Summer Updates!

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BENJAMIN LLOYD

It’s our first summer without our summer camp, and while we miss our kids don’t think for a minute that we are taking a break! Check out some of the cool stuff we’re working on this summer!

Ensemble

We had our best, and best-attended Improvasushi show last Saturday June 3rd. We even had to add chairs to our audience seating in the Tokio Ballroom! Don't miss our next show Saturday July 13th!

We are proud and excited to announce that we applied and were accepted to two improv festivals!

• The Baltimore Improv Festival. Saturday August 3rd, time TBA. Cast: Kaitlin Chin, Kiersten Adams, Eric Walker, Aimee Goldstein, Benjamin Lloyd, Carlo Campbell, Josh Kirwin.

• The Steel City Improv Festival, September 19 - 21. Cast, time and date of show TBA

THE BRIGHT INVENTION ENSEMBLE.

In development are two cool partnerships, both involving Dinner with Friends - our shared meal followed by a show:

• For Project HOME, we envision Dinner with Friends for a blended audience at a Project Home site.

• For co-working spaces 1776 and WeWork, we imagine the show as a fundraiser for a local nonprofit with discounted tickets for co-working members.

Stand by as Dinner with Friends takes shape!

Creative Corporate Training

ENSEMBLE MEMBERS CARLO CAMPBELL AND KAITLIN CHIN PERFORMING AT A RECENT CCT WORKSHOP.

Speaking of WeWork, we are bringing our CCT demo to the WeWork space in Northern Liberties, Tuesday June 18th, 10:30 AM - Noon. This is part of a growing partnership with Throw Like A Woman Consulting. Learn more about this demo by clicking here!

We continue our work with West Philadelphia Skills Initiative, and Cooperstein Hospitality. Coming next fall, workshops for The Lebow School of Business at Drexel and Community Associations Institute of New Jersey.

If you know of anyone who might be interested in our improv-inspired, scenario-based workshops, please refer us! We are happy to bring our demo to your site! Here is the CCT website.

Education

We have three classes in the works this summer!

TWO CAROUSEL CONNECTIONS STUDENTS STUDYING IMPROV WITH US LAST SUMMER.

• We kicked off our Summer Improv Jam last Thursday at Cheltenham Center for the Arts. We have 10 wonderful adult students learning from me and ensemble member Shea Sonsky!

• On June 26th I will begin teaching an improv class for adults with disabilties at Carousel Connections. This is a continuation of work begun last summer.

• Also on the 26th, ensemble member Kiersten Adams and I will co-teach at The Village: Hope in Action of Children and Families. This is a new initiative and we are excited to learn more about this extraordinary community!

Shakespeare in the Summer

Our annual co-production with Pulley & Buttonhole Theatre Company is off and running. This year, we tackle our first non-comedy, Macbeth! Working on this production are ensemble members Shea Sonsky, Eric Walker, Benjamin Lloyd and Josh Kirwin.

Don’t miss this fun outdoor production at Abington Art Center, August 5, 6, 7 and 8th at 7 pm! Pay what you can! Show webpage coming soon . . .

PRODUCTION STILL OF LAST SUMMER’S TWELFTH NIGHT FEATURING ENSEMBLE MEMBER KAITLIN CHIN.