Difference between revisions of "Kacey Samiee"

From Austin Improv Community Wiki
m (Added "first improv show I saw" story from http://forum.austinimprov.com/viewtopic.php?t=9591.)
 
(18 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 6: Line 6:
}}
}}


'''Kacey Samiee''' ([[wikipedia:Help:IPA_for_English#Key|/ˈsæmiːˌiː/]]) is an improv performer and director.
'''Kacey Samiee''' ([[wikipedia:Help:IPA_for_English#Key|/ˈsæmiːˌiː/]]) is a performer, director, coach, teacher, and singer of improv.


== History ==
== History ==
A post from [[Roy Janik]] about the first improv show Kacey ever saw:<blockquote>Talking with Kacey last night, she said that the first ever improv show she saw was [[Well Hung Jury|The Free Falling Mouth Actors]] (I think), at Westwood High, which I think was just The Well Hung Jury in disguise, because they couldn't perform at a highschool with their dick joke of a name.</blockquote>
Kacey started doing improv since 2000 as a member of [[The  Hideout]] Theatre's house troupe, [[We Could Be Heroes]]. A few years later she started directing and coaching both short form and narrative shows. In 2001, Kacey became a founding member of [[Girls Girls Girls]] and was a co-creator of the first musical improv troupe in Austin. She spent the next decade helping to develop, and refine the technique of musical improv with [[Girls Girls Girls]] until she left in 2010. In 2013 she created the curriculum for three levels of musical improv at [[The Hideout Theatre]] and began to teach. In 2015 she signed on to teach regular improv at the same institution as well.


==Troupes==
==Troupes==
* [[Indigo Shift]]
* [[The Awkwards]]
* [[The Awkwards]]
* [[First Round Draft]]
* [[Confidence Men]] (Guest Star)
* [[Girl Embassy World Team]]
* [[The Library]]
* [[Girls Girls Girls]]
* [[The Plagiarists]]
* [[Indigo Shift]]
* [[J/K]]
* [[J/K]]
* [[Duck Duck Boom]]
* [[Louder Than Words]]
* [[American Standard]] (Guest Star)
* [[Junk]]
* [[Junk]]
* [[The Plagiarists]]
* [[First Round Draft]] (Director)
* [[Girls Girls Girls]]
* [[Girl Embassy World Team]]
* [[Heroes of Comedy]]


==Shows==
==Shows==
* ''[[Lonely Star]]'' (Guest Star)
* ''[[Tarantula]]''
* ''[[A Deed So Dark]]''
* ''[[Happily Ever After]]''
* ''[[Song Runner]]'' (director)
* ''[[The Violet Underbelly]]''
* ''[[After School Improv]]''
* ''[[After School Improv]]''
* ''[[Improvised Shakespeare]]''
* ''[[Live TV Tuesdays: Buffy]]'' (lighting tech)
* ''[[Asafapalooza]]''
* ''[[Ka-Baam!!]]''
* ''[[Ka-Baam!!]]''
* ''[[Live TV Tuesdays: Buffy]]'' (lighting tech)
* ''[[Rock]]'' (director and player)
* ''[[Rock]]'' (director)
* ''[[Cops & Lawyers]]''
* ''[[Start Trekkin']]''
* ''[[Start Trekkin']]''
* ''[[The Violet Underbelly]]''
* ''[[Theatresports]]'' (Director and Player)
* ''[[Gorilla Theatre]]''
* ''[[Six Degrees]]''
* ''[[More or Less]]''
* ''[[Micetro]]'' (Director and Player)


[[Category:Performers|Samiee]]
[[Category:Performers|Samiee]]
[[Category:Teachers|Samiee]]
[[Category:Directors|Samiee]]
[[Category:Directors|Samiee]]

Latest revision as of 11:18, 2 April 2016


Kacey Samiee

Kacey Samiee Pic.jpg

Primary Theater The Hideout Theatre
Years Active 2000-Present

Kacey Samiee (/ˈsæmiːˌiː/) is a performer, director, coach, teacher, and singer of improv.

History

Kacey started doing improv since 2000 as a member of The Hideout Theatre's house troupe, We Could Be Heroes. A few years later she started directing and coaching both short form and narrative shows. In 2001, Kacey became a founding member of Girls Girls Girls and was a co-creator of the first musical improv troupe in Austin. She spent the next decade helping to develop, and refine the technique of musical improv with Girls Girls Girls until she left in 2010. In 2013 she created the curriculum for three levels of musical improv at The Hideout Theatre and began to teach. In 2015 she signed on to teach regular improv at the same institution as well.

Troupes

Shows