Confidence Men
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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 6/4/09 show. ("Loading Dock")
- Video of their 6/9/09 show. ("Airport Bar")
- Video of their 7/16/09 show. ("Greenhouse")
- Video of their 7/17/09 show. ("Conservatory")
- Video of their 7/31/09 show. ("Diner")
- Video of their 9/3/09 show. ("Aquarium")
- Video of their 11/20/09 show. ("Monastery")
- Video of their 1/28/2010 show. ("Deck of a Cruise Ship")
- Video of their 2/18/2010 show. ("Submarine")
- Video of their 2/19/2010 show. ("Preschool")
- Video of their 2/20/2010 show. ("Wedding")
- Video of their 3/25/2010 show. ("Fire Station")
- Video of their 4/1/2010 show. ("Train Station")
- Video of their 4/8/2010 show. ("Movie Set")
- Video of their 6/3/2010 show. ("Bar Mitzvah")
- Video of their 6/24/2010 show. ("Area 51")
- Video of their 7/23/2010 show. ("Men's Empowerment Workshop")
- Video of their 7/24/2010 show. ("Niagara Falls")
- Video of their 2/18/2011 show. ("Arctic Research Facility")
- Video of their 2/19/2011 show. ("Mount Olympus")
- Video of their 2/24/2011 show. ("News Room")
- Video of their performance in The 2011 Improvised Play Festival.
- Video of their 6/4/2011 show. ("Opryland Variations")
- Video of their 9/3/2011 show. ("Hall of Justice")
- Video of their 10/9/2011 show. ("Petting Zoo")
- Video of their 11/19/2011 show. ("Clock Tower")
- Video of their 12/17/2011 show. ("Japanese Bullet Train")
- Video of their 12/24/2011 show. ("Round Table Variations")
- Video of their 1/6/12 show. ("Carnival Sideshow")
- Video of their 1/29/12 show. ("Mamet Goes to the Movies")
- Video of their 3/9/12 show. ("The Daily Planet")
- Videos of their 3/31/12 "Mamet Goes to the Movies" performance: "The Cake Variations"; Star Wars
- Video of their performance in The 2012 Improvised Play Festival by Kristin Firth. ("The Great Pyramid")
- Video of their 9/28/12 show. ("Rivendell")
- Video of their 9/29/12 show. ("Sesame Street")
- Video of their 2/16/13 show. ("Jury Duty")
- Video of their 6/22/13 performance in The 44-Hour Improv Marathon.
- Video of their 8/31/13 performance in The 2013 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival.
- The video intro for their "100 Shows and C#nting" performance.
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 Jo Chauvin of their 3/25/10 "Women With Confidence" show (featuring guest performer Shana Merlin).
- Photoset by Tyler Bryce of their April 2010 show at the Red Dirt Improv Festival in Oklahoma.
- 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 Jo Chauvin of their 4/29/11 show.
- Photoset by Roy Moore of their 6/14/11 "Two Year Anniversary" show.
- Photoset by Jo Chauvin of the same 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 Michael Yew that includes their 1/28/12 "Mamet Goes to the Movies" show.
- Photoset by Michael Yew of their 3/19/12 "Mamet Goes to the Movies" show.
- Photoset by Roy Moore of their 3/31/12 "Mamet Goes to the Movies" show.
- Photoset by Claudio Fox that includes their 4/1/12 performance in The Weekender.
- Photoset by Heidi Rogers that includes the same show.
- Photoset by Michael Yew of their 11/10/12 performance Wafflefest.
- Photoset by Heidi Rogers that includes the same show.
- 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 Heidi Rogers that includes their July 2013 "UN" show, as well as their 100th show.
- 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 Michael Yew of their 5/18/13 show with special guest Joe Bill.
- Photoset by Roy Moore of the 8/31/13 show at The 2013 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival.
- Photoset by Ryan Criswell of the same show.
- Photoset by Steve Rogers of their 100th show on 12/6/13.
- Photoset by Michael Yew of their show at The 2014 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival.
- Photoset by Michael Yew that includes their 11/21/14 performance in WaffleFest 2014.
Audio
- Audio of their 5/23/09 rehearsal. ("Tea Room")
- Audio of their 6/11/09 show. ("Ice Skating Rink")
- Audio of their 9/20/09 show. ("Waffle House")
- Audio of their 10/10/09 show. ("Stock Exchange")
- Audio of their 12/11/09 show. ("Asylum")
- Audio of their 1/30/10 show. ("Car Dealership")
- Audio of their 3/6/10 show. ("AA Meeting")
- Audio of their 6/3/10 show. ("Bar Mitzvah")
- Audio of their 9/3/11 show. ("Hall of Justice")
- Audio of their 1/6/12 show. ("Carnival Sideshow")
