Combined Artform presents:
T.F.N. presents The Online Improv Show. The only live “skype” improv show in the country hooking up two casts in two cities via the Internet. Audiences in San Francisco and Los Angeles come together to suggest, witness and been seen with fellow Californians 400 miles away. The Online Intenet show is your good old fashion short form improv mixed with some online connection and tech magic. Hard to imagine.
Producing Director: Matthew Quinn
SF Tech – Clint Winder
LA Tech- Mark Carson
Featuring:
San Francisco- (Tilted Frame-SF )Daniel Berson, Alex Boyd, Diana Brown, Keara McCarthy, Max McCal, Marcus Sams, Greg Shilling, Daniel Sullivan, Barry Weir.
Los Angeles- (Some Assembly Required) John Baumgaertner, Paul Baumgaertner, Nathan Black, Natalie Chediak, Misa Doi, Jaimie Paulson
(Room to Improv) Earl Baylon, Mary Joy (MJ) Deocariza (Macalintal), Anthony Foronda, James Lui, Marc Macalintal, George Meier, Justin Vasquez, RJ Victoria.
T.F.N. – Tilted Frame Network opens Thursday March 18 and runs Thursdays through May 27 at 8pm. All performances are at Theatre Asylum at 6320 Santa Monica Blvd. in Los Angeles 90038 and Off Market Theaters at 965 Mission St. San Francisco 94103. Tickets are $10. Running time is 60 minutes, with wheelchair access and concessions available. Allow time for street parking.
San Francisco: Buy Tickets Online
Los Angeles: Buy Tickets Online
The first and only of its kind, Tilted Frame Network returns to stage and internet with The Online Improv Show, bringing the finest in digital humor technology with them. Comprised of a highly talented cast and staff, the Tilted Frame Network (or T.F.N.) makes use of skype like technology to connect San Francisco with Los Angeles, creating a live broadcast of studio grade hilarity. The show combines a classic improv base with the a tool belt full of lights, cameras, and modems, heightened by the combined performance and audiences of both cities.
Started during the dot com revolution, Tilted Frame has been pushing the envelope of multi-media production for more than seven years. Opening with Taste Like Random in the summer of 2002, Tilted Frame used video and the Internet in a way no other company had before. Now, with troupes in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Tilted Frame has further experimented with and expanded the format of the show to premiere the first-ever, recurring, cross-state performance in theater.
Combined Artform has been producing new and classic works in the performance scene for over ten years. Created by Producing Artistic Director Matthew Quinn and Bertha Rodriguez in 1998, they were joined by Steve Kahn in 1999, and have collaborated with actors, singers, filmmakers, sketch comedy groups, musicians, improvisers, and fine artists in hundreds of shows, including Santaland Diaries, Eavesdropper (SF), PAPA, Tilted Frame – SF & LA, the SF Solo Festival, PianoFight on Shortlived and FORKING (LA) and in LA with Impro Theatre and Improvatorium. They built Off-Market Theaters in 2005 and took over Theatre Asylum in Los Angeles in 2007. They continue to develop the connection between SF and LA as well different arts and artists to be a part of the evolution of performance and production. www.combinedartform.com
About The Artists
Producing Director: Matthew Quinn
SF Tech – Clint Winder
LA Tech- Mark Carson
Featuring:
San Francisco- (Tilted Frame-SF )Daniel Berson, Alex Boyd, Diana Brown, Keara McCarthy, Max McCal, Marcus Sams, Greg Shilling, Daniel Sullivan, Barry Weir.
Los Angeles- (Some Assembly Required) John Baumgaertner, Paul Baumgaertner, Nathan Black, Natalie Chediak, Misa Noi, Jaimie Paulson
(Room to Improv) Earl Baylon, Mary Joy (MJ) Deocariza (Macalintal), Anthony Foronda, James Lui, Marc Macalintal, George Meier, Justin Vasquez, RJ Victoria.
