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a co-production with the Puppet Improv Project and Gnap Theater Projects
{{Infobox Show
|Name = Crack!
|Picture= Crack!.jpg
|Theater= [[Salvage Vanguard Theater]]
|Producer= {{Unbulleted list | [[Gnap! Theater Projects]] | [[The Puppet Improv Project]]}}
|Director = [[Sara Farr]]
|Cast = {{Unbulleted list | [[Bryan Cruz]] | [[Clay Towery]] | [[Emily Breedlove]] | [[Howard Katz]] | [[Jesse Overright]] | [[Lisa Jackson]] | [[Patrick Daniel]] | [[Patrick Knisely]] | [[Peter Rogers]] | [[Sara Farr]] | [[Topping Haggerty]] | [[Valerie Ward]]}}
|Music =        {{Unbulleted list | [[David Rosenbaum]] | [[Jason Laney]] | [[Pat Buchta]]}}
|Run = Aug 2010
}}
'''''Crack!''''' (full name: '''''Crack! The Improvised Puppet Musical''''') was an improvised puppet musical.


"Crack!" debuted Thanksgiving weekend, 2009, and returned to SVT for a run of 6 shows in August, 2010. The show is created by mixing highly volatile puppet characters with a band of uninhibited improvisers. The result is a hilarious variety of songs, scenes in Act 1, and a completely improvise musical in Act 2 -- all conceived and performed on the spot and starring puppets. This is not your average puppet show, and it is definitely NOT a show for young children.
== Summary ==
It was a two-act show, featuring short-form songs and scenes in act one, and then an improvised narrative musical in act two.


Website: [http://puppetimprovproject.org/crack.html]
The show debuted Thanksgiving weekend, 2009, and returned to SVT for a run of 6 shows in August, 2010.  It also played [[The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival]] that year.
 
Each performance had a (human) guest for the night, while all the other performers improvised through modified sock puppets with rod armatures.  Sometimes, larger puppets, such as full-body puppets, were used as well.  Also, there was a musical improvisor providing live music for every performance.
 
=== Guests ===
Here is a list of guests for each show:
* 8/6/10: [[Albert Im]]
* 8/7/10: [[Arthur Simone]]
* 8/13/10: [[Les McGehee]]
* 8/14/10: [[John Ratliff]]
* 8/20/10: [[L. B. Deyo]]
* 8/21/10: [[Shana Merlin]]
 
=== Press Description ===
The show is created by mixing highly volatile puppet characters with a band of uninhibited improvisers. The result is a hilarious variety of songs and scenes in Act 1, and a completely improvise musical in Act 2 -- all conceived and performed on the spot and starring puppets. This is not your average puppet show, and it is definitely NOT a show for young children.
 
== Media ==
=== Videos ===
* Video by [[Sara Farr]] of the 8/6/10 show, in four parts: [http://vimeo.com/16455732 1], [http://vimeo.com/16456196 2], [http://vimeo.com/16456760 3], [http://vimeo.com/16456886 4].
 
=== Photos ===
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1150515485813.21655.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes the 11/28/09 show.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1299236843754.36635.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 8/14/10 performance.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1299236843754.36635.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 8/21/10 performance.
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1325506949633.2039669.1589679282&type=3 Photoset] by [[Roy Moore]] of the 8/6/10 show.
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1328148975682.2039874.1589679282&type=3 Photoset] by [[Roy Moore]] of the 8/7/10 show.
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1330395951855.2040063.1589679282&type=1 Photoset] by [[Roy Moore]] of the 8/13/10 show.
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1333129940203.2040265.1589679282&type=1 Photoset] by [[Roy Moore]] of the 8/14/10 show.
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1336635907850.2040545.1589679282&type=3 Photoset] by [[Roy Moore]] of the 8/20/10 show.
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1339599941949.2040804.1589679282&type=1 Photoset] by [[Roy Moore]] of the 8/21/10 show.
* [http://www.facebook.com/happywaffle/media_set?set=a.10150258545585324.492830.503270323&type=3 Photoset] by [[Kevin Miller]] that includes their 9/4/10 performance in [[The 2010 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival]].
 
== More Information ==
* [http://puppetimprovproject.org/crack.html The show's website.]

Latest revision as of 23:39, 13 January 2014


Crack! (full name: Crack! The Improvised Puppet Musical) was an improvised puppet musical.

Summary

It was a two-act show, featuring short-form songs and scenes in act one, and then an improvised narrative musical in act two.

The show debuted Thanksgiving weekend, 2009, and returned to SVT for a run of 6 shows in August, 2010. It also played The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival that year.

Each performance had a (human) guest for the night, while all the other performers improvised through modified sock puppets with rod armatures. Sometimes, larger puppets, such as full-body puppets, were used as well. Also, there was a musical improvisor providing live music for every performance.

Guests

Here is a list of guests for each show:

Press Description

The show is created by mixing highly volatile puppet characters with a band of uninhibited improvisers. The result is a hilarious variety of songs and scenes in Act 1, and a completely improvise musical in Act 2 -- all conceived and performed on the spot and starring puppets. This is not your average puppet show, and it is definitely NOT a show for young children.

Media

Videos

  • Video by Sara Farr of the 8/6/10 show, in four parts: 1, 2, 3, 4.

Photos

More Information

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