n.b. this is a post fragment that I drafted but did not post until much later (November 6, 2006).

Hey Gunshow. I’ve been thinking about what kinds of shows we can do. We can do any kind of show, of course, it just depends on how much time and energy we can commit to it. I’d like to see us keep focusing on improv and I have some ideas for shows we can do that will draw an audience. Themed/structured shows like Commedia dell High School, Gravid Water, or the Sunshine Gang can draw huge, consistent crowds. With a little work with a good coach and a modest promotional effort, I think we can produce a themed show that will bring us a new audience. Here are some ideas for novel structures and themed shows:

• each improviser takes on the qualities of an animal suggested by the audience and plays the show as a human being with those character traits. No scratching, growling, crawling, biting, miming of elongated body parts or such. Just taking animal traits, translating them into human traits and playing well-motivated characters.

• the same thing with growling, barking, birdcalling, leg-lifting, etc. I could be wrong .

• Commedia dell’Office Space. Archetypal cube dwellers taken from classic office/work movies and TV shows from the 50s to the present.

• i have a bunch of other show ideas and I’m sure you do too. Let’s focus on the positive and make this happen!