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{{Infobox Troupe
{{Infobox Troupe
|Name = In Our Prime
|Name = In Our Prime
|Picture = In Our Prime.jpg
|Picture = In Our Prime Three.jpg
|Cast = {{Unbulleted list|[[ Jessica Arjet]]|[[Gloria Bankler]]|[[Ryan Hill]]|[[Paul Normandin]]}}
|Cast = {{Unbulleted list|[[Gloria Rabil Bankler]]|[[Ryan Hill]]|[[Paul Normandin]]}}
 
|Past Members = [[Jessica Arjet]] (2012-2015)
 
|Years = 2012-Present
|Years = 2012-Present
}}
}}


'''In Our Prime''' is an improv troupe that focuses on grounded, dramatic longforms.
== Summary ==
In Our Prime was the brainchild of [[Paul Normandin]]. Paul and [[Gloria Bankler]] became close friends after [[Kaci Beeler]]'s ''Romance and Intimacy'' Elective at [[The Hideout Theatre]] in 2011. Gloria and Paul met [[Ryan Hill]] when they all took an elective workshop at [[The Hideout Theatre]] entitled ''Andy is Mean to You'', wherein Hideout Education Director [[Andy Crouch]] would give very direct feedback to students. Soon after, Paul approached Gloria and Ryan with his idea for a troupe that would perform extremely grounded, even dramatic, improv with very little focus on comedy.  
In Our Prime was the brainchild of [[Paul Normandin]]. Paul and [[Gloria Bankler]] became close friends after [[Kaci Beeler]]'s ''Romance and Intimacy'' Elective at [[The Hideout Theatre]] in 2011. Gloria and Paul met [[Ryan Hill]] when they all took an elective workshop at [[The Hideout Theatre]] entitled ''Andy is Mean to You'', wherein Hideout Education Director [[Andy Crouch]] would give very direct feedback to students. Soon after, Paul approached Gloria and Ryan with his idea for a troupe that would perform extremely grounded, even dramatic, improv with very little focus on comedy.  


The troupe was briefly named ''It'll Come to Us'' until the name ''In Our Prime'' was decided on due to the older-than-average age of the cast and the primeness of their number (three). The trio performed a debut show at the Hideout.
The troupe was briefly named ''It'll Come to Us'' until the name ''In Our Prime'' was decided on due to the older-than-average age of the cast and the primeness of their number (three). The trio performed a debut show at the Hideout.


Ryan was a teaching assistant for Hideout Theatre co-owner [[Jessica Arjet]] at the time. When he told her about the troupe she asked if she could play with them. The four rehearsed together once. Ten minutes after a very successful second show with Jessica guesting, the troupe asked her to join permanently.
Ryan was a teaching assistant for Hideout Theatre co-owner [[Jessica Arjet]] at the time. When he told her about the troupe she asked if she could play with them. The four rehearsed together once. Ten minutes after a very successful second show with Jessica guesting, the troupe asked her to join them. In March of 2015, Jessica left the troupe.
 
IOP is a house troupe for [[Alamao City Improv]] headlining a show in San Antonio (starting in 2016) on the first Saturday of each month. In Our Prime is also directing a main stage show for [[Alamao City Improv]], Gone Tomorrow, with performances each Friday and Saturday July 14 through August 12, 2017.


The troupe has played in the Oklahoma Improv Festival, the Improvaganza Hawaii Improv Festival, [[WaffleFest]], and [[The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival]]. They have a regular monthly slot in [[The Free Fringe]] at [[The Hideout Theatre]] and have also performed a month-long [[Threefer]] run there. The troupe's Free Fringe shows tend to be more humorous and less grounded.
IOP has played in the Oklahoma Improv Festival (2012-14), the Improvaganza Hawaii Improv Festival (2012), the District Improv Festival in Washington, DC, (2013), the [[WaffleFest]] (2012-13), [[Frontera Fest]] (2013-14), [[The Improvised Play Festival]] (2013-2014), [[Unscripted New York]] (2014) and [[The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival]] (2012-14). They played a regular monthly slot in ''[[The Free Fringe]]'' at [[The Hideout Theatre]] through 2013 and have also performed a month-long [[Threefer]] run there. The troupe's ''[[Free Fringe]]'' shows tended to be more humorous and less grounded.  


They were coached for a period of several months in 2012 by [[Jeremy Sweetlamb|Jeremy Lamb]].
They were coached for a period of several months in 2012 by [[Jeremy Sweetlamb|Jeremy Lamb]]. [[Shannon McCormick]] also coached them for several months starting in June of 2013. [[Chuy Zarate]] and [[Christopher "Ceej" Allen]] have coached them in 2015.


