Aesop’s Table – The Wolf and the CraneCome laugh for FREE with Mod 27 Improv on West Palm Beach’s Great Lawn
Mod 27 is the perfect combination of Palm Beach County’s longest running comedy improv company with the area’s most experienced performers.
On August 30th, we will be partnering with the City of West Palm Beach to host a free show as part of the Summer in Paradise program. Join us on West Palm Beach’s Great Lawn for some good ol’ summer fun. Meet us at the picnic tables. We’ll be at the “Wolf and the Crane” table located at about the center of the tables. 6:30 – 8:30 PM.
Our team will be performing improv games with some audience participation. Feel free to bring your own food and refreshments.
Villain Theater joins Mod 27
West Palm Beach comedy improv fans, the Villains are coming! Mod 27’s good friends from Miami, the Villain Theater, will be traveling to West Palm Beach on November 18th for the first time to share their love for improv with Palm Beach County. Led by Jeff Quintana and Peter Mir, the Villain Theater was founded in August, 2015 and has quickly become one of Miami’s strongest companies focused on improvisation. The company features Chicago-style long form improvisation, sketch comedy, and improv classes.
Mod 27 Improv Troupes
Joining the Villains on stage will be two Mod 27 troupes. O’Hy-o (pronounced Ohio), the first team, is a duo long form group featuring veterans Tom O’Donnell and Dave Hyland – the company founders. The second team will be the debut performance of DiBerardino, Mullings, and Rodriguez our newest group.
This show will be for one night only. Location: Bob Carter’s Actor’s Repertory Theater 1009 N Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, Florida. Tickets: $12 general and $10 student. Time: 8:00 PM.
Cheese and Crackers to Emcee Swede Fest Palm BeachSwede Fest Palm Beach is back! And for the third year in a row, Mod 27 house team, Cheese and Crackers has the honor of emceeing the event. The Swede Fest features laughably bad, 3 minute remakes of Hollywood hits made by amateur filmmakers throughout Palm Beach County.
I know what your thinking… What’s a Swede? Well, in the 2008 comedy “Be Kind Rewind” Jack Black and Mos Def remake Hollywood movies with zero budget. Their resulting products, hilarious one-take scenes, were called “Swedes” – as in the Swedish version of the movie. “Be Kind Rewind” inspired a cult following spawning a national craze of “Swedeing” movies by amateurs. Which resulted in our very own Palm Beach County Swede Fest, in 2012, to show case these “bad movies made by good people”. 2016 marks the 5th year for Swede Fest Palm Beach which is sponsored by Palm Beach Film Society, Thalo.com, Brewhouse Gallery and The Alchemy Group. Tickets $12 in advance ($15 at the door) and are available on the Kelsey Theater’s website.
In addition to appreciating these fine “works of art”, the audience votes on the best/worst film made. So, filmmakers could win Swede bragging rights and prizes. Mod 27 has joined in this fun and donated one of the prizes – a set of our West Palm Beach drop-in improv classes. Perhaps the filmmakers can use these classes to hone their skills for next year?
Thanks everyone for making the first two months of our drop-in classes a success. As a token of our appreciation between August 13 and September 30, 2016 we are offering 10 and 5 class punch cards at a sale price:
10 class punch card for the price of 7 = $10.50/class – 50% off
5 class punch card for the price of 4 = $12/class – 40% off
Punch cards don’t expire. Purchase your cards now at the following link:
Notes:Performing groups: Getting Lucky with Kat, The Golden Goodies (Special Guest), Banana’s Republic, and the Armando Show (w/ guest monologist: Anthony Francis)
On August 26 (Friday), we debut a new twist at Bob Carter’s Actor’s Repertory Theater. We are going to give a run at producing two shows on the same night. The first show will be 7:00 to 8:30 PM and will feature our traditional three group set that has become a staple of Palm Beach County improv, featuring: Cheese and Crackers, Copa de Diva, and Bananas Republic. Then from 9:00 to 10:30 PM we take the stage again with a new set of duo improv troupes featuring: Dave and Tom (O’Hy-o), Din and Dean (the Double Ds), and Kim and Marisa (Kimnree). Tickets are $12 general and $10 student at the door for each show – $18 and $15 respectively for both shows.
Announcing our coaches for the monthOur Tuesday Drop-in Classes at Bob Carter’s Actor’s Repertory Theater are picking up steam. It is so inspiring to see the growth of our students and the class. Many of our students have been asking us to post a schedule of coaches. We thought that was a great idea so here you go:
7/26/2016 – Donovan Mullings
8/2/2016 – Wally Lurz
8/9/2016 – Marisa Palazzotto
8/16/2016 – Krys Parker
8/23/2016 – Dave Hyland
8/30/2016 – Din Thomas
Wanna get in the fun? Classes are only $15*. Pre-purchase below:
Details: The classes meet weekly on Tuesdays 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM at Bob Carter’s Actor’s Repertory Theater – 1009 N. Dixie highway, West Palm Beach, FL
*Online advanced purchase. Pre-purchase does not expire. $20 at the door.
Drop-in Improv ClassesNew to improv? Or maybe you’re a seasoned veteran who wants to get some reps in? Whatever the case, Take Heed has your fix. Come check out our ongoing and no pressure drop-in improv class. These classes will give you an introductory taste into the Take Heed improv style. Lessons will be vary from week to week but every class will be filled with fun, laughter, and knowledge.
Class size is limited to 15. Register online if you want a guaranteed place in the class.
Location: Bob Carter’s Actor’s Repertory Theater – 1009 N Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
About the Instructor: This class will be taught by a rotation of Take Heed’s performers.
*Online advanced purchase. Pre-purchase does not expire. $20 at the door.
Final push for our theater build out fundraising campaign.
If you’ve been to our shows lately you’ve heard about the space we started leasing and our woes with permitting and losing our grant (details in the video below). We could sure use your help. Please consider donating. Also if you know someone who may be interested in helping please share this with them.
Below is a promo video we produced at the beginning of the campaign for your viewing pleasure.
