The Joss Whedon Pajama Party

The Joss Whedon Pajama Party
Theater	The Institution Theater
Directed by	Asaf Ronen Chelley Pyatt Jordan T. Maxwell
Cast	Adam Mengesha Alex Kingston Alexa Ramirez Asaf Ronen Chad Wellington Chelley Pyatt Cindy Page Courtney DeAngelo David Higgins David Zimmerman Heath Allyn Heidi Rogers Jason Vines Jeremy Logan Jordan T. Maxwell Kristin Firth Laura Komkov Mitchell Deane Peter Rogers Sarah Swofford Stephen Robinson Tyler Bryce
Crew	Chelley Pyatt Cindy Page
Run	Jun 2012

The Joss Whedon Pajama Party was a sketch and improv revue themed around the works of Joss Whedon.

Summary

With the massive success of the Firefly musical capping off successful Live TV Tuesdays runs of Buffy, Angel, and Doctor Horrible, the Institution decided to capitalize on the Whedon fanbase by making a sketch and improv revue based on his works.

The show was hosted by Jordan T. Maxwell, who was also in charge of the improv sections of the show, put on every night by an ad hoc troupe called "The Mutant Enemies", after Whedon's production company.

Chelley Pyatt was in charge of getting sketch material together, which was written by herself, Peter Rogers, Cindy Page, Asaf Ronen, and Sarah Swofford.

Each performance included a trivia contest, with questions written by Chelley Pyatt.

The show ran immediately after Firefly for every week in June 2012.

The Pajama Party was brought back for a special, one-off performance on 1/25/13. That last performance had a slightly different format: it included video sketches, improv from the Firefly cast, and a half-hour Buffy narrative from the cast of Fandom.

Casts

All June 2012 shows were hosted by Jordan T. Maxwell. The 1/25/13 show was hosted by Sarah Marie Curry.

6/15/12 Performance

• Improv players:
  • Courtney DeAngelo
  • Heidi Rogers
  • Jason Vines
  • Kristin Firth
  • Peter Rogers
  • Sarah Swofford
• Sketch players:
  • Alex Kingston
  • Heath Allyn
  • Mitchell Deane

6/22/12 Performance

• Improv players:
  • Chad Wellington
  • Chelley Pyatt
  • Courtney DeAngelo
  • David Higgins
  • Kristin Firth
• Sketch players:
  • Alex Kingston
  • Mitchell Deane
  • Heath Allyn

6/29/12 Performance

• Improv players:
  • Courtney DeAngelo
  • David Higgins
  • Jeremy Logan
  • Kristin Firth
  • Tyler Bryce
• Sketch players:
  • Adam Mengesha
  • Alexa Ramirez
  • Asaf Ronen
  • Chelley Pyatt
  • Cindy Page
  • David Zimmerman
  • Heath Allyn
  • Jeremy Logan
  • Kristin Firth
  • Peter Rogers
  • Sarah Swofford

1/25/13 Performance

• Firefly players:
  • Adam Mengesha
  • Alexa Ramirez
  • Ammie Nicole Leonards
  • Heath Allyn
  • Jason Vines
  • Lindsey Reeves
  • Peter Rogers
  • Sarah Swofford
• Fandom players:
  • Aaron Saenz
  • Bridget Brewer
  • Eric Heiberg
  • James Leary (guest)
    • N.B.: Mr. Leary played Clem on Buffy.
  • Jordan T. Maxwell
  • Marc Majcher
  • Meghan Wolff (guest)
  • Peter Rogers
  • Sarah Marie Curry (guest)

Media

Videos of Sketches

• "The Big Red Button": civic engineers at the complex in Cabin in the Woods discuss getting rid of the big red button that releases all the monsters.
• "Burton does Buffy": filmmaker Tim Burton's take on a scene from "Blood Ties".
• "Cancellation Support Group": Whedon consoles Dan Harmon after the showrunner is fired from Community. Chuck Lorre sends a gift basket.
• "Joss Whedon's Dream Project": the trailer for the 'dream project' Joss Whedon gets to do after the success of The Avengers.
• "Mamet does Buffy": Peter Rogers and Confidence Men present the playwright's take on a scene from "Blood Ties".
• "Reaverdance": exactly what it says on the tin.
• "Wash Has Too Much Time On His Hands": left to his own devices with a Weyland-Yutani recording device and his dinosaur toys, Wash makes some little home movies: 1, 2, 3.
• "Whedon-Bay Band": Wesleyan college roommates Joss Whedon and Michael Bay have a rehearsal for their fledgling garage band.
• Video sketch: "Woody Allen Screen Test as Jayne Cobb".

Videos of Full Shows

• Video of the 6/15/12 performance.
• Video of the 6/22/12 performance.
• Video of the 6/29/12 performance.
• Video of the 1/25/13 performance.

More Information

• The facebook event for the 1/25/13 performance.
• Chelley Pyatt canvasses the Whedon subreddit for quiz questions.