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=== Videos ===
=== Videos ===
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHYDvzQKeoM Video of the premiere performance of ''Cochise''] at [[The 2008 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHYDvzQKeoM Video of the premiere performance of ''Cochise''] at [[The 2008 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival]].
** [http://blip.tv/out-of-bounds-comedy-festival/improv-for-evil-wed-10pm-svt-apples-stage-1230040 Another video] of the same show.
* [http://youtu.be/04yQnI0n7rg Video of the first performance of the first run: "Bad Santa".]
* [http://youtu.be/04yQnI0n7rg Video of the first performance of the first run: "Bad Santa".]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6IpnJBVM34 Video of the second performance of the first run: "Something Smells at the Docks".]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6IpnJBVM34 Video of the second performance of the first run: "Something Smells at the Docks".]

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Cochise

Cochise Poster.jpg

Theater The Hideout Theatre
Directed by
Cast Improv for Evil
Initial Run Nov/Dec 2008
Subsequent Run(s) Jan 2009

Cochise was a mainstage show at The Hideout Theatre based on late-70s cop shows. It was produced and performed by Improv for Evil.

Summary

In each episode, two characters were pre-determined: "Cochise", a renegade cop, and his beleaguered police sergeant. Everyone else played whatever characters were needed on the day. Each performance introduced a villain committing some sort of crime, and showed Cochise gradually closing in on and defeating the villain.

The show included over-the-top 70s costumes and many fake moustaches.

History

The name "Cochise" is a reference to a character in the Beastie Boys video "Sabotage", which traffics in the same genre as the improv show.

The show premiered at The 2008 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, and then ran as The Hideout Theatre's mainstage show from 11/29/08 to 12/20/08. After that, it played at the Long Fringe of Frontera Fest from 1/21/09 to 1/31/09, the first improv show to play the festival. Since then, it has played a smattering of other dates, including an appearance at The 40-Hour Improv Marathon.

"Cochise" will return in 2014 as one of the first Student Mainstage Productions at The Hideout Theatre.

Frontera Fest Show Dates

  • January 21st, 2009 at 7:30pm
  • January 24th, 2009 at 2:15pm
  • January 25th, 2009 at 8:00pm
  • January 31st, 2009 at 10:15pm

Media

A performance of _Cochise_.
A performance of Cochise.

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