Thank you for visiting the Schedule page for the Extreme Improv Xstreamed World Championship Festival 2021.
The Festival was announced as open for submissions on June 3rd 2021, and this page will continually be updated as more events and acts are confirmed.
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Thursday July 15th
8.30pm: Extreme Improv XStreamed
10pm Welcome Back to America
Humour from DB Frick.
10.30pm Extreme Improv Xstreamed presents Geek Battle
Comedy panel show based around geek culture. Debate, impressions, fan fiction and more from the cast of Extreme Improv Xtreamed.
Friday July 16th
7pm: Extreme Improv presents Xstreamed Jesters Jam
Quick fire improvised joke telling show hosted by David Pustansky.
8pm: Extreme Improv presents The Revenge of the Ripper
The long form social deduction improv show where one of the performers is secretly a killer and the others must work out who it is with the audience’s help.
10pm: Good News Toronto
“Good News, Toronto” is comedy show that updates you on the biggest news stories while hopefully making you laugh. The show has been a staple in Toronto’s comedy scene for over 8 years and now we’ve teamed up with Extreme Improv to bring you a joint production.. The cast is made up of Extreme Improv’s Finest and Good News’ Goodest and we can’t wait to share our brand of topical news satire! Please enjoy our house party in a newsroom!
Monday July 19th
6pm: The Unfortunate Adventures of Serg and Vlad present: The Super Spy Spamdown
Short form improv with a Russian twist.
8pm: World Championship Quarter Final 1
Featuring: Ruth Curtis, Akul Anadur, Bob Bedore, Steve Rankin, JJ Hazan, Sarah Davies, David Meakin and Kate Bell
Tuesday July 20th
6pm: The Elke and Assadie Show
More long form fun with Elke Reid and Assad Khan.
7pm: The Sudden Knot
7.30pm: The Historyonics
“The ice lolly invented in 1802. Fish discovered in 1988. The name George conceived in 200 BC. All these real true facts and more, uncovered before your eyes, in a real and true (but mostly very silly) improvised show about history. Historyonics. Knowing stuff since 2029.”
8pm: World Championship Quarter Final 2
Featuring: Danny George, Ruth Oroshnik, Leon Bukowski, D.B Frick, Ewan Henderson, Quinn Strand, Chad Shapiro, and Elke Reid
Wednesday July 21st
6pm Workshop: Character Creation with Bob Bedore
Bob Bedore leads this free 90 minute workshop in character creation for the Extreme Improv Xstreamed World Championship Festival 2021 using techniques from the Laban Method of performance of dance and acting.
Bob has previously written two books on improvised performance and has performed and created shows for many years.
For more information on this workshop and to book tickets please visit the WORKSHOP PAGE.
7pm Slam Jam Wrestling Show
Comedy panel show which mixes improv, debate and trivia based around pro wrestling from Extreme Improv Xstreamed.
8pm World Championship Quarter Final 3
Featuring : Dave Green, Sarit Wilson Chen, Marty Gordon, Tim Williams, Brian Armstrong, Elisabeth Sofley, and Pablo Lewin.
10pm Those Women
Thursday July 22nd
7pm Portsmouth Improv Experience
8pm World Championship Quarter Final 4
Featuring: Korri Birch, Jonathan Farach, Jorge of the Mountains, Kristin Drennings, Beth Long, Rahmeen Charania, Emma Roberts and Christin Crompton
10pm: Improv Chattanooga presents 1 Star Reviews
The idea behind “1-Star Reviews,” is pretty simple.
Go to your favorite review site, and find a 1 or 2 Star Review of a local establishment. Then, send us a link to that review. We’ll pick reviews at random, and read them out during the show. Then we’ll use the review as the basis for a series of improvised scenes.
Simple, brutal and hilarious.
E-mail your links to info@improvchattanooga.com and we might just use it in the show!
Friday July 23rd
5.30pm Workshop: No Puppet? No Problem! with Brenna Judkins
Making puppets from houshold, recycled, upcycled items. Introducing and demonstrating the crafting of several puppet types, easy to make and use. Puppets will then be used to play some improv games and scenes. No puppet or improv experience required.
This will be a 2 hour workshop.
For more information on this workshop please visit the WORKSHOPS PAGE.
8pm World Championship Quarter Final 5
Featuring: Antoinette Cole, Llaura Hughes, Jeremy Long, Steven Disbrow, ZeeZe SH, and Jared Tascone
Saturday July 24th
4.30pm Creating Extreme Humour
Assad Khan and David Pustansky are back with more short form comedy chaos.
