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{{Infobox Show
{{Infobox Show
|Name = The Next Chapter
|Name = The Next Chapter
|Picture= The Next Chapter.jpg
|Picture= NextChapter-poster.jpg
|Theater= [[The Institution Theater]]
|Theater= [[The Institution Theater]]
|Director = [[Justin Davis]]
|Director = [[Justin Bozied]]
|Assistant Director = [[Jessie Pascarelli]]
|Assistant Director = [[Jessie Pascarelli]]
|Cast = {{Unbulleted list | [[Justin Davis]] | [[Jessie Pascarelli]] | [[Brad Hawkins]] | [[Ryan Hill]] | [[Ben Masten]] | [[Paul Normandin]] | [[Jessie Pitluk]] | [[Heidi Rogers]] | [[Megan Venable]] | [[Luke Wallens]]}}
|Tech = [[Jeanette Jones]]
|Cast = {{Unbulleted list | [[Justin Bozied]] | [[Jessie Pascarelli]] | [[Brad Hawkins]] | [[Ryan Hill]] | [[Ben Masten]] | [[Paul Normandin]] | [[Jessie Pitluk]] | [[Heidi Rogers]] | [[Megan Venable]] | [[Luke Wallens]]}}
|Run = May/Jun 2013
|Run = May/Jun 2013
}}
}}


''The Next Chapter'' is a mainstage show at [[The Institution Theater]] that performs improvised continuations of the works of a published author.
'''''The Next Chapter''''' was a mainstage show at [[The Institution Theater]] that performed improvised continuations of the works of a published author.


==Summary==
==Summary==
Each night of the show has a different guest author. The show starts with the author reading anywhere from 500 to 1,000 words of his or her choosing from a published work. The cast listens and at the conclusion of the reading, steps forward to recite different details, themes, or concepts they heard for about a minute. They then begin to improvise where the story left off.
Each night of the show had a different guest author. An author was interviewed, usually by [[Justin Bozied]], for a short period at the top of the show, usually lasting five to ten minutes. Then, the author read anywhere from 500 to 750 words of his or her choosing from a published work. The cast listened and at the conclusion of the reading, performed a deconstruction of the piece by stepping forward to recite different details, themes, or concepts they heard for about a minute. They then improvised from where the excerpt left off to create a story that lasted for just over an hour. On short-story author nights, two stories were performed, with the author reading shorter excerpts from two different stories. The first story lasted for 25 minutes and the second for 35 minutes.


==Guest Authors and Works==
==Guest Authors and Works==
* [[Deano Jones]] — ''Rise of the Cafe Racer''
* 5/3: [[Deano Jones]] — ''[http://www.riseofthecaferacer.com Rise of the Cafe Racer]''
* Suzy Spencer — ''Secret Sex Lives: A Year on the Fringes of American Sexuality''
* 5/10: [[Owen Egerton]] — ''[http://amzn.com/1593765185 Everyone Says That at the End of the World]''
* Daniel Quinn — ''At Woomeroo''
* 5/17: Doug Dorst — Two stories from ''[http://amzn.com/B008W3T50S The Surf Guru]''
* Matt Sturges — ''The Office of Shadow'', ''The Four Norsemen of the Apocalypse
* 5/24: Manuel Gonzales — Two stories from ''[http://amzn.com/1594486042 The Miniature Wife and Other Stories]''
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* 5/31: Matt Sturges — ''[http://www.amazon.com/Masked-Lou-Anders/dp/1439168822 Masked]''
* Doug Dorst — ''The Surf Guru''
* 6/7: Katherine Catmull — ''[http://amzn.com/0525953469 Summer and Bird]''
* Katerine Catmull — ''Summer and Bird''
* 6/14: Beth Kander — ''[http://www.amazon.com/Was-ebook/dp/B00BDR0MNE Was]''
* Manuel Gonzales — "One-Horned and Wild-Eyed" from ''The Miniature Wife and Other Stories
* 6/21: Suzy Spencer — ''[http://amzn.com/0425219364 Secret Sex Lives: A Year on the Fringes of American Sexuality]''
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* 6/28: Daniel Quinn — Two stories from ''[http://www.ishmael.org/Origins/woomeroo/ At Woomeroo]''
* Beth Kander — ''Was''
* Owen Egerton — ''Everyone Says That at the End of the World
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==Media==
== Media ==
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=== Videos ===
* [http://vimeo.com/65489776 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of the 5/3/13 show.
* [http://vimeo.com/66931611 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of the 5/17/13 show.
* [http://vimeo.com/66971311 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of the 5/24/13 show, featuring Manuel Gonzales..
* [http://vimeo.com/68670936 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of the 6/14/13 show.
* [http://vimeo.com/68929008 Video] by [[Paul Normandin]] of the 6/21/13 show.
* The show's festival-submission reel: [http://vimeo.com/68695329 take 1], [http://vimeo.com/68725364 take 2].
 
=== Photos ===
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.4730364379798.1073741833.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] of the 5/10/13 show.
* [http://cwcreations.smugmug.com/Improv-2013/The-Next-Chapter/2013-05-25-NextChapter/ Photoset] by [[Chad Wellington]] of the 5/25/13 show.
* [http://cwcreations.smugmug.com/Improv-2013/The-Next-Chapter/2013-06-01-Next-Chapter/ Photoset] by [[Chad Wellington]] of the 6/1/13 show.
* [http://cwcreations.smugmug.com/Improv-2013/The-Next-Chapter/2013-06-08-Next-Chapter/ Photoset] by [[Chad Wellington]] of the 6/8/13 show.
* [http://cwcreations.smugmug.com/Improv-2013/The-Next-Chapter/2013-06-22-Next-Chapter/ Photoset] by [[Chad Wellington]] of the 6/22/13 show.
* [http://cwcreations.smugmug.com/Improv-2013/The-Next-Chapter/2013-06-29-The-Next-Chapter/ Photoset] by [[Chad Wellington]] of the 6/29/13 show.
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.715439391852913.1073741988.221927764537414&type=3 Photoset] by [[Steve Rogers]] of the 4/12/14 show at [[The 2014 Improvised Play Festival]].
 
== More Information ==
* [http://www.austinchronicle.com/blogs/books/2013-06-11/who-dares-try-to-out-author-the-authors-onstage-and-off-the-cuff/ An ''Austin Chronicle'' interview] with director [[Justin Bozied]] by [[Wayne Allen Brenner]].
* [http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/thetheftforum/id/2344367 Interview] with director [[Justin Bozied]] and cast members [[Brad Hawkins]], [[Jessie Pitluck]], and [[Megan Venable]] on ''[[The Theft Forum]]''.
 
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The Next Chapter was a mainstage show at The Institution Theater that performed improvised continuations of the works of a published author.

Summary

Each night of the show had a different guest author. An author was interviewed, usually by Justin Bozied, for a short period at the top of the show, usually lasting five to ten minutes. Then, the author read anywhere from 500 to 750 words of his or her choosing from a published work. The cast listened and at the conclusion of the reading, performed a deconstruction of the piece by stepping forward to recite different details, themes, or concepts they heard for about a minute. They then improvised from where the excerpt left off to create a story that lasted for just over an hour. On short-story author nights, two stories were performed, with the author reading shorter excerpts from two different stories. The first story lasted for 25 minutes and the second for 35 minutes.

Guest Authors and Works

Media

Videos

Photos

More Information

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