T.F.N. – Tilted Frame Network opens Thursday March 18 and runs Thursdays through May 27 at 8pm. All performances are at Theatre Asylum at 6320 Santa Monica Blvd. in Los Angeles 90038 and Off Market Theaters at 965 Mission St. San Francisco 94103. Tickets are $10. Running time is 0 minutes, with wheelchair access and concessions available. Allow time for street parking.
"Quirky" , "Really funny" with "Sparks of brilliance" and "An intriguing idea with loads of potential." - LA Weekly
NEW PROMO VIDEO
directed by Rand Courtney and Written by Rob Ready & Matthew Quinn
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Los Angeles: Buy Tickets Online
Combined Artform’s Research and Development department, publicly known as Tilted Frame, has been lighting up Bay Area improv for the last five years with its unique brand of technologically driven improv. Originally conceived as an evolving platform to test out the heights and pitfalls of tech in theater, the format has grown to include an ever-widening array of gadgets, games and genres. Now the R&D Department is giving the reigns to you.
The most cutting edge improv platform in the Bay Area opens up its stage to the public with Tilted Frame’s Techno Improv Jam, premiering Thursday evenings, January 14th – February 4th, at the Off-Market Theaters, 965 Mission St. Tickets are $ 10 at the door and online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/94214.
The night consists of a set by the Tilted Frame players, giving everyone an idea what this is all about. Next, the stage will open up for a number of sets in which everyone from seasoned professionals to intrigued novices can brave the winds of technology and perform.
NEW PROMO VIDEO
directed by Rand Courtney and Written by Rob Ready
FOR MORE INFORMATION
LIVE IMPROV BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES
·
First time
in improv history
·
Live improv
between two cities
Previews Thursday, October 22
Runs Thursdays October 29 through
November 19, 2009
(San
Francisco, CA) (September, 2009)…The future is here. For over seven years
Combined Artform’s Tilted Frame has been working with live video, internet and
improv to the delight of audiences in Los Angeles and San Francisco. And now
they bring it all together in Tilted Frame
– Live Improv Between Los Angeles and San Francisco. For the first time in
improv history Tilted Frame will
bring together its two companies to perform a show for two cities at the same
time.
We will be bringing some old favorites like Snapshots and News Report, now with
a cross city twist. Be a part of history and tell your cross state friends. Two
Cities, One Show, Live Internet.
Starting
during the dot com revolution Tilted
Frame has been pushing the envelope of multi-media production. Opening with
Taste Like Random in the summer of 2002, Tilted
Frame uses video and the internet in a way no other company has used them
before. With a skilled group of improvisers their techniques have been viewed
by various playwrights who have used them in their own works. Now, with
companies in Los Angeles and San Francisco they have further experimented with
the format of the show, leading up to this cross state performance.
Combined Artform (Formerly-C.A.F.E.-
Combined Art Form Entertainment) has been producing new and old works as well
as being an active supporter in the performance scene for over ten years.
Created by Producing Artistic Director Matthew Quinn and Bertha Rodriguez in
1998, they were joined by Steve Kahn in 1999, and have collaborated with actors,
singers, filmmakers, sketch comedy groups, musicians, improvisers, and fine
artists in hundreds of shows, including Santaland Diaries, Eavesdropper (SF),
PAPA, Tilted Frame – SF & LA, the SF Solo Festival, and recently with
PianoFight on Shortlived and FORKING (LA). They built Off-Market Theaters in
2005 and took over Theatre Asylum in Los Angeles in 2007. They continue to
develop the connection between SF and LA as well different arts and artists to
be a part of the evolution of performance and production. www.combinedartform.com
TILTED FRAME – Live Improv
Between Los Angeles and San Francisco, previews Thursday, October 22 at 8:00 and runs
Thursdays at 8:00 PM to November 19, 2009. All performances are at Off Market Theaters 965 Mission St, San
Francisco, 94103. Tickets are $15. Running time is 70 minutes, with wheelchair
access and concessions available. Allow time for street parking.
San
Francisco Tix- http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/85988
Los
Angeles Tix - http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/86005
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Combined Artform’s, TILTED FRAME back in SF.
