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Thanks Everybody

28

Feb

2009

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This past Wednesday, we wrapped up our six week run at Chicago’s very own Apollo Theater Studio.  On behalf of Batterymouth, I want to give a big “thank you” to everyone who came out to catch us at any point during the run.  Thanks for supporting long form improv.  You’re awesome.

Speaking of being thankful to our audience, way to come up with some kick ass suggestions!  I’ve got to say, we got something unique and different every week, which gave us a lot of cool stuff to play with.  Here’s the list of suggestions, in order:

* Singing Telegram
* Venus
* Waffles
* Loose
* Carrots
* Treasure Troll

Yep, those are still awesome.

And, of course, thank you to all of the fabulous groups who opened for us throughout the run - The Fling, The Cosby Sweaters, Nipple Competition, Valid Hysteria and Salmon.  It really was humbling to be able to share the same stage as these guys and gals every week.

So, thanks again to everybody and be sure to keep checking out our website to see when we’ll be performing next.  I’m sure we’ll be adding some new performances in the next month or so, but in the meantime, next stop: Twin Cities Improv Festival.

Schedule Change - Salmon Opens for Us Tomorrow

24

Feb

2009

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Improv is nothing if not spontaneous.  So, in the spirit of that, the opening group for tomorrow’s show at the Apollo Theater Studio is changing and will now be Salmon!  While you might not know Salmon, you almost definitely know it’s improvisers - Pat Dwyer and Erin Pallesen of Kerpatty and Erin Rooney of Nipple Competition.  All three of these folks are hilarious separately, so you can imagine how funny they’ll be together - or maybe you can’t!  Maybe they’ll be so funny that you can’t even wrap your head around it.  There’s only one way to find out…

The show is still at 8:00pm, it’s still our last show of this run and we’re still going out to Irish Eyes afterwards.  So, come catch Salmon, come catch Batterymouth and help us celebrate the end of a great run!

Salmon

Last Show This Wenesday…

23

Feb

2009

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This coming Wednesday will be the last show of our six week run at the Apollo Theater Studio.  Our good friends, Nipple Competition, will be opening for us and we anticipate a fun-filled, go-out-with-bang night of improv.  The show starts at 8:00, but make sure to get there early so that you can grab a drink from the bar and get cozy (the bartender usually splits at 8:05).  Afterwards we will be going out to Irish Eyes for a little after show beverage and possibly a punching contest…yes…a punching contest (don’t worry, no one gets hurt).  So come out…bring your friends, bring your enemies, bring your significant others, bring your moms and dads, bring your boss, bring your party pants, and bring your laughter…lots and lots of laughter.

Nipple Competition Performs with Us This Wednesday

02

Feb

2009

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Nipple Competition - Josh Hanson, Mark Ortiz, Brian Henning and Erin Rooney

In two days our close friends Nipple Competition will be opening for our third of six performances at Chicago’s Apollo Theater Studio.  You may have seen these guys recently performing sketch comedy at the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival or doing long form improv around town at any number of places.

It’s always a special treat for us to do a show with Nipple Competition, because it always feels like a mini-reunion.  You see, all three members of Batterymouth and three out of four members of Nipple Competition all used to be on the same Harold team at the iO Theater together called Skeleton Attack.  The team was together for about a year and a half and it’s how a lot of us cut our teeth on the Chicago style of improv.  A discerning eye could probably come to the show and pick up on some subtle similarities in the performance styles of our two groups…or they could just watch the show and laugh their ass off.  Either would be appropriate.

The Cosby Sweaters Perform with Us This Wednesday

27

Jan

2009

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cosbysweaters_200x250Tomorrow, long form improv group The Cosby Sweaters are going to be opening for our second of six performances at the Apollo Theater Studio.  These guys are based out of DePaul and we first met them when we opened for them and our friends Nipple Competition at The Playground in the middle of 2008.  A few months later we did a full run with both groups and got to know these guys pretty well (and even after that, I got to know two of their members - Tom Dean and Pete Parsons - when we started working together on Battle-Prov at ComedySportz Chicago).  They have a strong following and there’s really no question why - they’re funny, they’re high energy and they have no fear of going blue.  So, come on out to the show on Wednesday and catch The Cosby Sweaters and Batterymouth in action.