Totally Improvised, 90210

Totally Improvised, 90210
Theater	Salvage Vanguard Theater
Directed by	Lauren Buck
Assistant Director(s)	Peter Rogers
Produced by	Gnap! Theater Projects
Music By	Vinh Ngo
Cast	Amy Averett Bryan Cruz Colin Thomas Bates Courtney Hopkin Jesse Overright Katie Thornton Kevin Miller Kimberly Cox Lauren Buck Mark Carpenter Michael Thomas Peter Rogers Shana Merlin
Crew	Anne Wolfe Andersen Jen Kaplan
Run	Aug 2011

This page refers to the Gnap! Theater Projects improv show based on 90210. For the Live TV Tuesdays staging of the 90210 episode "Spring Dance", see Live TV Tuesdays: Beverly Hills, 90210.

Totally Improvised, 90210 was an improvised take on Beverly Hills, 90210.

Summary

The show took place in the same world as Beverly Hills, 90210, with that same central cast. Each performance began with a three-minute intro from an episode of the show, and then ran with that for about an hour of improv.

Much of the rehearsal process focused on *slowing down*, getting the cast to concentrate less on plot, and more of exploring the feelings with each development -- the notion was slowing down the improv performance so that it matched the pace of the original television show. Performers also had to be comfortable playing out intimacy onstage, and again, slowing their pace with it to something that matched the source material.

In addition to the main run, Totally Improvised, 90210 performed a special one-off show for The TV Set in November 2012.

The show was produced by Gnap! Theater Projects at Salvage Vanguard Theater.

Full Cast & Crew

• Bryan Cruz as Dylan McKay
• Colin Thomas Bates as David Silver
• Courtney Hopkin as Donna Martin
• Jesse Overright as Brandon Walsh
• Katie Thornton as Kelly Taylor
• Michael Thomas as Steve Sanders
• Lauren Buck as Brenda Walsh
• Shana Merlin as Andrea Zuckerman

Flex Cast: Amy Averett, Kevin Miller, Kimberly Cox, Mark Carpenter, Peter Rogers

Musician: Vinh Ngo

Tech Crew: Anne Wolfe Andersen, Jen Kaplan

Assistant Director: Peter Rogers

Media

Videos

• The show's intro video.
• Video of performance from 8.5.11
• Video of performance from 8.19.11
• Video of performance from 8.26.11
• Video of performance from 8.27.11
• Video of the 11/16/12 performance for The TV Set.

Photos

• A photoset by Michael Yew that includes the 8/6/11 performance.
• Photoset of the 8/12 performance by Steve Rogers.
• Photoset by Roy Moore of the 8/9/11 performance.
• Photoset by Claudio Fox of the 11/16/12 performance for The TV Set.

Publicity

• Publicity shoot by Steve Rogers.
  • Behind-the-scenes photos from the publicity shoot.
• Promo photos by Steve Rogers, with art by Courtney Hopkin.