Improvoker

I know this may seem a little cockeyed, posting a quick review of a Tuesday show after a show I saw the following Sunday, but I got bogged down with procrastinating and just couldn’t get my proverbial shit together.

This last Tuesday at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater, premiered the new Harold Night schedule, featuring returning, revised, and new teams. New players have been added to the line ups, aside from Kill your Darlings, which is still remains the original cast. The most notable change, to my mind, is the departure and re-formation of the Mailer-Daemon team as fwänd.

Mailer-Daemon always seemed to me to be the perfect troupe, and with the departure of Eric Appel, Matt Moses, and Ben Rodgers from the group, I wonder if it had anything to do with the new name fwänd. I can only guess. Regardless of their new name, fwänd (formerly Mailer-Daemon) were outstanding on tuesday night. They had the best Harold I have seen at Harold Night. Hi-lights included prudish english couple, the puppeteers and puppets, and a group teabagging scene (pictured above).

A new player to note, is that of Sean Clements, who joined the ranks of Tantrum, and gave an excellent first Harold night performance. You might recognize Sean from Project Improvisor.
I’m so glad I got that post out of the way.

Update: Looks like I have a few facts askew. 1985 now has a former member of Mailer-Daemon, Ben Rodgers. I’ve updated the text to reflect the correction.