Adventure Squad!
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Adventure Squad! is an improv duo in which Kaci Beeler and Valerie Ward play two pre-teens ("Tabitha Martinez" and "Emily Neidermeyer-Smith-McBaker") who go on adventures.
History
The two performers developed the format for The 2008 Ladies Are Funny Festival.
In the original concept, Kaci and Val played two 11-year-old girls who, having been denied entry into the Girl Scouts, buy a manual for a scout league called "Adventure Squads" on the Internet. When the manual turns out to be just couple of sheets of paper with strange Merit Badges scrawled on them, the girls decide to earn all of the merit badges, by interpreting what they might mean in each episode.
Shortly afterwards, this structure went by the wayside, and it became a show about pre-teen adventures.
Here is Kaci Beeler's explanation of the name's origin:
Valerie and I developed this duo group specifically to submit to the Ladies Are Funny Festival in...2008? The whole premise originally was that these two 11-year-old girls were denied entry into the Girl Scouts, so they bought a manual for a scout league called "Adventure Squads" on the internet. When the manual came it was just a couple of sheets of paper stapled together with strange Merit Badges scrawled on it. Ever brave and fearless, the two girls decided to earn all of the merit badges, by interpreting what they might mean in each episode. We did this for our first show, and it was awesome, but later we took out the merit badge stuff and just had fun with the idea of going on new pre-teen "adventures" together, like a Jesus Camp, a Christian Rock Concert, etc. Also, we thought it was fun that "squad" was in our name and there is only ever 2 of us.
Media
Videos
- Video of their intro dance at The 2009 Ladies Are Funny Festival.
- Video of their 5/10/12 performance at The 2012 Ladies Are Funny Festival.
Photos
- Photoset by Steve Rogers that includes their performance at The 2011 Ladies Are Funny Festival.
- Photoset by Roy Moore that includes their 5/10/12 performance at The 2012 Ladies Are Funny Festival.
Publicity
- Photos on The Austin Improv Forums previewing their appearance at The 2009 Ladies Are Funny Festival.
