The Jeff Turner Entertainment Group and Windy City Women Presents:
LIQUID
-A Two Act Improvised Play!
-You supply the topic, we take the plunge!
http://www.turnerentertainmentgroup.com/windycitywomen.html
Oct 16
Vancouver FanClub
1050 Granville Street, Vancouver
Doors 7:30 Show 8:30
Tickets $10 available in advance at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/476182
LIQUID
A Two Act, Improvised Play
You Supply The Topic, We Take the Plunge!
“Windy City Women is one of the most talented improv groups I’ve seen in Vancouver. The quick wit on display and the places their imagination take the stories are uncanny.”
-Paul Armstrong, producer and founder of Celluloid Social Club
“Liquid is phenomenal, the only show you’ll see where literally anything can and will happen. Expect the unexpected and be prepared to laugh your ass off.”
-Fatally Yours, Jen and Sylv Soska
“Think you know improv? LIQUID is an unpredictable, uncontrollable, laughfest! Not to be missed!! See it!”
-Chance Newman, Producer of Evil Dead the Musical
“I nearly peed my pants!…………….Don’t quote me on that”
-Local Vancouver producer
Originally formed in 2005, “The Windy City Women” is the brainchild of Tony Alcantar, artistic director and actor in “Liquid.” The troupe began as a satirical sketch comedy group, with the success of their first show “The Inuksuk Sucks” at the Cellar in Vancouver.
Born and raised in Chicago, Tony has a BA in Theatre and an MFA in Acting from Chicago’s Roosevelt University. He is a graduate of the Players Workshop of the Second City, and The Second City Training Center. Tony is one of the critically acclaimed alum of the world-famous professional comedy troupe “The Second City.” With improv students such as; Emmy-winning “Will & Grace” actor Sean Hayes, Grace Park of “Hawaii Five-O” and Stephanie Weir from Mad-TV,” and on-set dialect training with actors including; Halle Berry, Elizabeth Banks, Sam Rockwell and Jenna Fischer, Tony quickly became Vancouver’s most sought-after dialect and improvisational coach. Tony is thrilled to be a part of this exciting production but admits it is the hardest thing he has done in his career.
The producer of “Liquid,” actress Lisa Ovies is also an award-winning film maker and an accomplished international model. Lisa’s career includes appearances in films and commercials all over Canada and the U.S. In June 2011, she launched the film company I No.Films where she has produced, written and starred in musicals, short films and a sketch comedy pilot. In January 2012 she received a full art scholarship to Women in the Directors chair, and less than a month after returning, received her first art credit on the award winning film “Ghosts of Europe.” Lisa was recently cast as all the female voices for the much anticipated Black Shadow pilot “Junktin.” She also stars in the feature film “The Mop King,” which has its world debut at the Austin Film Festival in October 2013.
Not your typical joke-for-joke play, “Liquid” is a full-length, entirely improvised two-act performance, based solely on audience suggestions and contributions. The ultimate success of “Liquid” is dependent on the actor’s ability and stamina to run a completely unplanned, unscripted play without ever leaving the stage. Act one begins with a simple suggestion from an audience member, from there, without discussion, the play occurs in real-time with no jump cuts, flashbacks or dream sequences. In short, the actors are the puppets, dancing to the music of a benevolent master or that of a malevolent tyrant! Which will it be?
But NOT only that…
THEN, at the drop of a hat, the cast must serve up the SEQUEL or PREQUEL to that story for Act II…depending again on the whims of the audience as they decide! As with Act I, the excitement not only lies in the split second decision making that the cast must make to spark un-born characters into life BUT the cast must also weave a story to compliment Act I! And every audience is treated to a never-been-seen before play that will never be repeated! Breathtaking! An audience member can come to every show and still not see the same story! No one else in Vancouver is offering this high-wire-without-a-net form of theatre!
Unlike cabaret or competitive style improv, the goal of “Liquid” is not to be satirically funny, it is rather to create a story in which relationships, plot and character development carry the audience through the improvised journey of the cast. Although comedy is not the overall goal, it will undoubtedly be a by-product.
Among the talented eight-member cast of award-winning performers is; improv superstar and three-year member of Montreal’s “Pamplemousse” theatre sports league Alex Barima with the ever-talented improv actress and award-winning singer/musician Cassandra Cavalli. Also on stage,
Vancouver Academy of Dramatic Arts graduates Rachel Schaefer and Justyn Shippelt contribute to the overall quality of “Liquid.” With the skillful, artistic views of Vancouverite Keith David Moore directing the play, coupled with musical direction from the accomplished and multi-talented performer Eric Carbery “Liquid” is expected to significantly contribute to the ever-growing success of “The Windy City Women.”