- RUNNING IN SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES
EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 3rd, 2009
“TILTED FRAME stretches
the boundaries of traditional improvisation…
They drop the facile and forced wackiness of comedy club improv for a far more
daring and difficult form."
Created during the .dot
com era of San Francisco by Combined Artform in 2002, TILTED FRAME examines the
world of technology and entertainment. Bringing some of the original members,
mixed with new ones to create a newly developed improv show for you, with some
of our signature pieces like Craigslist and new formats like Twitter. Each show
is digital and original.
Having expanded into Los Angeles
at Theatre Asylum in 2007, Combined Artform’s Artistic Director Matthew Quinn
is excited about having TILTED FRAME's in both cities and looks
forward to developing the shows to allow both groups the ability to perform
together through the Internet sometime this summer.
In addition, shows will feature
guest groups from the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Come and see two different
shows then stay for the Jam following. An excellent evening of Improv comedy.
Featuring: Daniel
Berson, Diana Brown, Christopher DeJong, Sara Eismann, Cheryl Fidelman,
Wylie Herman, Mariah Howard and Denzil Meyers
Executive Producer: Matthew Quinn
Directors: Matthew Quinn
Consultant: Patrick Bristow
TILTED FRAME runs Thursdays, May 14 to July
30, 2009. All performances are at Studio 250@Off Market Theatres 965 Mission
St. San Francisco, CA. Thursdays at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $10. Running time is
70 minutes, with wheelchair access and concessions available. Allow time for
street parking.
For reservations, RESERVE
ONLINE:
Tilted Frame- LA is back with “Who
Wrote This Sh!t.”.
Once
again Patrick Bristow helms the ensemble of LA comedic improv all-stars. After
the show feel free to stay around to see or be a part of the Asylum Improv Jam.
And stay tuned as Tilted Frame has just re-opened in San Francisco, promising
soon to come cross city improv.
About The Artists
Featuring: Kevin Berntson, Jordan Black
(Groundlings, Punk'd, Halfway Home, MTV’s The Lyricist Lounge Show), Jayne Entwistle, Michael Oosterom,
Colleen Smith (Groundlings, The Showbiz
Show with David Spade, Puppet Up),
Victor Yerrid (Puppet Up) and Brennan
Vetter.
Executive Producer: Matthew Quinn
Director: Patrick Bristow
PATRICK BRISTOW is best known for his numerous
television appearances most notably as "Peter" on the groundbreaking
ABC series Ellen. Other television
credits include, Curb Your Enthusiasm,
Seinfeld, Friends, Mad About You, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, among
others. Film credits include The Longest Yard, as well as the first Austin Powers, So I Married An Axe Murderer,
Twilight Of The Gods, and the accidental comedy Showgirls. He appeared for two seasons on The Minor Accomplishments Of Jackie Woodman on the IFC. Bristow is
an alum of The Groundlings (Main Company) where he continues to teach and
direct improv and sketch comedy. He currently directs and hosts monthly
performances of Puppet Up; Uncensored
for the Jim Henson Company at Avalon Hollywood.
MATTHEW QUINN has over twenty years of
entertainment and business experience including acting, directing and
producing. He brings a wide range of creative and business skills to the
artistic community where he has used them to help create new works, manage
performance spaces, as well as consulting. He has worked with hundreds of
theater companies, including Theater Bay Area's Services Committee (TSC), Asian
American Theater, Custom Made Theater, Magic Theater, Cutting Ball Theater and
Open Fist (LA). He and partner Steve Kahn opened Off-Market Theaters on Mission
in San Francisco, which consisted of two new theaters and rehearsal space in
2003. Currently, Matthew is in LA running their new space, Theatre Asylum.
Matthew also continues as Producing Artistic Director of his company, C.A.F.E.
- Combined Art Form Entertainment, which is celebrating its tenth year,
www.cafearts.com.
TILTED FRAME – Who Wrote this
Sh!t” May
14 to July 30, 2009. All performances are at Theatre Asylum at
6320 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood, Thursdays at 8:30 PM. Tickets are $10. Running
time is 70 minutes, with wheelchair access and concessions available. Allow
time for street parking.