== History ==
== History ==
Here is [[Paul Normandin]]'s explanation of the name's origin:<blockquote>In Our Prime came from a place holder name when we started (pre-Jessica) - Tripod - Everyone hated it. Later we used Late Bloomers - a reference to the idea that we were all coming late to the Improv scene relatively speaking. Satisfied that Late Bloomers was a false start, we changed it to, "It'll Come to Us." Turns out it did and not much longer. We all liked the play on words and it still had the air of late bloomingness. I am not sure who said "In Our Prime" first, but we all agreed on the spot.</blockquote>
=== 2012 Shows ===
*03/01/2012 - Debut @ [[The Hideout]] ("Printing Presses")
*03/01/2012 - Debut @ [[The Hideout]] ("Printing Presses")
*04/05/2012 - [[The Hideout]] ("Disobedient Daughter") w/ [[Jessica Arjet]]
*04/05/2012 - [[The Hideout]] ("Disobedient Daughter") w/ [[Jessica Arjet]]
*07/20/2012 - Oklahoma Improv Festival ("Survivalist Family")
*07/20/2012 - Improv Festival Oklahoma ("Survivalist Family")
*09/01/2012 - [[Out of Bounds]] ("Dating an Environmentalist")
*09/01/2012 - [[Out of Bounds]] ("Dating an Environmentalist")
*09/29/2012 - Hawaii Improvaganza Festival ("Art")
*09/29/2012 - Hawaii Improvaganza Festival ("Art")
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*10/25/2012 - [[Threefer]] Run ("Run-Away Dad")
*10/25/2012 - [[Threefer]] Run ("Run-Away Dad")
*11/10/2012 - [[Wafflefest]] ("The Affair")
*11/10/2012 - [[Wafflefest]] ("The Affair")
== Media ==
=== Videos ===
* [http://vimeo.com/38076871 The troupe's debut show.]
* [http://vimeo.com/39884307 Their 4/5/12 second show] (and their first with [[Jessica Arjet]]).
* [http://vimeo.com/41817882 The troupe's third show.]
* [http://vimeo.com/45049371 Their 7/1/12 show.]
* [http://vimeo.com/46721795 Their 2012 fundraiser for their trip to Hawaii's Improvaganza festival.]
* [http://vimeo.com/47800315 The troupe's seventh show.]
* [http://vimeo.com/47916623 8/19/12: the troupe's eighth show.]
* [http://vimeo.com/49933970 Their 9/20/12 show] at ''[[The Free Fringe]]''.
* [http://vimeo.com/51042429 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 10/4/12 performance in ''[[The Threefer]]''.
* [http://vimeo.com/52598839 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 10/11/12 performance in ''[[The Threefer]]'' ("Drugs & Kids").
* [http://vimeo.com/52051384 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 10/18/12 performance in ''[[The Threefer]]'' ("Car Accident"/"Brady Bunch").
** [http://vimeo.com/63321919 A second copy of the video.]
* [http://vimeo.com/52466512 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 10/25/12 performance in ''[[The Threefer]]'' ("Runaway Dad").
* [http://vimeo.com/53309165 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 11/10/12 performance at [[WaffleFest 2012]] ("The Affair").
* [http://vimeo.com/54726986 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 12/1/12 performance at [[The Institution Theater]].
* [http://vimeo.com/59231320 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 2/3/13 performance in ''[[The Weekender]]''.
* [http://vimeo.com/60349214 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 2/21/13 performance in ''[[The Free Fringe]]'' ("Worst Show").
* [http://vimeo.com/65469964 Their 4/11/13 show] at [[The 2013 Improvised Play Festival]].
* [http://vimeo.com/64388123 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 4/18/13 performance in ''[[The Free Fringe]]''.
* [http://vimeo.com/65119505 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 4/29/13 performance at [[ColdTowne Theater]].
* [http://vimeo.com/66219259 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 5/12/13 performance in ''[[The Weekender]]''.
* [http://vimeo.com/68677057 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 6/17/13 performance at [[ColdTowne Theater]].
* [http://vimeo.com/74497522 Their 6/22/13 show] at [[The 44-Hour Improv Marathon]].
* [http://vimeo.com/72630352 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 8/15/13 performance in ''[[The Threefer]]''.
* [http://vimeo.com/72633647 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 8/15/13 performance in ''[[The Free Fringe]]''.
* [http://vimeo.com/73463186 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 8/28/13 performance in [[The 2013 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival]].
* [http://vimeo.com/76981801 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 9/20/13 performance at [[Salvage Vanguard Theater]].
* [http://vimeo.com/75935997 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 9/27/13 performance in Washington, DC's "District Improv Festival".
* [http://vimeo.com/76978922 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 10/9/13 performance at [[ColdTowne Theater]].
* [http://vimeo.com/77411147 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 10/17/13 performance in ''[[The Free Fringe]]''.
* [http://vimeo.com/80867898 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 11/21/13 performance in [[WaffleFest 2013]].
* [http://vimeo.com/80870736 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 11/25/13 performance at [[ColdTowne Theater]].
* [http://vimeo.com/91778243 Video] of their show in [[The 2014 Improvised Play Festival]].
* [http://vimeo.com/102503662 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 8/2/14 show in the 2014 Improv Festival Oklahoma.
* [http://vimeo.com/105414855 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 8/8/14 show at [[The Hideout Theatre]].
* [https://vimeo.com/111587850 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 8/17/14 show at [[The Hideout Theatre]].
* [http://vimeo.com/109193870 Video] of their 8/27/14 show in [[The 2014 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival]].
* [https://vimeo.com/112559537 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of their 11/20/14 show at [[WaffleFest 2014]].
* [http://vimeo.com/125622408 Video] of their performance in the 2015 Improv Festival Oklahoma.
* [http://vimeo.com/136269875 Video] of their 8/9/15 performance in ''[[The Weekender]]''.
=== Photos ===
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.3811816376672.136825.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] which includes their 11/10/12 performance at [[Wafflefest]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.10200173474242320.1073741840.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] which includes their 7/18/13 performance in ''[[The Free Fringe]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.10201681256095924.1073741885.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 4/11/14 performance in [[The Improvised Play Festival]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.10202129404379351.1073741893.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 6/21/14 performance in [[The 45-Hour Improv Marathon]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.793161820747336.1073742048.221927764537414&type=3 Photoset] by [[Steve Rogers]] of their performance at [[The 2014 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.844338555629662.1073742111.221927764537414&type=3 Photoset] by [[Steve Rogers]] that includes their 11/20/14 performance in [[WaffleFest 2014]].


