Confidence Men

Confidence Men
Years Active	2009-Present
Cast	Asaf Ronen Ceej Allen Jeff Britt Michael Ferstenfeld Tom Booker Troy Miller

Confidence Men is an improv troupe that improvises in the style of David Mamet.

Summary

Show Structure

A typical Confidence Men show is a two-act play. Each act is a monoscene. Each performer plays one character throughout the show. In between act one and act two, there is a 45-second solo musical performance.

They also do a variation on the format called "The Variations," inspired by Mamet's Duck Variations. This format typically features a theme and a symphonic variety of conversations around that theme.

Press Blurb

This is their bio from their web site:

"Legendary American playwright David Mamet has a certain way with language–rapid fire dialogue, unfinished sentences, meaningful pauses, raucous cursing, jazz symphonic rhythms . . . meanwhile, Confidence Men: Improvised Mamet have a certain way of lifting that style and making it their own. In the realm of improvised theatre. Every show is a wild testosterone-fueled romp of comedy that can turn deadly serious at the drop of a hat. These six acclaimed and dishonorable menschen will sell you a plot of fuck yes in a two-act play made off the cuffs of their three-piece suits. And, yes, there will be a 45-second musical intermission."

Media

Videos

• Video of their 8/1/2010 show. ("Area 51")
• Video of their performance at The 2011 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival. ("The Hall of Justice")
• Videos of their 3/31/12 "Mamet Goes to the Movies" performance: "The Cake Variations"; Star Wars
• Their performance in The 2012 Improvised Play Festival.
• Their 6/22/13 performance in The 44-Hour Improv Marathon.
• Their 8/31/13 performance in The 2013 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival.

Photos

• Photoset by Peter Rogers of their 6/25/09 show.
• Photoset by Peter Rogers that includes their 11/15/09 performance.
• Photoset by Peter Rogers of their 12/11/09 performance ("Asylum").
• Photoset by Michael Yew that includes their 5/21/10 show.
• Photoset by Michael Yew of their 6/4/10 performance at The 41-Hour Improv Marathon.
• Photoset by Michael Yew that includes their 7/23/10 performance at The Spectacle.
• Photoset by Roy Moore that includes their 8/22/10 performance at "50s Night" at The Highball.
  • Another photoset by Michael Yew that includes the same performance.
• Photoset by Roy Moore that includes their 8/29/10 performance at "50s Night" at The Highball.
  • Another photoset by Michael Yew of the same performance.
• Photoset by Michael Yew that includes their 9/24/10 performance in The Spectacle.
• Photoset by Michael Yew that includes their 10/2/10 performance at the Hyde Park Theater.
• Photoset by Roy Moore of their 6/14/11 "Two Year Anniversary" show.
• [Photoset by Michael Yew that includes their 7/1/11 show at The 2011 Improvised Play Festival.
• Photoset by Roy Moore of their performance at The 2011 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival.
• Photoset by Roy Moore that includes their 11/19/11 performance at WaffleFest.
• Photoset by Michael Yew that includes a couple of 12/11 performances.
• Photoset by Roy Moore of their 3/31/12 "Mamet Goes to the Movies" show.
• Photoset of their performance from Wafflefest 2012.
• Photoset by Steve Rogers of their 4/14/12 show at The 2012 Improvised Play Festival.
• Photoset of the 5/5/12 show which they shared with Girls Girls Girls (photos by Steve Rogers).
• Photoset by Steve Rogers that includes their 8/31/12 show at The 2012 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival.
• Casual photos by Peter Rogers from after their 9/27/12 show at Improvaganza in Honolulu.
• Photoset by Steve Rogers of their 4/13/13 at The 2013 Improvised Play Festival.
• Photoset by Roy Moore of the 8/31/13 show at The 2013 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival.

More Information

• Official Website