7pm: A Wizard Did It
“Elves! Goblins! Towers! Crisps. Thrill as an much loved but also entirely improvised fantasy saga is spun for you The Wizard, a very mystical but also entirely silly guy in a hat. (Assisted by his minion, Tim Williams.) Includes extra nonsense specially for Extreme Improv!”
8pm: World Championship Quarter Final 6
Featuring: Rob Kirby, Keith Pierce, Brenna Judkins, Jana Gillis, Tim Dawkins, Jayant Chopra, Adam Hughes and Nora Jenewein
10pm: Comedy Friendzy
Chad Shapiro and friends bring more fun and games.
10.30pm Workshop: Scene Above Self, Being a Good Scene Partner with Rob Kirby
Yes and…now what? We will play games and discuss what it means, and how to be, a good scene partner no matter the level of talent or experience of yourself, or of the people you are performing with.
Rob is a seasoned and passionate improv performer with many years of experience performing in a multitude of troupes with a range of people who have reached the pinnacle of the profession to those just starting out.
All experience levels welcome.
If you are on a low income and would like to apply for a free place on the course please email extremeimprovcomedy@gmail.com for information and give some details of why a free place would suit your circumstances.
Sunday July 25th
3pm Extreme Improv XStreamed In Unusual Places
A special edition of Extreme Improv XStreamed where performers put their trust in the phone signal and perform virtual improv from unusual live locations!
6pm Workshop: Creating Virtual Theatre with David Pustansky
Do you want to create your own Virtual Theatre shows online? How about stream a live Podcast? Or perhaps you want to stream video games on Twitch, but include yourself and other players to give commentary and reactions live? Any and all of these use many of the same techniques, and empower theatre makers and content creators to produce shows easier than any time before in history.
In this workshop, Extreme Improv creator David Pustansky will take students through the process of creating virtual theatre shows and cover many of the technical aspects of creating Virtual Theatre shows, and how these can be combined with performing and directing to produce advanced Virtual Theatre Shows.
The workshop will cover the various platforms that Virtual Theatre can be produced on, and some of the unique features of each platform. It will also cover what options are available for people of all technical levels and what equipment and software will help you make the most of every budget range.
David Pustansky is the creator of Extreme Improv, and is perhaps the most prolific individual producer of virtual improv shows in the world. Since March 2020 David has produced over 400 live Virtual Theatre shows including the weekly shows Extreme Improv XStreamed, Revenge of the Ripper, Geek Battle, Jesters Jam, Slam Jam Wrestling Show, and two global virtual festivals.
David is offering 4 scholarship places and reduced rates on this workshop for people that feel that they would benefit from it, for example to support diversity or to support people on low incomes. If you would like to apply for a scholarship or reduced rate place please email extremeimprovcomedy@gmail.com for information.
For more information on this workshop and to book tickets please visit the WORKSHOPS PAGE.
8pm: The Professionals present ‘Slacker’
The Professionals present their version of the improv form, Slacker, inspired by the Richard Linklater film. Its development is attributed to Beer Shark Mice and Magnet Theater with Alex Marino.
Slacker follows the leaver of the scene. As in the film, the action changes as a character moves to a new location and a new aspect of their life.
The Professionals Slacker features:
Geraldine Carolan, Matt Haley, Lauren Hay, Yizhe Liu, Don Schmidt, & Erin Souza.
Director: Diana Brown
9pm: British American Experience
10pm: Improv Chattanooga presents ‘Pants on Fire’
In this show, our improvisors will split into two teams of 3 players. Each player will take turns reading out a “Fact” about themselves, and then the players on the other team will ask questions to try and decide if the fact is true or not. If they guess right, their team gets a point. If they guess wrong, the team presenting the fact gets the point.
What sorts of facts? Stuff like, “I was once engaged to my cousin and only found out the truth a week before the wedding!” Or, “I was dishonorably discharged from the Navy.” Or even, “I once got drunk with David Gilmour and his band in the Abbey Road recording studio.”
The thing is, only SOME of these facts are really true. The rest are things that Diz is going to make up beforehand and the players won’t actually see until the moment they read them on the air! If it’s a lie, they have to make up a story on the spot to convince the other team that it’s true!
We’ll also open up the chat, so that you can also ask questions along with our other players!
Monday July 26th
6pm: Sgt Zeppole’s Solo Club Band
Join Donovan Santiago on a soloprov adventure! Pick between a Sci-Fi or Fantasy themed setting and a title. The choice is yours!
7pm The Mad Hatters
Ewan Henderson and JJ Hazan bring back more of their brand of improv that features various hats, and possibly even some props.
