[Capdist-announce] The Mop & Bucket Co. Anounces 2009-2010 Performance Season

Thu Aug 6 12:42:49 EDT 2009

PRESS RELEASE
THE MOP & BUCKET CO. 2009-2010 PERFORMANCE SEASON

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For Immediate Release

August 22, 2009 – April 25, 2010

THE MOP & BUCKET CO. ANNOUNCES 2009-2010 SEASON

August 5, 2009 --- Artistic Director, Michael Burns, and Training Director,
Kat Koppett are pleased to announce The Mop & Bucket Co.’s 2009-2010 Season.
It is spontaneous one-of-a-kind entertainment for audiences of all kinds.

    • Caffé Lena (www.caffelena.org)
Short form Show:  performers improvise scenes all based on audience
suggestions, and often involving audience members on stage.  
TICKETS: $15 public, $12 Caffé Lena members.  Customers can go to
caffelena.org or Brown Paper Tickets box office 24/7 at 1-800-838-3006
August 22 @ 8 p.m. 

    • Arts Center of the Capital Region (www.artscenteronline.org)
Short form Show (See Caffé Lena Description)
TICKETS: $15 members, $20 non-members.  Please call (518) 273-0552
October 2, 3 @ 8 p.m.

   • First Night Saratoga (www.ymcasaratoga.com/firstnight/index.html)
#10 St. Paul's Lutheran Church - 149 Lake Avenue
Short form Show (See Caffé Lena Description)
TICKETS: $15 buttons, good for all venues.  Please call YMCA Development
Office at 583-9622 ext. 132, or email maureen at ymcasaratoga.org.
December 31 @ 8 p.m.

   • Proctors Upstairs (www.proctors.org/places/440)
Theatresports™*:  The heart-stopping competition of sports and the magic of
improvisational theatre combine.  Olympic-style judges (local celebrities)
score teams of improvisers and only one team can win.
Oct 30, 31, Nov 6, 7 @ 8 p.m.		
Nov 1, 8 @ 2 p.m.

Spontaneous Broadway:  Created by MopCo’s Training Director, Kat Koppett, in
association with Freestyle Repertory Theatre Co. in New York City,
Spontaneous Broadway is a fictional “backers audition” for a new Broadway
musical.  Audience members invent song titles on the fly for Broadway
musicals and performers immediately improvise.  In the second act, the cast
presents a full-length musical based on the audience’s favorite number.
Spontaneous Broadway is a virtuoso piece that challenges improvisers and
amazes audiences.
Jan 15, 16, 22, 23 @ 8 p.m. 
Jan 17, 24 @ 2 p.m.

Tapestry:   A brand-new improvisational show designed by Artistic Director,
Michael Burns.  Tapestry is an improvised narrative circus.  The audience
helps create epic stories on the spot based on characters, plot twists,
favorite styles, and pet peeves.  “Like a great aerial act, Tapestry is
challenging for the actors and simple for audience,” says Burns.
April 16, 17, 23, 24 @ 8 p.m.
April 18, 25 @ 2 p.m.

TICKETS:  
$15 -- To purchase, call Proctors Box Office (518) 346-6204, online at
Proctors.org, the box office at 432 State Street, Schenectady or fax orders
to (518) 881-1823.

About The Mop & Bucket Company:
Who are we? 
The Mop & Bucket Co. (MopCo) is the Capital District's premiere
improvisational theatre company.  The company has been in existence in its
present form since 2005. MopCo is a resident company at Proctors Theatre in
Schenectady, NY. The company performs, teaches, and trains at venues around
the region, as well as nationally and internationally. 

Company Cast Members:
Michael Burns (Artistic Director), Kat Koppett (Training Director), Ed Fagan
(Business Manager), Sandra Bauchiero (Publicity), Brenny Rabine, Peter
Delocis, Katie Haverly, Alexander M. Stern, Alex DiCicco, Rebecca Douglas,
Nikki Plyem, Nick Muscatiello, Amy Tierney, Krest Winchester, Kevin Scholz

Mission Statement
Live performance fills a central, universal need of humankind. This need
cannot be met by passive reception of electronic or virtual paths, but must
be experienced with all five senses. MopCo believes that the best theatre
comes out of an active collaboration between performer and audience. We
constantly expand, refine, and redefine our own concept of what
improvisation in performance is. This is because the company acts on the
assumption that that which is unchanging is probably dead, and will
therefore begin to stink soon, if it doesn’t already. 

The company uses improvisation as a direct form of entertainment in
performance; as a developmental tool that helps individuals in their own
personal development, and as an interactive training tool for businesses and
nonprofits.

CONTACTS:
PR at mopco.org
http://www.mopco.org
577-MPCO (577-6726)
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