Check it out!  BYOI just added some new cast members!!!  Welcome to Michael Amaral, Randy Bush and Marina Clarke!  They made it through the audition process and we welcome them with open arms.  Come see them starting in September!

A congrats as well to our two new sub-alternates, Adam Parr and Derek Chisholm!

Hey folks, today we did a private show at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence for a large group of honor roll kids, and man were they fantastic!

Our FAM was Jasmine and she let us know that both her and her Mom have a big mouth!  She likes gossiping with her friends, watching TV and hates her math teacher.

We got to see a day in her life, did a lot of shaving in What Are You Doing?, Learned that it is not acceptable to be late because your Mom overslept, you missed the buss, but it is cool that you got abducted by space aliens.  Also got to learn that TVs in helmets is bad for quarterbacks, kids can be very violent and that there are great songs about Mexican Veggies and French Onion Soup.

Thanks for booking us guys!  If you want to book us for your event visit our booking page on our website.

And Scene!!!

It may be hot out, but inside the Firehouse tonight it is sooo cool.  It wasn’t just the great AC, but some cool scenes indeed!  Tonight’s cast was Jimmy, Beth and Myself, with Guest performers Adam, Michael and Derek, a few of our auditioners.

Tonight’s FAM was Kees, a dialysis technician who loves Caddy Shack and his little dog, but hates people who won’t commit.

We started off with some remake where a coat is not just a coat, it is your money spent on happiness and lust.  We moved on to other scenes where love was found hunting the T-Rex, A shop keeper who sells bad slinkys and Mel Gibsons, and where Jimmy can cooly land with a Fanz, “Hey!”

And Scene!

We had a great set of auditioners yesterday and there were a lot of laughs… even though Adam told us not to because he just had surgery on his abs.  After a long deliberation, we have made our decision and we would like to offer our congratulations to Mike, Derek, Marina, Cameron, Bryan, Ali, Adam and Randy.  They have all been offered a chance at callbacks.  They will be performing with us August 6th to the 18th.  Check our show schedule to see who will be performing when.  Then come and cheer on your favorite!  See you at the show!

A great round of auditions tonight!  Great and funny moments from Paula, Adam, Ray, Mike, Randy, Ali, Derek and Michael.  They will be at the shows this week showing off their skills, so make sure to come out and root them on!

If you were looking to audition, make sure to come out next Monday at 5pm.  Details are listed below on the blog!

Thanks and see everyone soon!

BYOI will be holding auditions on Monday July 19th & 26th at 5:00pm at The Spot on Thayer (286 Thayer St. Providence, RI)  Auditioners are expected to be on time, wear comfortable clothing they can move in and are encouraged to bring water and something to write with.  You may come to one or both nights to audition, although the more we see of you, the better.

Bring Your Own Improv is looking to increase and diversify our cast.  We are looking for improvisers that offer something different than the talent we already have.  The commitment is to two performances a week plus outside shows.  We will not only be looking for good improv skills, but how you work with the team and how you can elevate someone else’s performance.

That last part is particularly important, because in our show, it is not just important to look good yourself, but can you support an audience member as a good scene partner and make them look good.  In BYOI you must be willing to drop your ego and help raise the scene and your partner as a team.

We look forward to this year auditioners and what they can bring to the group.

Thank you,

Daniel Lee White - Owner/Producer & John Ring - Artistic Director

Bring Your Own Improv did a private show at Beacon Charter High School in Woonsocket tonight and man was it a whoot!

Our FAM of the night was Kenisha.  Her family enjoys wish the new year in to puberty, she loves giving energy to lounge lizards, her friend Sarah is sadistic and her friend Raymond is flamboyant, and she thinks Mr. Rock is sexy!

We quickly start off with a day in Kenisha’s life.  Where Grandma is pissed off, her little sister is into her make up and Mr. Rock shows up with a whole cup of sexy!

The rest of the show involves a quick realization that the  alphabet is harder than it looks, shooting dishes and moths is fun and that no really Mr. Rock can make any situation sexy.  Then in Timmy in the Well, it was Mr. Rock had created a bad science experiment in a test tube.  I am starting to think thet Mr. Rock was the featured audience member and he wasn’t even there!  And we finished off the whole show with an amazing song about Love and Lava!

And Scene!

Tonight we were at The Fire House Theater in Newport helping out our friends the Bit Players.  Tonight’s cast was John, Ben, Beth, Daniel & Jimmy.

We started off with our FAM Jackie who witnessed a crime.  Ekk!  After a interrogation Line Up of  the cast, we discovered that Beth and Jimmy had stolen T-Shirts with Brad Pitt at The Marble House.  Soon after that we interviewed Jackie and found out that she was on vacation from Florida, that she is a nurse, her husband likes money and that she hate medical admins.

And so the games began: In Six Pack we learned 90 year old women could still be Nurses. In questions we learned that only Beth knows how to ask them.  In Excuses, Excuses, Excuses, we learned that the only excuse a mansion tour guide will take for being late is if there was a moose in your back yard, you had male PMS and your dog ate your keys.  We then had a little Meanwhile, Try That on For Size, Pavlovian Response, Back in My Day, Revolver and finish the whole thing up with Hoedown.

Thanks to the Firehouse and the Audience for a great show!

…And Scene!

So we have been at this for a while, playing games, having you on stage and having a grand old time!  We try to give you a nice diverse collection of games that we play so that there is something for everyone.  But I got curious and wrote this blog post and now I want to hear from you, our awesome fans!

What is your favorite game you like to get on stage and play with us?

Or if you just watch, what is your favorite game to see played?

Just comment on this blog and we will be reading your answers and taking in some of your input!  If you’re not firmilliar with our games list, you can find it here: www.bringyourownimprov.com/Games.htm

We look forward to hearing from you!

Bring Your Own Improv today was invited to a Johnson & Wales press conference where Daniel, John, Adam and Dan got to show off what BYOI is all about.  After a brief session where we talked about who we are and what we do, we broke into some improv.  In Pillars Adam and Dan worked through there break up.  Then in Freeze Tag with some great audience members, we found some junk in the trunk, put Adam up on a poll and learned that drunk old men get picked up easier then women.   Then questions from the audience…

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