Boogaloo.
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre 5919 Franklin Avenue; Hollywood, CA; 90028 Fridays at 8 $10 reservations www. ucbtheater. com
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