THA CREATORS THE YEAR WAS 2002
Zach Ward
Rene Duquesnoy
THA CAST THE YEAR WAS 2008
Rene Duquesnoy (director/beatbox/player)
Jay Olson (beatbox/player)
Andy Carey (beatbox/player)
Melissa Cathcart (player)
Neal Dandade (player)
Jenny Hagel (player)
Anthony LeBlanc (player)
Tamara Nolte (player)
Dave Ries (player)
Rance Rizzutto (player)
Sam Super (player)
Influences
THA FLUENCE RAPPERS WHO INSPIRE
Sugarhill Gang
Biz Markie
Doug E. Fresh
A Tribe Called Quest
De La Soul
The Roots
KRS-One
MF Doom
Run DMC
THE BEATBOX is a critically acclaimed show that fuses fast-paced longform improv and classic hip-hop. Scenes are cut, mixed, and transformed by Chicago's freshest comedians and a Human Beatbox. The Beatbox opens with a freestyle spin off a single suggestion, features battle raps, scratched scenes, samples, and ends in a rap jam inspired by the world of characters from that show.
CRITIC'S CHOICE (Chicago Reader) & BEST BET (Chicago Tribune) Named one of Chicago's Top 5 Latenight Shows: Chicago Tribune
St Louis Fringe Festival: Best Improvised Show 2004
Chicago Improv Festival: Showcase 2004, Mainstage 2005
Toronto Improv Festival: 2003-2006
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Fruit Loops or Two Scoops...whatever it is. I'm sick of people ruining warm-ups with their canned hate rhymes. Beatbox is about love...unless we hate you... then we're all about hate rhymes.
We got a history, full of lightning victories / Conceptual breakthrough it ain't no mystery / Long vision, from giants in every way / Rap czars, magnificent flows for every day / From the East to the ville, from the West to the hills / Incredible rhymes, encouraging skill / From rat packs, the smallest crews were enormous / They hit 'em fast, with an effortless performance / MCs start fleeing in flocks / Especially those that's more sensitive to heat and shock
