The Amazon and the Milksop

The Amazon and the Milksop
Years Active	2009-Present
Cast	Curtis Luciani Kaci Beeler

The Amazon and the Milksop is an improv duo consisting of Kaci Beeler and Curtis Luciani.

Summary

Press Blurb

This is their bio from the 2012 Out of Bounds site:

"Kaci Beeler and Curtis Luciani are two Austin improvisers and good friends who like to make the people laugh, squirm, think, cry, and experience other wonderful and/or troubling things. They frequently explore gender and relationships in their improvisation while delighting, surprising, and disgusting each other as much as they possibly can. TA&TM have been performing regularly since 2009, including two month-long residences at The Hideout Theatre in 2011 and 2012. Their 'Fitzgeralds For Hire' show won them a Best of Fest accolade at the 2011 FronteraFest Fringe Festival."

History

Here is Kaci Beeler's explanation of the name's origin:

This is my duo with Curtis Luciani. We first started improving together in the Hideout show "This Week Tonight" that happened on Fridays at 8pm at the Hideout from 2008-2009 or so? We had a couple of scenes together through the course of the run where Curtis played a more effeminate character and I played a more masculine character. In these scenes we worked with some interesting status stuff, and it was a ton of fun. We decided to try this idea of playing with gender roles in a longer show. Thus, our duo was born. An "amazon" is a somewhat derogatory name for an aggressive or imposing woman and a "milksop" is a derogatory name for a feeble or ineffectual man, the word derived from the dish of bread soaked in milk, which was fed to infants and invalids.

We thought more people would recognize these two words, but many seemed to not have heard of them. No matter! In the years since we started working together we've moved on from just looking at gender in our improv, but I still feel like it forms the basis of how we work. I like it!

Formats

Fitzgeralds for Hire

This features Curtis Luciani as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Kaci Beeler as Zelda Fitzgerald. In the show's universe, the two are also secret agents who fight various shadowy threats to America.

Catchin' Frogs

This is their tribute to works like Huckleberry Finn, as they present a Living Room-type format opening with a couple of 19th-century rural Americans having a conversation.

Media

Videos

• Video of their March 2010 show at The Hideout Theatre.
• Video of their 1/20/11 "Fitzgeralds for Hire" show at Frontera Fest.
• Video of their 1/22/11 show.
• Video of a "Catchin' Frogs" show.
• Video of their 2/3/14 show in The Threefer.
• Video of their 4/24/14 "F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Save The World" show.
• Video by Warren Henderson that includes their 6/12/14 performance in The Threefer.

Photos

• Photoset by Michael Yew that includes their 12/2/10 "Fitzgeralds for Hire" show at The Threefer.
• Photoset by Peter Rogers of their 12/9/10 "Fitzgeralds for Hire" show at The Threefer.
• Photoset by Michael Yew that includes their 12/23/10 "Fitzgeralds for Hire" show at The Hideout Theatre.
• Photoset by Michael Yew that includes their 1/23/11 performance at The Hideout Theatre.
• Photoset by Michael Yew that includes their 4/23/11 performance at The Hideout Theatre.
• Photoset by Michael Yew that includes their 6/5/11 show in The 42-Hour Improv Marathon.
• Photoset by Peter Rogers of their 2/2/12 "Catchin' Frogs" show.
• Photoset by Michael Yew that includes their 2/16/12 "Catchin' Frogs" show in The Threefer.
• Photoset by Michael Yew that includes their 2/23/12 "Catchin' Frogs" show in The Threefer.
• A photoset by Steve Rogers that includes their 4/19/12 "Catchin' Frogs" show at the Free Fringe.
• Photoset by Claudio Fox that includes their 5/17/12 performance in The Threefer.
• Photoset by Michael Yew that includes their 6/2/12 performance of "Tennessee Williams, Performed By Robots" in The 43-Hour Improv Marathon.
• Photoset by Michael Yew which includes their 8/30/12 "Catchin' Frogs" performance at The 2012 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival.
• Photoset by Michael Yew which includes their 11/10/12 performance at WaffleFest.
  • Photoset by Heidi Rogers that includes the same show.
• Photoset by Peter Rogers of their 8/28/13 "Fitzgeralds for Hire" show at The 2013 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival.
• Photoset by Steve Rogers that includes their 11/22/13 show at WaffleFest 2013.
• Photoset by Chris Curl of their 4/16/14 "F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Save The World" show.
• Photoset by Michael Yew of the 4/21/14 performance of "F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Save the World".
• Photoset by Steve Rogers of their 4/27/14 "F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Save The World!" show.
• Photoset by Warren Henderson that includes their 6/12/14 performance in The Threefer.