Old iO West
Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
The Labor Temple, 59715
Description
There’s too much fun to all fit in one venue! Night one sees a reunion of sorts at the legendary Labor Temple! Former iO West Alumns take the stage with a variety of improvised acts!
Shootin' the Shit EJ Scott and guests create a long form improv show. EJ Scott studied and performed in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles at legendary improv institutions such as UCB, iO West, iO Chicago, The Second City, The Groundlings, The Annoyance for the past 25 years
Now with Annie & Levin is 2 improvisers. 1 suggestion. What happens NOW. Annie & Levin have been improvising together since 2005 and are excited to bring their celebrated two-person show home to Last Best Comedy. Every NOW show is an absolutely unique act of improvisation where they simply strive to listen well, trust their instincts and play!
Brian James O’Connell travels the world teaching his expertise in The Deconstruction as part of his ALL IMPROV courses and as a founding board member of Camp Improv Utopia. A main stage performer, beloved bar manager, coach & teacher until the very end at iO West (RIP), O’Connell is also proud to be a Co-Founder of The Pack Theater, LA Weekly’s BEST OF LA Pick for “Best Theater Company” two years in a row.
BOC (as his friends call him) is part of the improv powerhouse & comedy collective Dr. God, who delivered their first feature film project BLOODSUCKING BASTARDS in 2015, starring Fran Kranz, Pedro Pascal, Joey Kern, Joel Murray, and Emma Fitzpatrick, which O’Connell directed as well as co-writing the script with Dr. God. Seasons 1 & 2 of Dr. God's new animated series HELL DEN is currently available on SYFY Channel. (Brian voices GIANTIC, a frost giant represented only as a large bare foot.)
Tickets are $15
Location
The Labor Temple, 59715