8pm World Championship Quarter Final 7
Featuring: Sujith Prathap, David Prejeant, Tim David, Assad Khan, Tracy Aspel, Sandy Handley, Morty Saperstein
10pm: XStreamed Stand Up Show
Featuring: Ashley Edwards, Emma Roberts, Brenna Judkins, Jonny Caley, Leon Bukowski, Pablo Lewin, DB Frick,
Tuesday July 27th
2.30pm Tragically Unscripted
Tragically Unscripted is a new cathartic experience! We’ll take audience suggestions for an object and a feeling, create a petit ‘quirk’, and give it the same gravitas as Euripides. Our heroes will battle with the strong winds of their tragic fate in a tragic, silly, exaggerated fun style.’
Duncan Wrigley, Ferran Luengo, Ida Berglöw Kenneway, Jorge, Sarit Wilson and Chen Timothy Lone
6pm: The Elke and Assadie Show
Elke Reid and Assad Khan with a special guest performer in a selection of long form scenes.
7pm: Don’t Mess
Don’t Mess is a global all women and non-binary improv team and their shows explore the world of zoom meetings because who knew there could be so much fun that could be created from this world!
8pm: World Championship Quarter Final 8
Featuring: Donovan Santiago, Jimmy Mac, Andrew Whittington, Isha Sharma, Augustine Neves Pereira, Kapilthev KI, and Vanessa Anton
10pm What’s In the Box!?
Thursday July 29th
6pm Out of Nothing
Out of Nothing is the first dramatic house team of Improv College. We play a format with loosely connected scenes and monologues around a specific theme.
7pm Third Person Theatre
8pm: World Championship Semi Final 1
Featuring: TBC
10pm: Disaster Time Interactive Improv Show
Incorporates audience participation, long form improv, short form games and choose your own adventure mechanics.
Friday July 30th
8pm: World Championship Semi Final 2
Featuring: TBC
11pm: Extreme Improv Xstreamed: Improv At It’s Best Guest Show
Saturday July 31st
3.30pm: K.I.S.S
4.30pm Creating Humour
Assad Khan, Rahmeen Charania, Rajiv Singh and Lincia Rosario bring improvised theatre to the Extreme Improv XStreamed World Championship Festival.
8pm: World Championship Grand Finale
Featuring: TBC
Monday August 2nd
7pm: Secrets and Lies Workshop with Karla Dingle
Secrets & Lies – Sometimes what’s NOT said is more powerful than what IS said.
In this workshop, improvisers will explore AND exploit the unknown or unsaid as their characters navigate through scenes. Discover how secrets and lies add depth and definition to scene work. Create strong dynamics through working to keep the secrets and lies unsaid.
Bio: Karla Dingle has spent her life on the stage. She began taking theater classes at age 5 and continued to study acting until receiving her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Georgia in Theater in 1998. Karla began performing improv in Charlotte in 2009 and continues to educate herself through workshops and classes at Second City, Hoopla, The Groundlings and more. Karla is also an actor and voiceover artist.
Currently, Karla is the Improv Director and Acting Instructor at Acting Out Studio in Charlotte, NC. She is also a faculty member and instructor with the Queen City Comedy’s Global Improv Project which connects improvisers worldwide.
Karla instructs students from England, Israel, India, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, the Philippines and beyond. In addition, she has been a guest instructor at the Vintage Improv Festival, Highwire Improv, The Nursery, Liverpool Comedy Improv and the Bangalore India Improv Community.
For more info on Karla’s work please visit: www.DingleDrama.com
Karla is offering 4 scholarship places on this for people that feel that they would benefit from it. If you would like to apply for a scholarship place please email extremeimprovcomedy@gmail.com for information.
For more information on this workshop and to book your ticket please visit the WORKSHOPS PAGE
Tuesday August 3rd
6pm The Elke and Assadie Show
Wednesday August 4th
5pm Ashke
7pm Gubbins
The third in the trilogy of Tim Williams experiences in the festival.
7.30pm Slam Jam Wrestling Show
The comedy panel show that mixes improv, discussion and trivia into one Royal Rumble sized small package.
8.30pm: Extreme Improv XStreamed
The flagship virtual improv show from Extreme Improv returns with this first regular edition after the World Championship.
10pm: The Improfessionals
Thursday August 5th
6pm: All You Can Beat Workshop with Nora Jenewein
Is it a drumming workshop, a fitness class, a mindful way to let off steam or an excuse to beat that thing? YES!” …and, because it’s All you can Beat, you don’t even need a drum: bring a practice pad, a cushion, a flower pot, your legs. Sticks, cooking spoons, your hands.
For more information on this workshop and to book your ticket please visit the WORKSHOPS PAGE
7pm: Extreme Improv XStreamed presents Geek Battle
8.30pm: Extreme Improv XStreamed
10pm: Get A Room
Friday August 6th
7pm: Wham Bam Poetry Slam
Improvised poetry show from Extreme Improv.
