HurricaneFromButterflyWingsShow

Hurricane From Butterfly Wings

Synopsis

An innocuous item from today's news leads to a dramatic event in the (far) future; the players weave together a plausible (or at least entertaining) explanation over the next 60 minutes.

Overview

TBD

Structure

• Intro

• Read news items

  • Perhaps add some organic work / Haroldish stuff
• Do a quick climactic scene
• Start as La Ronde (Six Degrees)

• Bridge to the climax

  • Platform
  • Tilt
  • Chase
  • Climax
  • If the climax is not big enough, continue to a better ending
• Denoument
• Outro

Notes

It's like Impressionistic Horror but not necessarily horrific. The climax is player-generated and is actually performed so the audience actually gets a payoff (IH skirts the issue since its climax is tragic.) The news item is a starting kernel and is intentionally innocuous.

Logistics

• Cast

  • 6 players (6-8)

• Crew

  • 1 lighting
  • 1 box
  • 1 door
  • 1 musical improvisor or audio
• Pricing: $7-$10

Goals

• Performance

  • Perform more organic material
  • Test a new format
  • Do long-form

• Social

  • Promotion - promote improv, the troupe/cast, the community, the venue