Of Fairy tales, rice cookers and “you’re that guy!”

Show update – March 19th 2010

The Motley Players

You never know exactly what you are going to get with improv, and on the night of March 19th, it was a fun and wild ride!
Big thanks to all of our fans who made it out to the show, and a huge welcome to all the new people who had their first MPIII experience!
It was a great show, and we can say that everyone had a good time, both on stage and off.

The players for the show.

• Beavis – Sure they picked on him, but it was funny. Well, for the rest of us!
• Rob – The in’s and out’s of being “that guy”.
• Jill – No one can do an elephant like her, and that says a lot!
• Rox – Straight from her starring role in the Czech classic “The fog from Peoria”
• Dave – Hosting as part of his witness protection program

Improv Structures in the show were:

• Question Story – MPIII does their version of “Othello” – the great classic with oreos
• Fwd Reverse – A fun ride of ‘time shifting’ and comedic mayhem – kind of like a drunk person playing with a dvr
• Lines from a hat – Players making sense out of random audience lines
• Foreign Movie – The MPIII translation of that Czech B-movie classic “The Fog from Peoria”
• Three Things – Our wildly popular high energy game of gibberish, guessing and mime, oh my!
• Short Scenes – Anything goes in this creative showcase, from witty on-liners to dramatic shorts, an MPIII favorite
• Long Form – An improvised story inspired from a short monologue based from audience suggestion – sometimes funny, sometimes surreal, but always MPIII!
• Worlds Worst – The MPIII signature classic, us bringing out the most hysterical examples of different situations put forth by the audience.

Up next!

Need more MPIII? Check out our upcoming shows!

• Saturday March 27th – Theater week at Plano Community Theater! Come see MPIII as part of the “Theater Week” celebration at the Plano Community Theater, events all week long! We will be performing a “family friendly” show on Saturday March 27th, from 7-8pm here at the Black Box.
• Saturday April 3rd - Deep Ellum Arts Festival. MPIII will be part of the awesome creative extravaganza known as the Deep Ellum Arts Festival! We will be performing at noon on Saturday. For more info on the festival check them out: Deep Ellum Arts Festival. This is a free event!
• Saturday April 10 - MPIII will be performing four shows daily at Scarborough Renaissance Festival! Come check out the gang doing oddball improv and our iconic water balloon shows! Weekends, through Memorial Day at the Whimsy stage.
• Friday April 23rd – The next MPIII show at the Black Box, get your tickets now!

Huge thanks for all our fans (the new ones too!), and we hope to see you again! Until then, leave a comment and let us know your favorite part of the show, or if you have suggestions for the next one!

~ The Motley Players