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'''Indigo Shift''' is a musical improv troupe set in a cabaret at the end of the world. | '''Indigo Shift''' is a musical improv troupe set in a cabaret at the end of the world. | ||
== Format == | |||
Indigo Shift follows a troupe of performers (Solomon Strange, Anita Deva, and Colin) as they perform one final show for the last night on Earth. Suggestions are drawn out through discussion of apocalyptic themes with the audience, which are then spun into a series of scenes, stories, and songs loosely threaded together by the banter between the three characters. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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The troupe took a brief hiatus while Maxwell and Brockman fulfilled other professional obligations, but returned in 2012. Brockman left the group shortly before their show in [[The 2012 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival]], but Maxwell and Samiee's long time friend and collaborator [[Jeffrey Amos]] filled in for the performance and officially joined as the troupe's new third member and musical accompanist. Because Amos currently resides in Seattle, Washington, Indigo Shift has occasionally invited guest improviser/musicians to play, including [[Jeremy Sweetlamb]], [[Cindy Page]], and [[Craig Kotfas]]. | The troupe took a brief hiatus while Maxwell and Brockman fulfilled other professional obligations, but returned in 2012. Brockman left the group shortly before their show in [[The 2012 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival]], but Maxwell and Samiee's long time friend and collaborator [[Jeffrey Amos]] filled in for the performance and officially joined as the troupe's new third member and musical accompanist. Because Amos currently resides in Seattle, Washington, Indigo Shift has occasionally invited guest improviser/musicians to play, including [[Jeremy Sweetlamb]], [[Cindy Page]], and [[Craig Kotfas]]. | ||
== Dramatis Personae == | |||
'''Solomon Strange''' (Jordan T. Maxwell) | |||
'''Anita Deva''' (Kacey Samiee) | |||
'''Colin''' (Jeffrey Amos) | |||
''Former/Guest Artists'' | |||
'''Brother Monkirk''' (Michael Brockman) | |||
'''Doc Jenkins''' (Craig Kotfas) | |||
'''Baby Doll''' (Sarah Marie Curry) | |||
Jeremy Sweetlamb and Cindy Page played without "in universe" characters. | |||
== Media == | == Media == | ||
[https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.180261545388210.48035.100002130980897&type=1 Photo set from 10/8/2011 by [[Steve Rogers]] ] | |||
[https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.364117846958907.80222.338492619521430&type=1 Photo set from 3/29/2012 by [[Roy Moore]] ] | |||
[https://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.413861802010675.100390.221927764537414&type=1 Photo set from Out of Bounds Comedy Festival 2012 by Steve Rogers] | |||
[https://vimeo.com/41260565 Video of 3/29/2012 performance] | |||
[https://vimeo.com/62552448 Video of 12/20/2012 performance] | |||
== More Information == | == More Information == | ||
[https://www.facebook.com/#!/shiftindigo?fref=ts Indigo Shift's Facebook page] | |||
[[Category:Active Troupes]] | [[Category:Active Troupes]] | ||
Revision as of 01:02, 26 April 2013
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Indigo Shift is a musical improv troupe set in a cabaret at the end of the world.
Format
Indigo Shift follows a troupe of performers (Solomon Strange, Anita Deva, and Colin) as they perform one final show for the last night on Earth. Suggestions are drawn out through discussion of apocalyptic themes with the audience, which are then spun into a series of scenes, stories, and songs loosely threaded together by the banter between the three characters.
History
Shortly after Jordan T. Maxwell announced he was moving back to Austin from Los Angeles, Michael Brockman approached him about developing a musical format. Maxwell was inspired at a concert for the Brechtian punk duo The Dresden Dolls to create an improvised dystopian cabaret that would take place at the end of the world.
Maxwell and Brockman recruited Kacey Samiee and Sarah Marie Curry to round out the troupe and they began rehearsing and hashing out the mechanics of the format. Curry soon had to drop out of the project and the remaining trio debuted in October of 2011, opening for Get Up in The Saturday Night Special.
The troupe took a brief hiatus while Maxwell and Brockman fulfilled other professional obligations, but returned in 2012. Brockman left the group shortly before their show in The 2012 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, but Maxwell and Samiee's long time friend and collaborator Jeffrey Amos filled in for the performance and officially joined as the troupe's new third member and musical accompanist. Because Amos currently resides in Seattle, Washington, Indigo Shift has occasionally invited guest improviser/musicians to play, including Jeremy Sweetlamb, Cindy Page, and Craig Kotfas.
Dramatis Personae
Solomon Strange (Jordan T. Maxwell)
Anita Deva (Kacey Samiee)
Colin (Jeffrey Amos)
Former/Guest Artists
Brother Monkirk (Michael Brockman)
Doc Jenkins (Craig Kotfas)
Baby Doll (Sarah Marie Curry)
Jeremy Sweetlamb and Cindy Page played without "in universe" characters.
Media
Photo set from 10/8/2011 by Steve Rogers
Photo set from 3/29/2012 by Roy Moore
Photo set from Out of Bounds Comedy Festival 2012 by Steve Rogers
Video of 3/29/2012 performance
Video of 12/20/2012 performance
