Dan's Party: Long Form Improv in Fayetteville, AR

The Skinny on Austin

2009-10-07T22:35:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! Sam here, writing to you from the Dan's Party bunker, many miles below the Earth's crust where we perfect our theatrical bamboozling skills (a very technical term, mind you).

As some of you might have seen on our Facebook Fanpage status a little while back, we posted that something "very big has happened for us! Like, Texas-size big!" and that "More details [were] to come."

WELL GUESS WHAT:

A little while back we got a call from a cool producer type named Jeremy Lamb, who runs the Out Of Bounds comedy festival in Austin, Texas. Jeremy informed us of an annual competition called the College Improv Tournament, which is run from Chicago at the Chicago Improv Festival (http://www.chicagoimprovfestival.org/web/ccc_home.php). Turns out that not only is Jeremy in charge of the southwestern competition bracket for the CIT, but he wanted us to sign up as competitors.

I know, right!?

So what exactly does that mean? Well, on November 14th, the rest of the guys and I (along with our trusty sound tech Justin Cunningham) will be down in Austin at the Vanguard Theater, going head-to-head with other regional college improv groups of all different shapes and sizes. If we do well in Austin (ie, we make it to the top of the regional bracket through up to two 25 minute performaces judged by a variety of improv experts, scrutinizing us under very specific guidelines), we'll not only get some nifty plaques to bring home with us, but we'll be confirmed as national finalists and compete with four other groups in Chicago in early 2010.

Naturally, we're all a bit excited over here. We'll do our best to update you guys on the happenings and goings-ons in Austin. In the meantime, we've been told that all of our performances will be taped and posted online, so don't fret if you can't make it to Austin and watch us in person.

Alright, I've talked (typed) for long enough. More details as they come! Keep an eye out for a new show happening later this month! DUTY NOW, CADETS!

-Sam

Promo Art for 8/22

2009-08-15T17:17:00.000-07:00

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Special Late Night Show

2009-08-08T08:55:00.000-07:00

Looks like our next (and only show) in August will be at Teatro Scarpino once again. Right now we're slated to do a 9:30pm show. We'll post more info, along with an official poster design (we're working on a design with good friend and amazing illustrator Donavon Brutus (http://www.donavonbrutus.com/), here soon.

UPDATE: Our next show will definitely be taking place on Saturday, August 22nd, 9:30 pm @ Teatro Scarpino.

Backstage on 7/31

2009-08-02T15:50:00.000-07:00

Last Friday's show was great. Until we upload some clips from that show, here's a peak at what happened backstage:

SHOW REMINDER...AGAIN

2009-07-28T11:27:00.000-07:00

For those interested: Next show is on Friday, July 31st @ Teatro Scarpino. $5 cover, 21 and up, starts at 8pm. See you there! Or not!

SHOW REMINDER

2009-07-21T16:36:00.000-07:00

Just a quick reminder to anyone who's interested, our next show is TOMORROW (July 22) @ Teatro Scarpino. It's a 21 and up show with a $5 cover charge, and it starts at 8pm. See you then!

Dan's Party: Officially endorsed by local government

2009-07-19T20:12:00.000-07:00

Everyone in Fayetteville knows that Mayor Lioneld Jordan has a very active Facebook status. The thing gets updated at least every few hours, letting his followers know what he'll be working on that day, or what local event he's planning on attending, etc...

Anywho, it was a nice surprise to see this on his status:

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How cool is that?

That was awfully nice of Mayor Jordan to point us out to everyone. Hopefully it'll garner an even bigger audience for us on our upcoming show on the 22nd.

Interview in the NWA Times

2009-07-17T14:12:00.000-07:00

Thomas and I were interviewed earlier this week for a piece in the Northwest Arkansas Times, which appeared in print today:

You can read the whole thing here.

As indicated by my last post, we have two shows coming up on July 22nd and July 31st. Both happen at Teatro Scarpino, start at 8pm with a $5 cover and are 21 and up. Hope to see you there!

-Sam

New Poster: July 22 & 31

2009-07-13T21:54:00.001-07:00

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More info as it comes.

Happy Birthday, Sean!

2009-07-10T08:43:00.000-07:00

Dan's Party member Sean Phillip Mabrey turned 25 today. Happy birthday, Sean!

This is my official birthday gift to Sean. I hope he likes it.

-Sam

Two new dates

2009-07-05T09:07:00.000-07:00

We've just secured two more dates at Teatro Scarpino: July 22nd and July 31st.

We'll have some more info on both shows within the next few days.

Woah, temporary site!

2009-07-02T08:59:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone!

So, until we decide to stop being lazy and actually use this copy of Dreamweaver I've got lying around, this is the official Dan's Party website. We'll hopefully have something a little more impressive sooner or later.

Until then, this will be your best place to come to for updates on your favorite comedy improv group in Fayetteville, Arkansas. At the moment, we've got a few dates set up for the month of July. We're currently trying to reschedule one date right now, but I can definitely say that we will be performing at Teatro Scarpino on Friday, July 31st at 8pm. More on this show later.

Until then, we have a show tonight, with musical guest Where's Lawrence?. We hope to see you all there!