== More Information ==
== More Information ==
*[https://www.facebook.com/InOurPrime In Our Prime facebook page]
* [http://www.facebook.com/InOurPrime In Our Prime facebook page]
*[http://www.inourprimeimprov.com/ In Our Prime website]
* [http://www.inourprimeimprov.com/ In Our Prime website]
* [http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/thetheftforum/id/2089910 Interview] with the troupe on ''[[The Theft Forum]]''.
 
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In Our Prime

In Our Prime Three.jpg

Years Active 2012-Present
Cast
Past Members Jessica Arjet (2012-2015)

In Our Prime is an improv troupe that focuses on grounded, dramatic longforms.

Summary

In Our Prime was the brainchild of Paul Normandin. Paul and Gloria Bankler became close friends after Kaci Beeler's Romance and Intimacy Elective at The Hideout Theatre in 2011. Gloria and Paul met Ryan Hill when they all took an elective workshop at The Hideout Theatre entitled Andy is Mean to You, wherein Hideout Education Director Andy Crouch would give very direct feedback to students. Soon after, Paul approached Gloria and Ryan with his idea for a troupe that would perform extremely grounded, even dramatic, improv with very little focus on comedy.

The troupe was briefly named It'll Come to Us until the name In Our Prime was decided on due to the older-than-average age of the cast and the primeness of their number (three). The trio performed a debut show at the Hideout.

Ryan was a teaching assistant for Hideout Theatre co-owner Jessica Arjet at the time. When he told her about the troupe she asked if she could play with them. The four rehearsed together once. Ten minutes after a very successful second show with Jessica guesting, the troupe asked her to join them. In March of 2015, Jessica left the troupe.

IOP is a house troupe for Alamao City Improv headlining a show in San Antonio (starting in 2016) on the first Saturday of each month. In Our Prime is also directing a main stage show for Alamao City Improv, Gone Tomorrow, with performances each Friday and Saturday July 14 through August 12, 2017.

IOP has played in the Oklahoma Improv Festival (2012-14), the Improvaganza Hawaii Improv Festival (2012), the District Improv Festival in Washington, DC, (2013), the WaffleFest (2012-13), Frontera Fest (2013-14), The Improvised Play Festival (2013-2014), Unscripted New York (2014) and The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival (2012-14). They played a regular monthly slot in The Free Fringe at The Hideout Theatre through 2013 and have also performed a month-long Threefer run there. The troupe's Free Fringe shows tended to be more humorous and less grounded.

They were coached for a period of several months in 2012 by Jeremy Lamb. Shannon McCormick also coached them for several months starting in June of 2013. Chuy Zarate and Christopher "Ceej" Allen have coached them in 2015.

History

Here is Paul Normandin's explanation of the name's origin:

In Our Prime came from a place holder name when we started (pre-Jessica) - Tripod - Everyone hated it. Later we used Late Bloomers - a reference to the idea that we were all coming late to the Improv scene relatively speaking. Satisfied that Late Bloomers was a false start, we changed it to, "It'll Come to Us." Turns out it did and not much longer. We all liked the play on words and it still had the air of late bloomingness. I am not sure who said "In Our Prime" first, but we all agreed on the spot.

2012 Shows

  • 03/01/2012 - Debut @ The Hideout ("Printing Presses")
  • 04/05/2012 - The Hideout ("Disobedient Daughter") w/ Jessica Arjet
  • 07/20/2012 - Improv Festival Oklahoma ("Survivalist Family")
  • 09/01/2012 - Out of Bounds ("Dating an Environmentalist")
  • 09/29/2012 - Hawaii Improvaganza Festival ("Art")
  • 10/04/2012 - Threefer Run ("Gay Boy")
  • 10/11/2012 - Threefer Run ("Drugs and Kids")
  • 10/18/2012 - Threefer Run ("The Car Accident & The Brady Bunch")
  • 10/18/2012 - Free Fringe Curve Ball Format Debut ("Hell")
  • 10/25/2012 - Threefer Run ("Run-Away Dad")
  • 11/10/2012 - Wafflefest ("The Affair")

Media

Videos

Photos

More Information

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