For reservations, call 1-800-838-3006: online http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/56043
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TILTEDFRAME PREMIERES IN LOS-ANGELES
OPENING THURSDAYS ON OCTOBER 2
“Tilted Frame stretches the boundaries of traditional improvisation by moving
beyond quick scenes and goofy caricatures, and into real characters and
stirring storylines…They drop the facile and forced wackiness of comedy club
improv for a far more daring and difficult form."- SF Guardian
Bringing
together the best of Los Angeles comedic improv including veteran Patrick
Bristow (Groundlings, Ellen, Puppet Up) to co-direct and featuring a rotating
cast of established performers who come from diverse improv backgrounds. Each
show will feature signature formats like Craigslist and P.O.V. (Point of View)
and continue to be an ever-changing interactive, multi-technological
experience.
Featuring:
Jordan Black (Groundlings, Punk'd, Halfway Home, MTV’s The Lyricist Lounge
Show), Candace Brown, Dorien
Davies, Jayne Entwistle, Beth Geiger,
Shawn Gonzales, Michelle Johnson, Caleb Martin, Drew Massey, Carl Petersen, Amy
Procacci, Colleen Smith (Groundlings, "The Showbiz Show with David
Spade" Puppet Up), Kenny Stevenson, Victor Yerrid (Puppet Up) and Brennan
Vetter.
Directors: Patrick
Bristow & Matthew Quinn
Executive Producer: Matthew
Quinn
Tilted Frame – opens October 2 for an ongoing run,
every Thursday.
All performances are at 8:30 – followed by the Asylum Jam at 10pm
6320 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA. 90038
Tickets
are available at www.plays411.com/tiltedframe or by calling (323)
960-7753
TILTED FRAME’s
PAST PRODUCTIONS
Featuring
Diana Brown, Jonathan Caplan, Christopher Dejong, Heather O'Brien
(Co-Director), Trish Tillman
I
need, I want, I tilt.
July 2004 It
is all happening, right here, right now. We exist in the moment; we
create in the moment—
want and need,
give and take, achievement and failure. It’s funny, it’s poignant and it happens without
hesitation. Tilted Frame stretches the boundaries of improvisation with the construction
of an original play live each night incorporating Digital Video and the
Internet. Compelling characters and stirring stories— all
created here and now.
Frame Work
February 2004 Tilted Frame presents their newest
multimedia theater experience, “Frame Work”. Each night, a complete new
play is constructed live on stage through collaboration between actors and
audience. Come build a unique piece of theater from a
blueprint incorporating both classic play structure and modern
elements of digital video, music, and the Internet.
Mixed Signal
September 2003 A unique improvised performance with digital
video, music, and the internet—all live, all fully improvised, and all new
every night. The actors, musicians and technologists use these tools to weave a
seamless performance from the threads of Silicon Valley, Hollywood and the
campfire. Technology is harnessed to the narrative of the theater to produce
stories that are at once cutting edge and fully human. TFI explores the
possibilities of mixing the world's newest and oldest ways to connect.
Stripped June
2003 The creative and technological process
becomes transparent as TFI explores reality, secrets and disclosure using their
acclaimed mix of improvised theatre,
live digital video and tech. Three short plays are created on the spot
revealing not only the mechanics of making theatre, but inner workings of the
human condition.
The Special Connection
February 2003 Love, sex and serendipity explored through and
explosive intermingling of live digital video, music and improvisation.
Bring your special conection
(or vision of the one you’d like to meet) and experience a witty, sexy, and
touching look at relationships in all their splendor and dysfuncion. You
might just have a happy ending.
Tastes Like Random September 2002 Tilted
Frame Improv’s
premiere production explores randomness and connectivity, anarchy and
order. Using a unique blend of improvised theatre and multi-media
technology, including digital video, the internet, cell phones and MP3s, the
troupe negotiates through the chaos to create fresh-squeezed scenes both funny
and moving.