The Improv Summit December 5, 2010

Local Legends Pgraph and The Frank Mills Share Bill of Unrivaled Awesomeness
On December 5th, a spectacular cross-section of Austin improv will storm the Hyde
Park Theatre stage for an evening of smart, sweet, and subtle comic invention. Hosts
The Glamping Trip will be joined by Parallelogramophonograph and The Frank Mills
in a lineup thatʼs a perfect introduction to improv for people whoʼve been meaning to
check out Austinʼs nationally-known scene but have no idea where to start.
(At the same time, even jaded connoisseurs will leap at the chance to see The Frank
Mills and Pgraph -- both past winners of the B. Iden Payne award for Outstanding
Improvisational Ensemble -- on the same bill, an increasingly rare event given their
respective weekly residencies at ColdTowne and The Hideout.)
“People have a lot of good reasons to not go see improv,” says John Ratliff, whose twoman
group The Glamping Trip specializes in the same reality-based scenework as the
eveningʼs headliners. “Theyʼre afraid itʼll be terrible and awkward to watch, or that even
if itʼs good itʼll be nothing but Viagra jokes and parodies of TV commercials. We wanted
to showcase our style of improv, which is more about characters and recognizable
human emotions. In a way, itʼs improv for people who think they donʼt like improv.”
“Obviously, we want a full house,” says David Hess, the other half of The Glamping Trip,
“but even better than a full house would be a house full of people whoʼve never seen
improv before.”
The Improv Summit at Hyde Park
featuring The Frank Mills, Parallelogramophonograph, and The Glamping Trip
7pm Sunday Dec. 5th
Hyde Park Theatre (511 W. 43rd St., just off Guadalupe and 43rd)
$10
Online ticket sales: www.theglampingtrip.com